FERTILIZER INSPECTION. 



Analysis of Prentiss 4-6-10 Samples, iooj. 



103 





Nitrogen. 







Phosphoric 



Acid. 







Potash. 





a 

 2 si 



"o g 

 «2 P 



_d 



3S 



Total. 



0) 

 O 



m 



T3 

 > 



d 



"o 



a 



Available. 



Total. 



T3 



§ 







fa 





u 

 a 



1 



3 



•a' 

 



3 



02 



■v 

 a 

 d 

 



■73 



<p 



s 



d 

 o3 



M 

 OJ 



3 ! 

 O 



T3 



d 

 



T3 



a 



d 



o3 



3 

 O 



-6 

 d 

 d 

 

 fa 



T3 



IU 



d 

 O 



-3 



a/ 



0J 



d 

 ci 

 C 



03 



d 









% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% % 



1290 



2.22 



0.14 



2.36 



3.29 



1.63 



2.85 



1.93 



4.48 



6.00 



6.41 



8.00 



8.18 10.00 



1306 



1.80 



0.62 



2.42 





1.67 



3.85 



1.73 



5.52 





7.25 





9.48 



1341 



1.94 



0.30 



2.24 





1.91 



3.75 



1.75 



5.66 





7.41 





6.99 



1342 



2.18 



0.96 



3.14 





2.11 



3.39 



1.15 



5.50 





6.65 





10.48 



1343 



2.20 



0.72 



2.92 





2.74 



3.20 



0.88 



5.94 





6.82 





9.36 



1344 



1.86 



0.60 



2.46 





1.75 



3.07 



1.56 



4.82 





6.38 





9.24 



1345 



1.49 



0.95 



2.44 





3.68 



2.57 



1.34 



6.25 





7.59 





10.42 



1347 



2.82 



0.74 



3.56 





3.35 



2.30 



1.30 



5.65 





6.95 





9.57 



1348 



. 2.12 



0.80 



2.92 





2.74 



3.27 



1.15 



6.01 





7.16 





9.43 : 



1349 



2.13 



0.82 



2.95 





2.22 



3.21 



1.44 



5.43 





6.87 





10.03 



1350 



2.09 



0.92 



3.01 





3.65 



2.29 



1.52 



5.94 





7.46 





9.67 



1351 



2.39 



0.82 



3.21 





1.90 



4.03 



0.92 



5.93 





6.85 





10.06 { 



1352 



2.28 



0.94 



3.22 





3.22 



2.88 



0.99 



6.10 





7.09 





10.00 









2.83 

 0.46 











5.63 

 0.37 





7.57 

 0.43 





9.45 

 0.55 







below 



guar. 

























A sample was also sent to the Station by a farmer at Easton. 

 This sample analyzed, — Nitrogen 2.92 per cent; available phos- 

 phoric acid 5.94 per cent; potash 9.36 per cent. Later this 

 gentleman visited the Experiment Station and expressed his 

 opinion relative to the quality of the Prentiss' 4-6-10 goods and 

 stated that there were considerable of these goods still unused 

 in his part of the county. As a result the Station chemist, who 

 had drawn the official fertilizer samples, visited Easton and 

 Presque Isle, putting himself is touch with the farmers at Easton 

 who had used the goods, and drew samples wherever any 

 unopened goods were still in stock, provided they had apparently 

 been well stored. Also some farmers were visited in Presque 

 Isle in company with one of the managers of the R. T. Prentiss 

 Company. As a result 13 samples of the R. T. Prentiss Com- 



