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Lebanon Gazette, Lebanon, O. 
Maryland Farmer, Baltimore, Md. 
Massachusetts Ploughman, Boston, Mass. 
New England Farmer, Boston, Mass. 
New England Homestead, Springfield, Mass. 
News and Courier, Charleston, S. C. 
. New York Weekly News, New York, N. Y. 
New York Weekly Times, New York, N. Y. 
New York Weekly Tribune, New York, N. Y. 
New York Weekly World, New York, N. Y. 
Ontario County Times, Canandaigua, N. Y. 
Orange County Farmer, Port Jervis, N. Y. 
Our Country Home, Greenfield, Mass. 
Pacific Rural Press, San Francisco, Cal. 
Phelps Citizen, Phelps, N. Y. 
Phelps Semi-Weekly Advertiser, Phelps, N. Y. 
*Practical Farmer, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Prairie Farmer, Chicago, Il. 
Rural New Yorker, New York, N. Y. 
Texas Farmer, Fort Worth, Tex. 
The Budget, Babylon, N. Y. 
Issue, New York, N.Y. . 
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly, Rochester, N. Y. 
Weekly Press, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Western Farmer, Madison, Wis. 
Western Rural, Chicago, Ill. 
_ We have been informed of the appearance of the bulletins in 
many other papers, but we only catalogue those which we have seen 
ourselves. | 
FERTILIZER ANALYSIS. 
The difficulty of obtaining correct samples of fertilizer for analysis 
has prevented much laboratory work of this character. To every 
applicant for gratuitous fertilizer analysis, blanks have been fur- 
~ nished, giving directions for drawing the sample, and for packing 
the same. These directions have in but few cases been fulfilled, and 
the samples received have, in most cases, been valueless for our pur- 
pose. When the station undertakes the expensive work of fertilizer 
analysis, it seems proper that such analysis should be of public, 
rather than of private benefit ; in other words, that we should be en- 
abled to bear. testimony as to the good quality, or the opposite, of 
the brand of fertilizer, and of the reliability of the manafacturer, 
from information gained from the samples. The following notes of — 
samples received will illustrate the difficulties we have had to con-_ 
tend with in the matter of sampling: 
_ One package of fertilizer was received with the blank form for 
description of sample not filled out, except with the name of the 
- manufacturer, and the price per ton, 
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