264 AGKICULTUKAL EXPERIMENT 8TATIOX. [Jan. 



I. 



CO:\IMUNICATION ON COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



1. General introduction. 



2. State laws for tlie regulation of trade in commercial fer- 

 tilizers. 



3. List of licensed manufacturers and dealers from May 1, 

 1893, to May 1, 1894. 



4. Analyses of licensed fertilizers. 



5. Analyses of commercial fertilizers and manurial substances 

 sent on for examination. 



6. Miscellaneous analyses. 



7. Miscellaneous fodder analyses. 



1. General Introduction. 



Fifty-two manufticturers and dealers have applied for and 

 received licenses for the sale of their various brands in our 

 State. Twenty-four of them are residents of other States. 



Two hundred and thirty-five samples of licensed ai-ticles 

 have been collected in all parts of the State by authorized 

 agents of the station. Two hundred and fourteen of them 

 have been carefully analyzed at the chemical laboratory of 

 the station, with the following results : one sample contained 

 all three essential constituents above the highest guarantee ; 

 seventeen samples contained two of the essential elements 

 above the highest guarantee ; forty-five contained one essen- 

 tial element above the highest guarantee ; sixty-eight con- 

 tained three essential elements at the lowest guarantee ; 

 fifty-seven contained two essential elements at the lowest 

 guarantee ; thii-ty-one contained one element at lowest guar- 

 antee ; one sample contained three essential elements below 

 the lowest stated guarantee ; foui-teen samples contained two 

 essential elements below the lowest stated guarantee ; fifty- 

 one contained one element below the lowest stated guarantee. 



