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are twenty-two, six of which are supervised by men sent out from this office and 

 sixteen by cow-test association supervisors. 



Miscellaneous Work. (P. H. Smith, A. F. Spelman, J. W. Kuzmeski.) Nu- 

 merous analyses have been made for residents of the State and other departments 

 of the college. 



Summary of Miscellaneous Work, 1934 

 Materials sent in: 



Milk and cream, butterfat only 140 



Milk, solids and fat 5 



Feeds, from farmers and dealers 78 



Feeds, from State I nstitutions 53 



For other departments of Experiment Station and College: 



Milk, for butterfat 244 



Dry matter, forage crops 769 



Complete fodder analyses 59 



Dry matter and nitrogen 57 



FERTILIZER CONTROL SERVICE 

 H. D. Haskins in Charge 



Fertilizer Inspection. (H. D. Haskins, H. R. DeRose, A. F. Spelman, J. W. 

 Kuzmeski, Chemists; J. T. Howard, C. L. Whiting, A. G. Brigham, G. E. Taylor, 

 Sampling Agents; Harry L. Allen, Laboratory Assistant.) Records for the year 

 show that 118 firms have registered for sale in the State of Massachusetts 439 

 brands of mixed fertilizer and fertilizing materials and 46 brands of agricultural 

 lime and gypsum. Results of analysis show that about 72 percent of the fertilizer 

 brands and 84 percent of the lime brands showed no deficiencies. The gross 

 receipts from the registration of the fertilizer and lime products and from fertilizer 

 tonnage fees for the year 1934 were $13,029. 



For ten weeks beginning April 1, four experienced men employed to draw 

 samples for inspection purposes sampled 19,086 sacks or containers, representing 

 7,751 tons of material; 920 agents were visited. The following summary shows 

 the character of these substances, as well as statistics with reference to their 

 inspection. 



Brands Brands Samples Number of Number of 



Registered Collected Drawn Analyses Determinations* 



Mixed fertilizers 269 273 1,027 464 6,227 



Ground bone, tankage and fish 47 47 157 72 535 

 Nitrogen products, mineral 



and organic 44 44 179 92 186 



Phosphoric acid products 20 20 94 31 124 



Potash products 12 12 .59 25 71 



Dried pulverized natural man- 

 ures 25 26 102 40 255 



Nitrate of potash 5 5 12 8 36 



Peat products 9 9 20 11 40 



Wood and cotton hull ashes. . 3 3 8 8 59 



Miscellaneous 7 7 17 11 70 



Lime products 46 45 98 48 404 



Totals 487 491 1,773 810 8,007 



*Not counting check tests or repeats, which amounted to 962 



