no 



HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



1898. 1899 



(rt) Where three essential elements of plant food were guaranteed : — 

 Number with three elements equal to or above the highest guarantee, 

 Number with two elements above the highest guarantee, . . . 

 Number with one element above the highest guarantee, . . . 

 Number with three elements between the lowest and highest guarantee, 

 Number with two elements between the lowest and highest guarantee, 

 Number with one element between the lowest and highest guarantee. 

 Number with two elements below the lowest guarantee, . , . 

 Number with one element below the lowest guarantee, . . 



(6) Where two essential elements of plant food were guaranteed : — 

 Number with two elements above the highest guarantee, 

 Number with one element above the highest guarantee, 

 Number with two elements between the lowest and highest guarantee, 

 Number with one element between the lowest and highest guarantee. 

 Number with two elements below the lowest guarantee, . 

 Number with one element below the lowest guarantee, . . . 



(c) Where one essential element of plant food was guaranteed : — 



Number above the highest guarantee, 



Number between lowest and highest guarantee, 



Number below lowest guarantee, 



16 



27 

 73 

 88 

 84 

 53 

 19 

 68 



7 



32 

 20 

 27 



2 

 18 



10 

 16 

 10 



A comparison of the above-stated results of our inspection 

 with the results of 1898 shows, on the whole, a marked 

 superiority in favor of the samples analyzed in 1899. 



Wherever a discrepancy has arisen between the results of 

 our analyses and the manufacturer's guarantee, it has been 

 evident that imperfect mixing has been the cause, and not a 

 desire of the manufacturer to place inferior goods on the 

 market. It should be remembered, when purchasing fer- 

 tilizers, that the responsibility of the manufacturer or dealer 

 ends with furnishing an article corresponding in its composi- 

 tion with the lowest stated guarantee of each of the three 

 essential elements of plant food. 



From a careful scrutiny of the results of analyses published 

 in the three bulletins during the year it becomes an easy mat- 

 ter for the farmer to intelligently select his fertilizers for the 

 next year's consumption, always bearing in mind that the 

 fertilizer costing the least per ton is not always the most 



