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letting the soil fall into a shovel which is held in a proper position 

 to receive the same. Place the soil in a suitable receptacle, and pro- 

 ceed to take other samples in a like manner from several different 

 parts of the field. The large bulk of soil which has thus been taken 

 is now placed on a clean floor or on a large piece of thick paper and 

 thoroughly broken up and mixed, after which an average sample is 

 drawn and placed in a glass jar or bottle. 'J'he bottle is then se- 

 curely stoppered and sealed, properly labelled and forwarded for the 

 subsequent chemical examination. 



Statements should accompany the sample or be sent in a sealed 

 letter, setting forth the locality, depth at which the sample was taken, 

 nature of subsoil and depth, the mode of fertilization and crop rota- 

 tion which has been in practice, general fitness of land for cultiva- 

 tion and all other information that would be of interest or assistance 

 to the chemist in formulating his report. 



Care should be exercised in sampling when the weather conditions 

 are normal, and no time should be lost between the drawing of the 

 sample and the forwarding of same to the laboratory. This point 

 applies with equal force to all materials forwarded for investigation. 



.APPLICATION FOR FREE ANALYSIS OF FERTILIZERS AND FERTILIZING 



MATERIAL. 



Name of Material 



Name of manufacturer or dealer 



Address of uia/iufacturer or dealer 



Date of purchase 



Price paid per ton 



Whether bou^lit for own use or for sa/e 



Sii^nature of applicant 



J\)st Office Address 



A printed copy of the above stated questions will be sent hereafter 

 from this office to ciiery applicant for analysis free of charge, to be 

 answered by him according to his best information, before his re- 

 quest can be considered. 



