1899.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 105 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS AND FERTILIZER 

 MATERIALS. 



CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



Assistants: henri d. haskins, charles i. goessmann, samuel w. 



WILEY. 



Part I. — Report on Official Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers. 

 Part II. — Report on General Work in the Chemical Laboratory. 



PART L— REPORT ON OFFICIAL INSPECTION 

 OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS AND AGRI- 

 CULTURAL CHEMICALS IN 1898. 



CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



The number of licensed manufacturers and dealers in 

 commercial fertilizers and agricultural chemicals during the 

 past year is sixty-one. Thirty-five of these parties have 

 offices for the general distribution of their goods in Massa- 

 chusetts ; the remainder reside in other States, — ten in 

 New York, four in Connecticut, three in Vermont, three 

 in Rhode Island, one in Maine, one in New Jersey, one in 

 Illinois and two in Canada. 



The distinct brands of fertilizer, including chemicals, 

 licensed in the State, are two hundred and sixty-four. 



