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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Fertilizer Tnoredients of Fodder Articles.' 



[Figures e(jual percentages or pounds in 100,] 



Ex|)eriment Station. The percentages of the several ingredients will vary considerably, 

 depending upon the fertility of tlie soil, and especially upon the stage of growth of the 

 jdant. In the majority of cases the number of samples analyzed is too few to give 

 a fair average. The ligures, therefore, must be regarded as close ajiproximations, 

 rather tlian as rei)resenting absolutely the exact fertilizing ingredients of the different 

 materials. (,I. B. L.) 

 2 Evidently below normal. 



