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THE FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 



Reports received by the Board ot Agriculture show that 

 samples were analysed under the Fertilisers and Feeding 

 Stuffs Act, 1893, i n 56 counties or county boroughs during 

 the year 1897, the total number of analyses having been 

 836, of which 586 were samples of fertilisers and 250 of 

 feeding stuffs. 



The reports again exhibit an increase in the number of 

 samples analysed over the number in the preceding year, 

 although the excess, amounting to 34 fertilisers and 5 feeding 

 stuffs, is not so large as that recorded in 1896. It is, 

 however, only in England and Wales that progress in this 

 direction can be noticed, as Scotland shows a decline. 



The comparison between 1897, 1896 and 1895 for the 

 whole country stands as follows : — 





Number of 



Total Number 





Counties Reporting 

 Analyses. 



of Samples Analysed. 





1897. 



1896. 



1895. 



1897. 



1896. 



1895. 



England, counties - 



29 



26 



27 



391 



362 



235 



, , boroughs 



1 



3 



1 



61 



35 



35 



Wales, counties 



7 



5 



5 



41 



22 



23 



Scotland, counties- 



18 



20 



21 



34i 



378 



322 



, , boroughs 









2 







Great Britain - 



56 



54 



54 



836 



797 



615 



The number of analyses made in each of the four quarters 

 of 1897 ma y be shown as under : — 





Fertilisers. 



Feeding Stuffs. 



Quarter. 



Quarter. 



1st. 



2nd. 



3rd. 



4th. 



ISt. 



2nd. 



3rd. 



4th 



England, counties 



67 



122 



15 



44 



47 



20 



34 



42 



, , boroughs 



6 



8 



2 



7 



11 



5 



6 



16 



Wales, counties - 



15 



10 





12 



1 



1 





2 



Scotland, counties 



47 



195 



22 



14 



14 



18 



10 



21 



,, boroughs 











2 









Great Britain • 



135 



335 



39 



77 



75 



44 



5o 



81 



