FDRTILIZEJR INSPECTION. 



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"SCIENTIFIC FERTILIZER." 



Chas. D. Woods. 



In May, 1903, a correspondent brought to the Station a sample 

 of fertilizer taken from a bag in the possession of W. H. Brackett 

 and Son, Dixfield, and said to have been brought into the State 

 in 1902. Our correspondent stated that the goods are being 

 bought by farmers clubs and granges and that they retail at 97 

 cents per hundred. From what we could learn these goods are 

 bought outside of the State and according to a ruling made 

 several years since by the attorney general do not, on this 

 account, come under the provisions of the fertilizer law. The 

 bag in which the goods were packed was branded as follows : — 



"Ammonia 2. 10 to 2. 50 per cent. 



Equivalent to nitrogen 1.72 to 2.05 



Total phosphoric acid 8 . 50 to 8 . 50 



Available phosphoric acid. . 7.40 to 8.40 



Soluble phosphoric acid... 4. to 4.25 



Reverted phosphoric acid. . 3.40 to 4.15 



Insoluble phosphoric acid., i. to i . 10 



Potash, actual 2 . 1 5 to 2 . 65 



Manufactured by the Scientific Fertilizer Company, Herrs 

 Island, Pittsburg, Pa." 



The sample was analyzed with the following results: 



Found. Guaranteed. 



Nitrogen 



Phospboric acid.. 



Potash. 



Soluble in water... 

 Insoluble in water 

 Total 



fSolable . . 

 I Reverted . 

 i- Insoluble . 

 I Available 

 LTotal 



% 

 .36 

 1.50 

 1.86 



4.29 

 2.76 

 3 80 

 7.05 

 10.85 



2.09 



% 



4.00 

 3.40 

 1.00 

 7.40 



8.50 



2.15 



