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antee. Over 80 per cent of the samples collected this year are 

 below the guarantee in at least one constitutent. For the most 

 part these deficiencies are slight but they should not occur. 



It is to be remembered, however, that it has been many years 

 since a fraudulent fertilizer has been offered in Maine and there 

 is probably no class of goods that come nearer to making good 

 their claims that commercial fertilizers, and there are very few 

 staples that are so largely sold on their merits. 



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