9 mwm |||l ■::: ' - : Experiment Station Library. ■ Class 'W\^Xb: . Number .frVTaij ll&^v^ Volume ^MYo.Wt.'V A'bj^V^'fr Source Eeoeived....^>AAftA^A5AB..\^aftTA^;\ Cost Accessiou No. 3 A A ~\. JJi-.- ,v.v. ;.' Bulletin 155 December, 1911 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY THE FERTILIZER INSPECTION FOR 1911 MADE FOR THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE BY B. E. CURRY AND T. 0. SMITH NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS DURHAM, N. H. NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS. NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION DURHAM, N. H. BOARD OF CONTROL HON. JOHN G. TALLANT, Chairman, West Concord HON. WARREN BROWN, Hampton Falls HON. N. J. BACHELDER, A. M., M. S., East Andover HON. E. H. WASON, B. S., Nashua PRES. WILLIAM D. GIBBS, D. Sc, ex-officio, Durham THE STATION STAFF JOHN C. KENDALL, B. S., Director. FREDERICK W. TAYLOR, B. Sc. (Agr.), Agronomist. CHARLES BROOKS, Ph. D., Botanist. FRED RASMUSSEN, B. S. A., Dairyman. B. S. PICKETT, M. S., Horticulturist. k. E. CURRY, A. B., Chemist. T. R. ARKELL, B. S. A., Animal Husbandman. W. C. O'KANE, M. S., Entomologist. CHARLES W. STONE, A. M., Farmer and Vice-director. W. H. WOLFF, M. S., Assistant Horticulturist. DAVID LUMSDEN, Assistant in Floriculture. T. 0. SMITH, A. B., Assistant Chemist. J. J. GARDNER, B. S., Assistant in Olericulture. O. L. ECKMAN, B. S., Assistant Animal Husbandman. CAROLINE A. BLACK, A. M., Assistant Botanist. FRANK APP, Assistant Agronomist. MIRIAM L. HOBBS, Purchasing Agent. LAURA B. BICKFORD, Stenographer. M. GENEVIEVE BURT, Bookkeeper. LAURA B. BICKFORD, Stenographer. ELIZABETH E. MEHAFFEY, Librarian. The bulletins of the Experiment Station are published at irregular intervals and are sent free to all residents of New Hampshire request- ing them. INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS FOR 1911 The samples of fertilizer for the 1911 inspection, as usual, were collected under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture and turned over to the State Agricultural Experiment Station for analysis. Aside from duplicates 113 samples have been received and analyzed. Of these, fifteen represent unmixed raw materials including ground bone and tankage. The fertilizers, in general, met their guarantee. In a few instances marked shortages have occurred in some one ele- ment, but against these in most cases have been an excess of some other constituent. The consumer now is concerned more about the nature of the guarantee rather than about the deficiencies. The manufacturers are anxious to have all goods meet the guarantee. Any notable deviation is generally due to accident or mistake. The large number of brands offered for sale give the con- sumer considerable latitude in the choice of goods. The manufacturers are advocating the use of the better grades of fertilizers. This is a step in the right direction and should be taken advantage of by the consumer. With a given sum of money more plant food may be purchased in the form of high-grade fertilizers. Messrs. J. E. Robinson and D. B. Keyes have assisted in the preparation of the following analytical results. The samples on which these results have been determined will be kept for three months after the distribution of this report. N. H. AGR. 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