4 INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS 



tion includes such fixed charges as cost of mixing, bags, cart- 

 age and freight, salaries and commissions of agents, and inter- 

 est. 



THE FERTILIZER INSPECTION IN 1899. 



This year, as in the past, the New Hampshire College Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station has co-operated with the state 

 board of agriculture in an inspection of the commercial fertil- 

 izers sold in the state. 



In accordance with the public statutes, the collection of sam- 

 ples of the different fertilizers has been in charge of the secre- 

 tary of the board of agriculture, Hon. N. J. Bachelder, who 

 has been assisted by Mr. H. E. Barnard; while the chemical 

 analyses have been performed under the direction of the chem- 

 ist of the experiment station, Prof. Fred W. Morse, who has 

 had for assistants, Dr. E. W. Lazell, and Messrs. Arthur Given 

 and Harry E. Barnard. 



The work of the inspectors in this state cannot be finished 

 before the farmers buy their season's stock of fertilizers, be- 

 cause the manufacturers do not, in many cases, place their 

 goods in the hands of the local agents until April 1, or later. 

 Consequently the analyses of the past year must serve as a guide 

 to the composition of the fertilizers on the market for the com- 

 ing year. The publication of this bulletin has therefore been 

 delayed, with the idea that it will receive more attention now 

 than if issued last fall, and thus be more effective in decreasing 

 the use of inferior brands. 



Under the present fertilizer law a manufacturer pays a 

 license fee, which permits the sale of as many different brands 

 of fertilizers as he may choose to place on the market. The 

 multiplication of brands by the different makers has required 

 more analyses than could be paid for out of the license fees, 

 therefore several of the samples collected were not analyzed. 



The list of brands not analyzed is published in order that all 

 brands found by the agent of the board of agriculture may be 

 included in this report, and that their guarantees may be com- 

 pared by those farmers who may wish to select a fertilizer on 

 the basis of its percentage composition. 



