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facturer in the guaranteed amounts, it is necessary that 

 each brand of fertilizer offered for sale be officially in- 

 spected and analyzed one or more times each year. 

 When failure to meet the guarantee is proven by chem- 

 ical analysis, the prosecution or seizure provisions of 

 the law may be invoked. 



In Table I are tabulated the grades of complete fer- 

 tilizers analyzed in this year's inspection, the number 

 of brands found by the inspector in each grade, the 

 average analysis of the brands in each grade and the 

 average retail price per ton. 



ANNUAL TONNAGE 

 Several attempts have been made to estimate the 

 tonnage of fertilizer materials sold annually in the 



