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ble the character of the fertilizers sold. A circular letter was 
addressed to the various manufacturers deing business in this — 
State, requesting information as to the aggregate of their sales 
and also the quality of the fertilizers sold, in order that informa- 
tion might be obtained as to the relative consumption of phos- 
phoric acid, potash and nitrogen compounds. It is not intended, 
of course, to make public the details of individual business, but 
to secure such general information concerning this trade as would 
appear to be of value to both manufacturers and consumers of 
these products. Nearly every one of the manufacturers addressed 
promptly responded to the circular asking for information. 
The same circular was sent out this year and while generally 
the replies were prompt, in several cases no replies were received, 
and in such cases, indicated by a star, the amounts reported the 
previous year have been given for this year also. A list of these 
manufacturers is given for the purpose of showing how exhaustive 
and reliable the statistics collected are, and the aggregate of the 
sales reported, given in the table following, is about 92,020: 
Names of Fertilizer Manufacturers who have Reported their 
Sales for the Year Ending November 1, I89gI. 
Allentown Manufacturing Co., Allentown, Penn. 
Armour & Co., Chicago, Il. 
H. J. Baker & Brother, 215 Pearl street, New York, N. Y. 
Bowker Fertilizer Co., 48 Chatham street, Boston, Mass. 
Bradley Fertilizer Co., Boston, Mass.* 
Brown & Gilman, 10 S. Delaware avenue, Philadelphia, Penn. . 
E. B. Chapin, Rochester, N. Y.* 
Chemical Company of Canton, Baltimore, Md. 
Chesapeake Guano Co., Baltimore, Md. 
Cleveland Dryer Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 
BH. Frank Coe, 16 Birline slip, New York, N. Y.* 
Peter Cooper’s Glue Factory, 17 Burling slip, New York, N. pe 
Crocker Fertilizer and Chemical Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 
E. A. Cross, North Parma, N. Y. 
L. B. Darling Fertilizer Co., Pawtucket, R. I. 
J. H. Devins, Utica, N. Y. 

