November, 1916. 



MAINE 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 

 ORONO, MAINE. 

 CHAS. D. WOODS, Director. 



ANALYSTS. 



James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Royden L. Hammond William R. Rich 



John H. Perry Walter W. Webber 



0iiitial inspection* 



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COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS, 1916. 

 Chas. D. Woods. 



The Commissioner of Agriculture is the executive of the law 

 regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers in Maine. It is 

 the duty of the Director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment 

 Station to make the analyses of the samples collected by the 

 Commissioner, and to publish the results of the analyses 

 together with the names of the persons from whom the samples 

 were obtained, and such additional information as may seem 

 advisable. 



The outlines of the requirements of the law and the explana- 

 tion of the table begin on page 138. The tabulated results of 

 analyses begin on page 142. The analyses of lime, limestone 

 and gypsum and discussion of results begin on page 192. 



Note. All correspondence relative to the inspection laws should be 

 addressed to the Bureau of Inspections, Department of Agriculture, 

 Augusta, Maine. 



