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A. L. Warren, Northboro, Mass. Wilcox Potato Fertilizer, 



TT- , r) r' 1 T> Wilcox Fish and Potash, 



Vv arren a lure Uround Bone. -itt-i x--, , r c j 



Wilcox JNitrate of Soda, 



Wilcox Dry Ground Fish, 

 Whitman & Pratt Rendering Co., Lowell, Wilcox Muriate of Potash, 

 Mass. Dry Ground Acidulated Fish. 



Corn Success, Sanford Winter, Brockton, Mass. 

 All Lrop, ' ' 



Potato Manure, Pure Ground Bone. 

 Potato Plowman, 



Vegetable Grower, A. H. Wood & Co., Framingham, Mass. 



Potato Special, B. B. General Fertilizer, 



Pure Ground Bone. S. P. Fertilizer, 



7-7-7 Fertilizer. 

 Wilcox Fertilizer Works, Mystic, Conn. 



Wilcox Potato, Onion and Vegetable J- M.Woodard, Greenfield Mass. 



Manure woodard's Unground Tankage. 

 Wilcox Grass Fertilizer, 



Wilcox High Grade Tobacco Special, Worcester Rendering Co., Auburn, Mass. 



Wilcox Complete Bone Superphosphate, Ground Tankage. 



Our collecting season for some brands of fertilizer 

 Fertilizers sold in Massachusetts is relatively short. As a gen- 

 Collected, eral rule fertilizers cannot be found plentifully in 

 the open markets until April 1st. vSome of the 

 fertihzer is used for early crops by the 15th or 20th of April, 

 and by May 1st to loth depending upon the season, considerable 

 of the fertilizer has been used. In order to make a more com- 

 plete canvass of the state in the short time allotted, and to 

 cover a larger territory than heretofore; and in order to procure so 

 far as possible samples of every brand of goods sold, an extra 

 man was detailed for the collection during that portion of the 

 season when fertilizers were found most plentiful. The samples 

 which appear in the following tables of analyses were in all cases 

 (except those marked manufacturers' samples) taken by an 

 authorized agent of the experiment station. Mr. Jas. T. Howard, 

 the regular assistant, aided by Mr. C. W. Gaskill covered the 

 eastern part of the state while Mr. E. C. Hall looked after the 

 collection in the Connecticut valley and central portion of the 

 state. 110 towns were visited and samples were taken from 

 280 different agenxs. The total number taken was 1042, repre- 

 senting 458 distinct brands. Four hundred and eighteen more 

 samples were collected and analyzed than during the preceding 

 year. The collection has been made with the usual care and 



