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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. The i)ottle is 

 then securely stoppered and sealed, properly labelled and forwarded 

 for the subsequent chemical examination. 



A description of the soil should accompany the sample or be sent 

 in a sealed letter, setting forth the locality, depth at which the sam- 

 ple was taken, nature of subsoil and depth, the method of fertiliza- 

 tion and crop rotation which has been in practice, general fitness of 

 land for cultivation and all other information that would be of inter- 

 est 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. 



STATEMENT OF CONDITIONS TO SECURE ANALYSES 



FREE OF CHARGE. 



APPLICATION FOR FREE ANALYSIS OF FERTILIZERS AND FERTILIZING 



MATERIAL. 



Name of Material^ 



Name of mamifacturer or dealer^ 



Address of manufacturer or dealer, 



Date of purchase, 



Price paid per ton, 



Whether bought for oivn use or for sale, 



Signature of Applicant, 



Post Office Address, 



A printed copy of the above stated questions will be sent here- 

 after from this office to every aiiplicant for an analysis free of charge, 

 to be answered by him according to his best information, before his 

 request can be considered. 



The object of this course is to impart a more general interest in 

 the results of this work of the Station and to assist in an efficient 

 management of the official inspection of commercial fertilizers and 

 fertilizing materials by making known the names of licensed as well 

 as unlicensed dealers in our State. 



