6o maine agricultural experiment station, 



Descriptive List of Manufacturers' Samples, 1899. 



Manufacturer, place of business anc^ brand. 



1410 

 1411 



2106 

 2107 



E. L. LEWIS. ATLANTIC, MASS. 

 Lewis Potato Fertilizer , 



RUSSIA CEMENT CO., GLOUCESTER, MASS. 



Essex Complete Manure for Corn, Grain and Grass 



Essex Complete Manure for Potatoes, Roots and Vegetables 



Essex Corn Fertilizer 



Maine State Grange Seeding Down Fertilizer 



STANDARD FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. 

 Standard Bone and Potash 



Analyses of Manufacturers' Samples, 1899. 





Nitrogen. 





Phosphoric 



ACIE 







Potash. 









Total. 









Available. 



Total. 







fi 



<£ 



























a 





■o 





■c 





rr^ 



-c 



3 





















OP 





OJ 





OJ 







*" 









r— 







« 











0) 



S'§ 



cj 





a 



0) 



0) 



.0 









a 





g 



.2 



5? 







3 



c3 



3 



> 



3 

 1 



3 



5 



a 

 3 



s 



3 



s 



CO . 



CO 







3 





a> 









3 













CO . 



<0 



<d 



&H 



a 



CC 



K 



'"' 



Er 







6^ 



^ 



u< 









% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



2132 



1.20 



2.36 



3.56 



3.28 



3.74 



2.40 



1.93 



6.14 



5.0 



8.07 



6.0 



10.43 



10.0 



1410 







4.00 

 3.96 



3.70 

 3.70 



3.02 

 2.60 



6.39 

 5.54 



2.51 



2.84 



9.41 

 8.14 



7.0 

 7.0 



11.92 

 10.98 



9.5 

 9.0 



10.52 

 9.18 



9.5 



1411 







8.5 



2106 



.52 



1.72 



2.24 



2.00 



5.31 



4.03 



4.14 



9.34 



9.0 



13.48 



11.0 



3.33 



3.0 



2107 





1.91 



1.91 



1.50 



3.19 



4.24 



6.36 



7.43 



7.0 



13.79 



13.0 



5.69 



5.5 



1S90 











6.94 



3.03 



1.51 



9.97 



8.0 



11.48 



10.0 



4.10 



2.5 















TRADE valuations. 



In 1894 this Station stopped printing trade valuations. 

 Although this was explained at the time, letters are occasionally 

 received in which correspondents ask for trade valuations and 

 our reasons for not publishing them. The reasons briefly stated 

 are as follows : 



The chief reason is that commercial values are not the same as 

 agricultural values. Trade values are determined by market 

 conditions, the agricultural value is measured by the increase of 

 crop. Printing trade valuations increases the tendency, already 

 far too strong, to purchase fertilizers on the ton basis without 



