Dec, 1936] fertilizer inspection, 1936 3 



sure that they are being furnished by the manufacturer 

 in the guaranteed amounts, it is necessary that each 

 brand of fertihzer offered for sale be officially inspected 

 and analyzed one or more times each year. When 

 failure to meet the guarantee is proven by chemical 

 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 per cent of nitrogen, of available phosphoric 

 acid, and of water soluble potash of the brands in each 

 grade and the average retail price per ton. 



