1903.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FERTILIZERS AND FERTILIZER 

 MATERIALS. 



CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



Assistants : henri d. ha skins, james e. halligan, daniel l. cleaves. 



Part I. — Report ou Official Inspection of Commercial Ferti- 

 lizers. 

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



Part I. — Report on Official Inspection of 

 Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural 

 Chemicals during the Season of 1902. 



CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



The total number of manufactiu'ers, importers and dealers 

 in commercial fertilizers and agricultural chemicals who have 

 secured licenses during the past season is 64 ; of these, 37 

 have offices for the general distribution of their goods in 

 Massachusetts, 9 in New York, 8 in Connecticut, 3 in Ver- 

 mont, 1 in Rhode Island, 3 in Canada, 1 in New Jersey, 1 

 in Maryland, 1 in Ohio and 1 in Illinois. 



Two hundred and eighty-three brands of fertilizer, in- 

 cluding chemicals, have been licensed in the State dm'ing 

 the year. Five hundred and four samples of fertilizers 

 have thus far been collected in the general markets by 

 experienced assistants in the station. 



Four hundred and fifty-one samples were analyzed at the 



