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Names and Addresses of Manufacturers. pula 
reported. 
BS Tuthill :&-Co. Promised Land, (N.cXiccs. ae eas aoe Fiewaseees ein 12 
Geo. EF. Tuthill &: Co., -Greenport; Ney . oats). + Verte etre oe vteeteets cite é 1 
J. H. Tygert & Co., 42 So. Delaware avenue, Philadelphia, Pa...... 9 
Tygert-Allen Fertilizer Co., 2 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.... 20 
F..G, Underwoodj“Oneida,: Ni Yi. cect oie Sw toe overs les die a eerste eae 4 
Jed, Van Benthuysen, Lishasktil)’ Noy s....c% 0.6 se en ea ae eee 3 
Ja WasVan Cott: &. Son, Unadilia, (NivY.s chs suck «bene oe ae eee 3 
Walker, Fertilizer.Co., Clifton Springs, N; ¥.%5...:5 060s..." ese seu 16 
Walker; .Stratman .& (Co.; Pittsburg, Pa... .2o% livwcs eee een bien sae 1 
Robert West; Bullaloj; N.. Vania isais a's e's oe ae ep are ee aes oan eee 2 
W. H. Whann, William Penn, Pa...... reese CUTE chats create E 9 
Wei t05. Wheeler .&-Co:, Rutland, Vt.4 wists desler ois cise bts ie erc eee 14 
The Wilcox Fertilizer Works, Mystic, Comn........cccccsecvcees ; 3 
Willoughby.:&. Fletcher, Oxford)- Ni Mice nis ose ote ois oie a ee 3 
Wilkinson & Co., 29 So. William street, New York city............ 2 
Williams & Clark Fertilizer Co., 27 William street, New York city. 48 
MJ. .Wood, Bairport; “Ni Ye oo ee alesis a steed eosin a ecole ators so eat aan 1 
Wooster :&: Mott; Union: Hill, N2¥. toi otek es era ea Saute eee $ 6 
York..Chemical: Works, York, Pa! sci. a See ee ane ok elt en ee 4 
Zell Guano Co., Baltimore, Md............. A ity ir ies bo ie 49 
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TERMS USED IN STATING RESULTS OF ANALYSIS. 
In the tables following, the terms used to express the results of 
analysis are self-explanatory for the most part. Attention is 
called, however, to “ water-soluble ” phosphoric acid and nitrogen. 
While manufacturers are required to guarantee only the 
amount of available phosphoric acid (water-soluble plus reverted 
or citrate-soluble), yet it seems desirable that consumers should 
know what proportion of the available is water-soluble. The 
amounts of available phosphoric acid being equal, one would 
choose by preference a fertilizer containing the larger amount 
of water-soluble phosphoric acid. 
The amount of water-soluble phosphoric acid varied from 0.1 
- to 11.11 per cent and averaged 5.08 per cent. This constituted 
nearly 60 per cent of the available phosphoric acid present. 
The water-soluble nitrogen includes nitrogen present in the 
form of ammonia salts and nitrogen together with that present in 
small amounts of soluble organic matter. The amount of water- 
