THE FERTILIZER INSPECTION IN 1900. 



This year, as in the past, the New Hampshire College Agricultural 

 Experiment Station has cooperated with the state board of agricul- 

 ture in an inspection of the commercial fertilizers sold in the state. 



In accordance with the public statutes, the collection of samples of 

 the different fertilizers has been in charge of the secretary of the board 

 of agriculture, Hon. N. J. Bachelder, who has been assisted by Mr. 

 E. P. Jewett ; while the chemical analyses have been performed under 

 the direction of the chemist of the experiment station. Prof. Fred W. 

 Morse, who has had for assistants Messrs. Roscoe H. Shaw and 

 Harry A. Clark. 



Under the present fertilizer law a manufacturer pays a license fee, 

 which permits the sale of as many different brands of fertihzers 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 compared by those farmers 

 who may wish to select a fertilizer on the basis of its percentage com- 

 position. 



