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offered for their choice. The degree of pulverization con- 

 trols, almost without exception, under similar conditions, 

 the rate of solubility, and the more or less rapid diffusion 

 of the different articles of plant food throughout the soil. 



The state of moisture exerts a no less important influence 

 on the pecuniary value in case of one and the same kind of 

 substance. Two samples of fish fertilizers, although equally 

 pure, may differ from fifty to one hundred per cent, in com- 

 mercial value, on account of mere diflerence in moisture. 



Crude stock for the manufacture of fertilizers, and refuse 

 materials of various descriptions, have to be valued with 

 reference to the market price of their principal constituents, 

 taking into consideration at the same time their general fit- 

 ness for speedy action. 



Consumers of commercial manurial substances will do well 

 to buy, whenever practicable, on a guarantee of composition 

 of their essential constituents, and to see to it that the bill 

 of sale recognizes the point of the bargain. Any mistake 

 or misunderstanding in the transaction may be readily ad- 

 justed, in that case, between the contending parties. The 

 responsibility of the dealer ends with furnishing an article 

 corresponding in its composition with the lowest stated 

 quantity of each specified essential constituent. 



It is of the first importance, when buying fertilizers for 

 home consumption, to consider their cost with reference to 

 what they promise to furnish. 



List of 3fannfactiirers and Dealers tvJio have secured Certificates for 

 the sale of Commercial Fertilizers in the State dari)ig the Past 

 Year {May 1, 1897, to May 1, 1898) and the Brands li- 

 censed by Each. 



The Armour Fertilizer Works, Chicago, 

 111.: — 

 Bone Meal. 

 Bone and Blood. 

 Ammoniated Bone and Potash. 

 All Soluble. 



Bone, Blood and Potash. 

 Grain Grower. 



American Fertilizer Co., Boston, 

 Mass. : — 

 Alkali Nitrate Phosphate for Hoed 

 Crops. 



American Fertilizer Co. — Con. 



Alkali Nitrate Phosphate for Grass 



and Grain. 

 General American Fertilizer. 

 Potato Fertilizer. 



Wm. H. Abbott, Holyoke, Mass. : — 

 Eagle Brand for Grass and Grain. 

 Complete Tobacco Fertilizer. 

 Animal Fertilizer. 



American Cotton Oil Co., New York, 

 N.Y.: — 

 Cotton-seed Meal. 



