1904.] 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



99 



time to attend to this kind of work, and therefore enables us 

 to furnish results of analysis more promptly than at any 

 other period of the year. 



During the year we have taken an active part in the work 

 of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, which 

 aims to investigate any new modes of analysis in agricultural 

 cllemistr3^ The result of our labors along this line, as well 

 as other investigation work of a technical nature, does not 

 appear in our publications, as its chief value is in the estab- 

 lishment of new methods of analysis. 



Following is a list of materials received during the past 

 season : — 



2. Notes on Soil Analyses. 

 In the above list of materials which have been forwarded 

 for analysis during the season we would call attention to the 

 increased number of samples of soil which have been received, 

 as compared with previous years. The information desired 

 by parties sending soil samples for analysis is, in most cases. 

 What are the necessary fertilizing ingredients to be applied 

 to this particular soil, and in what proportion in order to 



