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An analysis of fertilizing materials at the station. — Arrangements 

 are made, as in previous years, to attend to the examination of 

 objects of general interest to the farming community, to the full 

 extent of existing resources. Requests for analyses of substances — 

 to be used for fertilizing purposes — coming through officers of agri- 

 cultural societies and farmers' clubs within the State, will receive 

 hereafter, as in the past, attention first, and in the order that appli- 

 tions arrive at the office of the Station. The results will be returned 

 without a charge for services rendered. Application of private 

 parties for analyses of substances, free of charge, will receive a 

 careful consideration, whenever the results promise to be of a more 

 general interest. For obvious reasons no work can be carried on at 

 the Station //-ee of charges the results of which are not at the dis- 

 posal of the managers for publication, if deemed advisable in the 

 interest of the citizens of the State. 



All parcels containing samples of Fertilizers for examination 

 must have express charges prepaid ; they may be addressed to C. A. 

 Goessmann, Hatch Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. To avoid 

 mistakes and delay, notice should also be given by postal card, that 

 a package has been sent by express and the owners name should be 

 stated inside or outside of the packages. 



II. 



ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS AND 



MANURIAL SUBS rANCES SENT ON FOR 



EXAMINATION. 



101-104 COTTON sep:d hull ashes. 



