50 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF fp:rtilizers and fertilizer 



MATERIALS.^ 



. CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



Assistants: iienki d. haskins, edwakd g. pkoulx, e. t. ladd. 



Part I. — Report on Official Inspection of Commercial Fer- 

 tilizers. 



Part 11. — Report on General AVork in the Chemical Lab- 

 oratory. 



Part I. — Report on Official Inspection of 

 Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural 

 Chemicals during the Season of 1905. 



ClIAKLES A. GOESSMANN. 



The total number of manufacturers, im])orters and dealers 

 in counnercial fertilizei's and ai»;ricultural chemicals who 

 have secured licenses during the past season is 64 ; of these, 

 36 have offices for the ijeneral distribution of their goods in 

 Massachusetts, 1) in New York, (! in C^onnecticut, 3 in Ver- 

 mont, 2 in Ohio, 1 in Rhode Island, 1 in Maryland, 1 in 

 Tennessee, 1 in Arkansas, 1 in Missouri, 1 in C-anada, 1 in 

 New Jersey and 1 in Pennsylvania. 



' See also tables in Appendix, 



