84 EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



. In c()m[)li!ince Avith tlie above act, the necessary data have 

 been collected, and fertilizer Bulletin No. 119 gives, in detail, 

 the required information as well as the method employed in 

 obtaining the same. 



During the season 513 samples, representing 358 distinct 

 brands, have been analyzed and the results have been pul)lished. 

 (See Bulletin No. 119, December, 1907.) Forty-five more 

 licensed brands were analyzed than during the previous year. 

 Seventy-seven manufacturers, importers and dealers have secured 

 licenses for 317 distinct brands of fertilizer during 1907. 



Samples were taken in about 80 different towns and cities in 

 the State. Of the 358 brands analyzed, 275 were complete 

 fertilizers; 38 were materials furnishing nitrogen and phos- 

 phoric acid, such as ground Ijone, tankage and dry ground fish ; 

 14 were potash compounds ; 9 were phosphoric acid com- 

 pounds ; 15 were compounds furnishing nitrogen; and 7 were 

 compounds furnishing potash and phosphoric acid. 



Trade Vcdues of FcrliliziiKj Inyrcdicntsfur 1907. 



Nitrogen : — Cents per Pound. 



In iiinnionia salts, ........ 17V2 



In nitrates, ......... 18V^ 



Organic in dry and fine-ground fisli, meat, blood, and in 



liigh-grade mixed fertilizers, ..... 2OV2 



Organic nitrogen in fine bone and tankage, . . . 20l^ 



Organic nitrogen in coarse bone and tankage, . . 15 



Phosphoric acid : — 



SoluVde in water, ........ 5 



Soluble in ammonium citrate (reverted), . . . A^/2 



In line bone and tankage, ...... 4 



In coarse bone and tankage, ...... 3 



In cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, castor pomace and 



wood ashes, ........ 4 



Insoluble (in neutral citrate of ammonia in mixed fer- 

 tilizers), ......... 2 



Potash : — 



As sulfate, free from chloride, ..... 5 



As muriate (chloride), ....... 41/4 



As carbonate, ........ 8 



The above prices were made up fiom (juotations o1)tained for 

 the six months preceding March 1, 1907, and actually show the 

 })rice at which the various ingredients were retailed in markets 



