108 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



KEPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FERTILIZERS AND FERTILIZER 

 MATERIALS. 



CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



Assistants: henri d. haskins, charles i. goessmann, samuel w. 



WILEY. 



Part I. — Report ou Official Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers. 

 Part II. — Report on General Work in the Chemical Laboratory. 



Part I. — Peport on Official Inspection of 

 Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural 

 Chemicals during the Season of 1899. 



CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



The total number of manufacturers, importers and dealers 

 in commercial fertilizers and asi'icultural chemicals who have 

 secured licenses during the past season is 67 ; of these, 38 

 have offices for the general distribution of their goods in 

 Massachusetts, 10 in New York, 5 in Connecticut, 3 in Ver- 

 mont, 3 in Rhode Island, 3 in Canada, 2 in Pennsylvania, 1 

 in Maine, 1 in New Jersey and 1 in Illinois, 



