1907.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 65 



EEPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FEETILIZERS AND FERTILIZER 

 MATERIALS. 



CHAKLES A. GOESSMANN. 



Assistants : iieistri d. iiaskixs, edward g. proulx, e. t. ladd. 



Part I. — Report on Oflficial Inspection of Commercial Ferti- 

 lizers. 

 Part II. — Report on General Work in the Chemical Laboratory. 



Part I. — Report on Official Inspection" of 

 Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural 

 Chemicals during the Season of 1906. 



CHAItLES A. GOESSMANN. 



The total number of manufacturers, importers and deal- 

 ers in commercial fertilizers and agricultural chemicals who 

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

 40 have offices for the general distribution of their goods in 

 Massachusetts, 11 in New York, 8 in Connecticut, 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 Canada, 1 in 

 New Jersey and 1 in Pennsylvania. 



Three hundred and fifty-four brands of fertilizers and 

 chemicals have been licensed in Massachusetts during the 

 year. Five hundred and thirty-three samples of fertilizers 



