94 PIATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPOKT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FERTILIZERS AND FERTILIZER 

 MATERIALS. 



CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



Assistants: iienri d. haskins, richard h. Robertson,' edward 



G. PROULX. 



Part I. — Rej)oi't on Ofticial Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers. 

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



Part L — Repoet ox Official Inspection of 

 Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural 

 Chemicals during the Season of 1904. 



CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



The total number of manufacturers, importers and dealers 

 in commercial fertilizers and agricultural chemicals who 

 have secured licenses during the past season is 66 ; of these, 

 38 have offices for the general distribution of their goods in 

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

 mont, 2 in Pennsylvania, 2 in Ohio, 1 in Rhode Island, 1 in 

 Canada, 1 in New Jersey, 1 in Maryland and 1 in Arkansas. 



Three hundred and twenty-nine brands of fertilizers and 

 agricultural chemicals have been licensed in Massachusetts 

 during the year. Five hundred and seventy-six samples of 



1 Died Sept. 10, 1904. 



