1902.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 107 



From a comparison of the above-stated results of analyses 

 of wood ashes with the results of the previous year, it will 

 be seen that the average standard of composition is somewhat 

 higher than in 1900. 



To assist our farmers in selecting the best quality of wood 

 ashes which the market affords, it is imperative that those 

 sending samples for analysis should give us all the general 

 information they possess in regard to the source from which 

 the ashes were obtained, etc. With this idea in view, we 

 caused to be published in our March bulletin, No. 74, a copy 

 of a blank application for free analysis of fertilizing materials, 

 which will hereafter be sent from this office to every applicant 

 for an analysis free of charge. We believe the result of this 

 course will be to impart a more general and intelligent 

 interest in this department of work at the institution, and 

 it will surely make known the names of the licensed as well 

 as the unlicensed dealers in our State. We take this occa- 

 sion to urge the farmers to patronize the dealers who are on 

 record at our institution, as having complied with our State 

 laws for the regulation of the trade in commercial fertilizers, 

 which includes wood ashes, which are sold in our State for 

 manurial purposes, rather than those who have failed to 

 secure such a license. 



In deciding the commercial value of wood ashes, it is well 

 to consider the large quantity of calcium oxide (lime) that 

 is present in a most superior form. 



