The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
Commissioner Folks Report.
The Honorable, the Board IF Agrictl-
tire, immigration and Statistics.

tire, Immigration and Statistics.
GESTLEMEN:-In presenting this, my
Fourth Quarterly Report Of the opera
lions of the Department, il IS proper
that ! should give a brief summary Of
the work accomplished during the
the first year Of its existence. Begin
ming with rothing III the office when
was placed in charge. we now are
comfortably supplied with all the
necessary office furnIture-with a Ii
brary of nearly four hundred volumes,
all of which have been presented by
various Departments, useful maps,
books, forms. &c. We have a system
of correspondence which places US in
ready communication with every
township and county in the State.
and with all the Agricultural Depart
ments in the country. We have ar
rangements perfected for the adver-
tisement and sale OF lands of our peo-
pie. We are educating young men in
the art and science of the Artificial
Propagation of Fish. and have a
hatchery and the necessary appli-
ances for the prosecution of the
work. We have the use and control
of an able Agricultural journal, es-
tablished as the official organ of the
Department. We have an asricul-
tural Experiment and Fertilizer Con
troll Station, properly equipped for the
analysis Of soils, marls, fertilizers, &C.,
in charge of a highly competent
Chemist.
We have also GO counties represent
ed in our Agricultural Museum in
their various native products.
Besides the work of analyzing soils,
marls, sugar beets, &C., and furnish
ing Reports from time to time on sub
jects apertaining to his work, DIR. Lee
douX has made siXty-four analyses of
Fertilizers, which, together with
those not yet made, will be published
in full when completed. For informa-
ton as to the operations OF his De-
partment, | respectfully ask your at
tention to his Quarterly Report here
with submitted, Besides keeping up
a large and constantly increasing cor
respondence, about seventy-three
thousand copies of various publications
have been distributed from the office.
Sugar Beet, Jute, Alfalfa, Wheat, Rye.
Oats and Sorghum Cane seeds have
been distributed to one hundred and
e~ighty-one farmers in seventy differ
ent counties. We nave distributed to
our various waters GAG. 600 shad fry,
and 252. 900 young salmon. | have
visited and addressed the citizens of
fourteen counties.
FERTILIZERS.
In my first Quarterly Report TWEEN
ty-nine brands of Fertilizers licensed
by the State Treasurer were mention
ed as follows:
March l.. John r. Long & Co., Bal
timore. Md, Exceilenza Cotton Fer
~tilizer.
March 10, Walton, Whann & Co.,
Wilmington. Del, Whann's Raw Bone
Superphosphate.
March %, p. S. Chappell & Son, Bal
timore. Md, Chappe1rs Champion
Ammoniated Superphosphate.
March %, Patapsco Guano Co., Bal
timore, Nd, PatapscO Guano.
March %, John r. Long & Co., Bal
timore, Md, Planters Favorite.
March %, Allison & Addison, Peters
burg, Va, Soluble Pacific Guano.
March 90, P. Zell & Sons, Baltimore,
Nd, Zell's A B Phosphate.
March %, Popplein's Silicated Phos-
plate Fertilizer Co., Poppleins Sill
Gated Phosphate Fertilizer.
March %, Atlantic & Va. Fertilizer
Co Orient, l.. L., Eureka Fertilizer.
March %, Bradley Fertilizer Co.
Boston, Mas, Sea Fowl Guano.
March "a, Kader Biggs & Co, Nor
folk, Va, Norfolk Fish Guano.
March %, John Merryman & Co..
Baltimore, Md, Ammoniated Dis.
solved Bones.
March %, John S. Reese & Co., Bal
timore, Md, Pacific Guano Co.'S Com
pound Acid Phosphate of Lime.
March %, Allison & Addison, Rich.
mond, Va, Allison & AddiSon's Star
Brand Complete Manure.
March 80, Hyman & Dancey, Nor
folk. Va, Premium Phosphate.
March 81, Southern Fertilizer Com.
pany, Richmond, Va, Anchor Brand
Fertilizer.
March 81, LYMAN & Dancey. Nor
folk, Va, Lister Bros Standard Su
perphosphate.
March 81, G.. ODER & Sons. Balti
more, Nd, Special Compound.
March 81, Navassa Guano Company
Wilmington, n, c., Navassa Guano.
March 81. p. Zell & Sons. Balti
more, Md, Zelrs Tobacco Fertilizer.
April ?. Patapsco Guano Co.. Balti