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DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE SAMPLING 



OF MATERIALS AND METHOD OF SHIPPING 



SAME TO LABORATORIES. 



It is of the utmost importance that parties forwarding fertilizing 

 substances for examination should take particular pains in sampling, 

 packing and forwarding such materials in order that the analysis 

 obtained may represent the average composition of the goods 

 sampled, that no addition or loss of moisture in transportation may 

 be effected and that the package be addressed to the proper depart- 

 ment. 



All samples are received and entered in the order of their arrival 

 at this office. Each sample is assigned a number and is taken up 

 for investigation in the order in which it has been received. 



All samples should be addressed to Dr. C. A. Goessmann, Chemi- 

 cal Department of the Hatch Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass., 

 to prevent confusion and possible delay. Express charges must 

 always be prepaid. The name of the sender should be enclosed in 

 an envelope and placed inside the receptacle together with a state- 

 ment of the nature of the material forwarded for analysis ; whether 

 it is an agricultural chemical, mixed fertilizer, a wood ash or the 

 by-product of some manufacturing industry. 



The receipt of all samples will be acknowledged by return mail 

 and the results of analysis will be forwarded free of charge to all 

 farmers as soon as completed. 



The results of all anafyses of samples made at the Station, free of 

 charge, are left at the disposal of the managers for publication if 

 deemed advisable. 



SAMPLING OF MATERIAL IN BULK. 



In sampling such materials as wood ashes, cotton hull ashes and 

 in fact any material in bulk, portions should be taken from various 

 parts of the heap and placed on a thick smooth piece of paper and 

 thoroughly mixed ; from this mixture should be drawn a sample of 

 about one pound which should be placed in a clean bottle, jar or tin 

 can which should be tightly stoppered and sealed in order to 

 retain the moisture conditions of the original material. 



