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16 dime's Complete Gar- 



den and Lawn Fertil- 

 izer Currie Bros. Co., 



Milwaukee 5.13 3.28 12.07 7.88 



17 Darling'sWesternBrand.Darling & Co., Chicago. .41 7.0 9.0 .5 



18 Darling'sChicagoBrand.Darling & Co., Chicago. 1.65 8.0 10.0 2.0 



19 Darling's Farmer's Fa- 



vorite Brand Darling & Co., Chicago. 2.47 8.0 10.0 4.0 



20 Darling's Vegetable and 



Lawn Fertilizer Darling & Co., Chicago. 3.3 8.0 9.0 7.0 



21 Swift's Garden City 



Phosphate Swift & Co., Chicago 14.0 15.0 



22 Swift's High Grade 



Special Phosphate and 



Potash Swift & Co., Chicago 10.0 11.0 4.0 



The Station analyses of the brands given are shown in the 

 following tables. According to the state fertilizer law, each 

 manufacturer ''shall affix to every package of fertilizer sold 

 . a statement of the following fertilizing constituents, 

 namely : The percentage of nitrogen in an available form, of 

 potash soluble in water, and of available phosphoric acid, 

 soluble and reverted, as well as total phosphoric acid." The 

 guaranteed composition of the licensed fertilizers is given in 

 the tible in connection with the results of our analyses of the 

 samples furnished by the manufacturers in compliance with the 

 law. A small number of samples of various licensed brands were 

 collected by representatives of the Station during the past year 

 and have been analyzed in our laboratory, with results as shown 

 in the second half of the table. (Table III B.) 



These samples were collected in the stores of the following 

 dealers or were forwarded for analysis by the buyers, as 

 stated: No. 32, Wisconsin Sugar Co., Menomonee Falls; Nos. 

 35 and 41, Geo. Warren Co., Warrens; Nos. 36, 37, and 39, 

 D. P. Wigley, Racine; Nos. 38 and 40, J. A. Denniston, 

 Janesville; Nos. 42, 44, and 45, Peterson & Burroughs, Ra- 

 cine; No. 43, J. D. Thrasher, Green Lake; No. 46, W. C. 

 Davis, Walworth; No. 47, C. H. Jackson, Oconomowoc; No. 

 48, M. A. Rasmussen, Somers ; Nos. 50 and 51, David Law- 

 ton, Racine; No. 52, D. M. Barlass, Janesville; and No. 53, 

 Currie Bros., Milwaukee. 



