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Regulatory Series, Bulletin N0. 26 June, 1941
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
THOMAS P. COOPER, Director _
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS IN KENTUCKY
IN 1940
By J. D. TURNER, H. R. ALLEN and LELAH GAULT
CONTENTS -
Page Page
. . Points a dealer should
Low—grade fertilizers ............ 2 Consider ________________________________ 8
Low-grade fertilizers not Points 3 manufacturer
recommended ---------·---------- 3 should consider __________________ 8
Use of commercial fertilizers 3 EXPIHHSUOD of thi? t8bl€S .... 9
Nutrients necessary for Standing of manufacturers,
growth of plants ................ 4 Table 1 ________________________________ 11
Explanation Of plant _ A n a 1 y s e s of inspection
nutrients ______________________________ 4 samples of mixed fertiliz-
, ers, superphosphate, and .
¥I_·?E£}§lY§tig2l“§;€§   5 fertilizer salts, Table 2 .... 12
eg ----——-·-------—~----——-—»—-—--—-----··- 6 Afaialpleie %f°i¤OHL?°‘?é2E
Points a farmer should con- phosphate, and basic slag,
sider in buying fertilizer 7 Table 3 .................,..........,.., 58
The results of inspection and the analyses of official samples
of commercial fertilizer sold in Kentucky during 1940 are pre-
sented in this bulletin. Approximately 117,000 tons of fertilizer
were sold, estimated from the number of tags issued, which is an
increase of about 6 percent OV01‘ the tonnage of the preceding
year. About 55 percent of this was mixed fertilizer, the rest
_ being superpliospliate and other fertilizer materials. In addi-
Z tion, about 41,500 tons of 20-percent superphosphate and 58,000
tons of 47-percent superphosphate were distributed to Kentucky
farmers by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
l The analyses as a whole showed that the manufacturers met
their guaranties well. Deficiencies were mostly of a minor
nature. It should be noted, however, that the records of a few
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manufacturers are very poor. Records of the companies and the
results of the analyses are given in Tables 1, 2, and 3 in the back
part of this bulletin.
LOW-GRADE FERTILIZERS K
This department considers that any mixed fertilizer which
has a total plant-food content of less tl1an 16 percent (sum of
nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash guaranteed) is a low-grade
fertilizer. If the total plant-food content is 16 to 10 percent,
inclusive, the fertilize1· is classed as medimn grade; if the total
plant-food content is 20 percent or more, the fertilizer is classed
as high grade.
During 1040, approximately 15,000 tons of mixed fertilizer, »
or 23 percent of the total. mixed fertilizer sold in Kentucky, was
low grade, 54 percent was medium grade, and 23 percent was
high grade. Such a, large percentage of low- and medium-grade
fertilizer represents a large loss to the farmers of the state.
. lt is uneconomieal to buy low-grade fertilizer, because certain
fixed charges incident to thc production and distribution of
mixed fertilizers are the same for a ton, irrespective of the grade.
Some of these fixed charges are eost of handling, mixing, bags,
plant overhead, freight, and tax. To these the 11l2llllIf2l(‘f.111’€1‘
must add his profit. 1Vhen these charges are added to the whole-
sale priee of the fertilizer ingredients, the resulting retail price
of the low-grade fertilizer is relatively high per unit of plant
food, as compared with the high-grade fertilizer. The saving in
•·.. buying high-grade fertilizer may amount to 10 to 20 percent.
For example, it takes 3-% tons of a 2-8-4 fertilizer to supply the
same amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash that are
contained in 2 tons of a 3-12-6 fertilizer. The cost of these at
the prevailing retail prices in Kentucky in 10-t0 was- `
3 tons of 2-8-4 at $25.00 a ton ........................ $75.00
2 tons of 3-12-ti at $31.30 a ton ........................ $62.60
Thus the saving in buying the 3-12-6 fertilizer was $12.40, or
16.5 percent, and the buyer handles only 2 tons instead of 3 tons.
lf a larger proportion of high-grade fertilizer were sold in Ken-
tucky the saving would be greater.

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LOW-GRADE FERTILIZERS NOT RECOMMENDED
The Fertilizer Department does not recommend the pur-
` chase of a mixed fertilizer with a total plant food of less than
16 perce11t. By the same token, it is believed that a total of 18
to 20 percent, or even more, would be more economical because ’
in this way a farmer can get the same amount of plant food in
- less tonnage and save the extra cost in freight on fillers, spread-
ing, and costs incident to the manufacture and handling. It is
i further of the opinion that if a farmer ’s soil needs the tln·ee
· primary nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, it ,
would be uneconomieal to buy a fertilizer with less than 3 per-
cent nitrogen, 8 percent phosphoric acid, and 4 percent potash,
for the same reason of cost.
Farmers could save even more on their fertilizer bills by
buying higher grades such as 4-8-4, 4-10-6, 4-].2-8, 5-10-5, 6-12-6, »
and similar combinations. Advice to the contrary is not sound
and reliable. If farmers buy on price instead of quality the
results will be loss and disappointment. The net savings to
farmers annually in buying high-grade fertilizers instead of low-
grade fertilizers would bc very great.
USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
Intelligent use of commercial fertilizer involves (1) knowl- ·
edge of the principles of soil management and improvement,
(2) knowledge of the condition of the land on which a crop is
to be grown, (3) knowledge of the requirements of the crop for
nutrients. The farmer should know the teachings of the i
Agronomy Department of this Station in regard to soil manage-
ment and improvement. This information can be obtained from
the following Kentucky publications: Extension Circulars
No. 350, "Save the Soil and Improve It"; No. 54, "Soils, An
Elementary Treatise"; and No. 272, "Soil Management for ·
Kentueky"; and Station Bulletins No. 374, "Legumes in Crop-
ping Systems"; No. 379, "Soil Management and Fertilization
for Tobacco"; and No. 397, "Soil Management Experiments."
The advice of the Agronomy Department for improvement
of the soil and maintenance of fertility includes the following;
(1) the growth and proper use of legumes; (2) the proper

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‘ saving and use of manure and crop residues; (3) prevention of
erosion by keeping the land covered as much of the time as ’
possible with a dense cover, and by contour cultivation and strip
cropping on sloping land. As the soil is improved, crop yields A _
are increased and therefore the amounts of nutrients taken from
the soil are increased. Thus the amount of nutrients returned
to the soil must be l11C1‘€2tS€(l by returning more crop residues
and manure, and often by the use also of mixed fertilizers or .·
fertilizer materials.
For crops of high money value, such as tobacco or truck-
garden crops, liberal use of commercial fertilizers may be
mo1·e advantageous than in general farming. On land which
has not attained high productivity but on which crops are to be
g1·own immediately, irrespective of proper farm practices,
fertilizers are essential.
NUTRIENTS NECESSARY FOR GROWTH OF PLANTS
Besides carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which are supplied
mainly from air and water, plants require for normal growth
_ and development a number of other elements which are obtained
from the soil. Among the elements which have been found
essential for plant nutrition are nitrogen, phosphorus, potas-
sium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron, manganese, boron,
copper, and zinc. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are the
ones usually guaranteed in commercial fertilizers. Others may
be present in considerable amounts tho not guaranteed. For
instance, ordinary superphosphate, in addition to supplying
phosphorus, is a carrier of calcium and sulfur. Potash salts
usually contain some magnesium. The other elements are
required by plants in varying, but usually small amounts.
Under our present knowledge, it is believed they are present in
most Kentucky soils in sufficient amounts.
EXPLANATION OF PLANT NUTRIENTS
The percentages of guaranteed nutrients present in a com-
mercial fertilizer are printed on the state tag as nitrogen,
phosphoric acid, and potash. The results of many investigations
indicate that certain nutrients perform definite functions in the

 K COMMEac1AL FER·r1L1zERs, 1940 5
growth and development of plants, but no plants will grow and
4 properly develop if the soil is deficient in any essential nutrient
or plant—food element. The nutrients must not only be present i
in the soil, but they must be in proper amounts and in available
form.
Some of the functions performed by the nutrients are the
following : -
Nitrogen p1·omotes leaf and stem development, produces
" rapid early growth and, i11 proper amount, aids in maturing the
plant. In excessive amount, it may delay maturity. The princi-
pal sources of water-soluble nitrogen in fertilizers are annnonium
sulfate, ammonia liquors, sodium nit1·ate, calcium cyanamid, and
urea. The sources of water-insoluble nitrogen are bone, tank- "
age and similar materials. Most of the nitrogen in mixed
fertilizers is water soluble.
Phosphorus promotes general growth, especially root
formation and growth, aids maturity of plants, fruiting, and
increases the ratio of grain and fruit to the plant stalk. It is V
usually present in fertilizers in various forms of calcium and
annnonium phosphates. It is guaranteed and reported as
phosphoric acid (PZOB) of which 43.7 percent is phosphorus.
Available phosphoric acid is that part of this plant nutrient in
a fertilizer which can be 1·eadily utilized by plants. The per-
centage of available phosphoric acid in mixed fertilizers and
superphosphate is guaranteed and printed on the guaranty tag.
The percentage of total phosphoric acid in bone, tankage, rock ·
phosphate, basic slag, and si1nila1· materials is guaranteed and
printed on the guaranty tag.
Potassium is usually present in fertilizers as potassium
chloride or potassium sulfate and is guaranteed and repo1·ted as I
potash (KZO), of which 83 percent is potassium. It aids in the
general growth of the plant, in resistance to disease, and the
development of sugar and starch, and it improves the quality of
the plant and fruit. Potash in fertilizers is soluble in water.
FARMERS’ SAMPLES
The Kentucky fertilizer law provides that any person in the
state not a dealer in o1· agent for the sale of any fertilizer, who
lllfly purchase fertilizer, for his own use, and not for sale, 1nay

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l1ave it analyzed free of charge by the Kentucky Agricultural
` Experiment Station. However, the law further provides that in .
order for such analysis to be made the sample must be taken in
a prescribed way. If a farmer desires to have his fertilizer
analyzed by the Experiment Station, he should write the Depart-
ment of Feed and Fertilizer Control for instructions. This is
important, for no analysis of fertilizer will be made unless
proper procedure in taking the sample is followed. A
INFORMATION AND GUARANTY TAG
A state guaranty tag issued by the Kentucky Agricultural
Experiment Station, showing the manufacturer ’s guaranty,
must be attached to each bag of fertilizer before it can be law-
fully offered for sale in Kentucky. It is a violation of the law
to change the tag in any manner, either by addition or erasure.
Purchasers of fertilizer should be guided by the information
printed on the guaranty tag in selecting a fertilizer. If the A
fertilizer is not tagged with a state gua1·anty tag, or if the tag
has been changed in any manner, it should be reported to the
Department immediately. The following information is printed
on the guaranty tag:
T Brand name of fertilizer
Name and address of manufacturer
Guaranteed analysis showing:
Minimum nitrogen, percent
Minimum available phosphoric acid, percent
Minimum potash, from muriate or sulfate, percent
Estimated value per 100 pounds
Total phosphoric acid, in place of available phosphoric acid,
is guaranteed in bone, tankage, basic slag and rock phosphate.
At the bottom of the tag must be a stamp on which is printed the
net weight of the fertilizer in the package and authorization by T
the Director, of its sale. The estimated value is used for com-
paring values of fertilizers of different grades, and it should not
be confused with the selling price. Selling price can not be `·
accurately estimated because of the many factors, some of them
variable, which are included in it.
The estimated value, or index of relative value, is deter-
mined hy giving a value to each component, which value repre-
sents the cost of that component to the manufacturer plus an

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equitable share of tl1e total cost of placing the fertilizer on tl1e
market. The values of the coinponents are:
Value Value .
per pound, per unit,
— cents dollars \
Nitrogen .................................................. 17.5 3.5
Available phosphoric acid in mixed
fertilizers and superphosphates 6.0 1.2
Total phosphoric acid in bone .......... 5.0 1.0
i Potash in all fertilizers ...................... 6.0 1.2 A
A u11it is 20 ])O11l1(lS, or 1 pe1·ce11t of a tO1l. If the 111111]
value of each C0ll1pO1IG11l1 is multiplied by the percent of tl1e
CO1l1pOll€11l] in the fertilizer illltl all the results are added, the
estimated value per ton, or index of relative value, is obtained.
This valuation is used i11 comparing the value of samples .
analyzed with tl1e l1lHll111i&CJLl11‘C‘1'S7 guarantics. The valuation
(l€])G11(lS upo11 tl1e actual content of the fertilizer COlll])O11ClltS a11d
should not be confused with the crop-producing power of the
fertilizer.
Calculation for a 4-12—4 fertilizer: V
Nitrogen ...................................,.................... 4 x 3.5 equals 14.0
Available phosphoric acid ...................... 12x 1.2 equals 14.4
Potash ............................................................ 4x 1.2 equals 4.8
Index of relative value .......,...._.........,,._...,,._...,,,...__,_,.., 33.2
POINTS A FARMER SHOULD CONSIDER IN BUYING
FERTILIZER
1. Ascertain the needs of the soil and what will supply
tl1e1n. No fertilizer will give proper results if it does 11ot contain ’
the plant nutrients i11 which the soil is deheient. lf i11 doubt as
to the kind of fertilizer the soil 11eeds, consult the county age11t
or the EX[)Cl‘ll1101lll Station.
2. Be guided by the inforination given on tl1e state I
guaranty tag.
3. Buy no fertilizer that is not registered a11d tagged with
a state official tag. If it is not tagged with a state guaranty tag,
it is being sold i11 violation of the law and it should be refused.
4. High-grade fertilizers are most CCO110llllC{1l. Too many
fariners buy on price rather than on quality. This is false
eeonoiny.

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POINTS A DEALER SHOULD CONSIDER
` 1. Handle no fertilizer that is not registered and tagged
with a state guaranty tag at the time of purchase.
2. Handle only high-grade fertilizers—fertilizers that will
most economically serve your customers. ,.
3. Buy only from reputable manufacturers who have good
records and are complying with the fertilizer law and will assist
you in complying with the law.
4. Have definitely i11 mind the kinds of fertilizer your
trade needs, and buy only fertilizers that will meet these needs.
5. It is the practice of some manufacturers to place tags
in the truck or ea1· with the shipment of fertilizer without attach- .
ing them to the bags, or to claim that they were put in. This
often results in confusion and failure to tag at all, as the tags
may be misplaced or lost. The tags should be attached to the
bags when the shipment is made.
POINTS A MANUFACTURER SHOULD CONSIDER
Before a manufacturer sells or offers fertilizer for sale to
farmers or dealers in Kentucky, he should carefully consider
and comply with the following:
1. Sell or offer no fertilizer for sale in Kentucky until it
is registered and labeled according to thc requirements of the
law so that all concerned will be within the law and properly
protected.
2. Every brand must be registered and hear a state
otlieial tag showing the mannfaetnrer’s guaranty.
3. The state othcial tag contains the only legal guaranty, _
and any statements on private tags or containers to the contrary `
are not within the requirements of the law.
4. No alteration, either by additions or erasures, of the
otlieial tag, is permissible under the law, and any alterations
made are in violation of the law.
5. All fertilizers must equal or exceed the guaranties
made by the manufacturers. An excess of one plant nutrient
does not compensate for a deficiency of another.

 COMMERc1AL FERTILIZERS, 1940 9
6. A state official tag must be attached to each and every 4 -
package of fertilizer. Do not make shipments to dealers or
farmers in Kentucky without properly attaching tags, for you
would thereby subject your customers to embarrassment in
handling fertilizers not labeled according to law.
7. Check weights of ingredients in mixed fertilizers care-
fully, and mix thoroly. Prepare as nearly as possible mixtures
e that will not segregate. Many analyses made by this Depart-
ment show one nutrient to be considerably above guaranty while
another nutrient is far below guaranty. This may be caused by
insufficient mixing or by segregation. '
8. Consider the needs of the farmers; cooperate with and
help them to get high-grade fertilizers suitable to the needs of
their soils; unite with one another in reducing the multiplicity
of brands and in eliminating low-grade fertilizers because of ,
their high and uneeonomical cost in produetiveness; cooperate
with the Experiment Station in teaching that the important
constituents cost less in high-grade fertilizers than in the low
grades, a11d that their intelligent use means better agriculture, i
larger use of fertilizers, and better and more successful living
for the farmer. Could not and should not every progressive
manufacturer who has at heart the interest of the fertilizer
business as a whole, as well as his own, and of the farmers who
support this business. and of the State, get behind a progressive '
program of this sort?
EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES
Table 1 gives the standing of manufacturers as determined I
by the results of analysis of official samples. Table 2 gives
results of analysis of all inspection samples except bones, rock
phosphate, and basic slag, which are given in Table 3.
If an analysis is 10 percent or more below the amount
claimed for nitrogen, phosphoric acid, or potash, or if thc
relative value is 1 percent or more below the guaranty, the
result is indicated by bold-face type. lf chlorine is excessive,
the result is also printed in bold-face type.
If potash is claimed from sulfate, the percent of chlorine
is given in the column next to the potash analysis. The amount

 10 KENTUCKY Acuxcumunm. EXPERIMENT S1·A·r1oN A
of chlorine allowed in sulfate of potash is 2.5 percent. The
amount of chorine allowed in a mixed fertilizer in which potash
is claimed from sulfate is calculated by multiplying the percent
of potash found by .05 and adding 0.5. Example: If 8 percent of
potash is found, .05 times 8 plus 0.5 equals 0.9 percent chlorine ,.
allowed. If part of the potash in a mixed fertilizer is claimed
from sulfate and part from muriate, the total percent of
chorine is stated and the permissible amount of chlorine is given
in a footnote.

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TABLE 1.—STANDING or MANUFACTURERS, BASED ON Orrrcmr. SAMPLES
ANALYZED IN 1940
Number
Number Number Iiurggyfr gglgsgr
. Of equal cent or more ·
mSp€c' to gua:" more low in
tion anty in IOW in one
SEIDDIGS value value com-
ponent'
American Agricultural Chemical
Company ...................................._... 78 72 0 1
American Cyanamid Company .... 4 2 0 0
Armour Fertilizer Works ....__,_._.._, 93 78 1 0 ·
W. H. Brock and Company ............ 2 0 1 0 ·
Buhner Fertilizer Company .......... 19 16 1 0
Chemical Products Corporation .... 8 7 0 0
Colloidal Phosphate Sales ‘
Company .i_........,,,__.__.____________________ 1 1 O 0
Consolidated Chemical Company.. 14 13 0 0
Cumberland Chemical Company.. 31 29 1 0 ,
Darling and Company .................... 1 0 1 0
Davison Chemical Corporation;
Hopkins Fertilizer Division ...... 40 37 1 ° 0
Read Phosphate Division .......... 52 36 4 1
Federal Chemical Company ......._.. 121 85 9 7
Hutson Chemical Company ........ 6 4 0 0
International Agricultural
Corporation ............,..........,..........., 45 39 0 1
Knoxville Fertilizer Company .... 55 42 3 0
Louisville Fertilizer Company ..,... 2 1 0 0
Merchants Fertilizer Company .... 4 3 0 0
Morris Fertilizer Company .......... 3 2 0 0
National Chemical Company .......... 11 5 4 O ,
North American Fertilizer
Company ..l............._.,..................... 26 5 12 4
M. R. Porter Company .................... 2 2 0 0
Price Chemical Company .............. 43 39 0 1
Ruhm Phosphate and Chemical
Company ........................................ 2 1 0 0
Standard Wholesale Phosphate ‘
and Acid W01‘kS .......................... 3 2 O O
Swift and Company Fertilizer
Works .............................................. 25 25 0 0
Tennessee Chemical Company .... 15 15 0 0
Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company .... _ .................. 2 2 0 0
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Corporation ........................... - .-.----- 59 54 1 0
Totals __...................... . ........... 767 617 39 15
*Rcsults are equal to guaranty in value or less than 4 percent low in
value. Deficiency not l'l)lISlllL·l'(:(l unless result is as much as 0.5 low in
guaranty.

 TABLE 2.-—ANALYSES or INs1>Ecr1oN SAMPLES or MIXED
 
4   ma§ii?zicctS;l¢;i·,ul(§i}2i$§lS nfine l From whom obtained I
I and guaranty
Y
The American Agricultural Chemical C0., Cincinnati, 0.
3256 20% Superphosphate .................... J. E. Bryant, Scottsville ..............................
3257 V. H. Towles, Pike View ............................
3258 Lebanon Carriage & Implement Co.,
Lebanon .................................................... , 1
3512 Farmers Mill, Clay ......................................
3795 Baughman Milling Co., Stanford ............
3796 Triplett Store, S. Corbin ............................
3797 . Robert James, Franklin ............................
3906 Norris Hardware & Seed Co.,Henderson
3907 Watson Coal & Feed Co., Princeton ........
3259 0-10-4 (Muriate) .............................. Davidson & Crawford, Science Hill ........
3798 Robert James, Franklin ............................
3908 0-12-12 (Muriate) .......................... Cayce—Yost Co., Hopkinsville ..................
3260 0-14-6 (Muriate) ............................ Cayce-Yost Co., Hopkinsville .................. `
3909 Cayce-Yost Co., Hopkinsville ..................
3261 2-8-4 (Muriate) .............................. C. B. Goering, Hawesville ........._...........,....
3262 J. L. Bennett, Livia ......................................
3263 Woodson Lewis, Greensburg ....................
3264 C. P. Clark & Son, Owensboro ................
3799 Woodford Lewis & Son, Greensburg ......
. 3910 C. B. Carden, Hartford ..............................
3152 2-10-4 (Muriate) .............................. Howard Mercantile Co., Olive Hill ........
3513 Farmers Supply Co., Catlettsburg ..........
3514 J. R. Williams Hardware C0.,
Beaver Dam ............................................ V
3265 2-12-6 (Muriate) _,,........................... B. E. Roberts & Son, Mill Spring ............
3800 Robert James, Franklin ..............................
3801 J. W. Schoolcraft, Somerset ................__....
3802 Davidson & Crawford, Science Hill ........
3153 3-8-6 (Muriate) ___._.___.._,...._.............. L. F. Wellman, Louisa ................................
3266 J. R. Williams Hardware Co.,
Beaver Dam .... . ....................................... .
3267 Lebanon Carriage & Implement Co.,
Lebanon .................................._._,,._...._._._..
3268 J. E. Bryant, Scottsville ......._.,,,....__..___,__,.
3515 W. M. Humphreys, Nuckols ...................,..
3516 E. O. Stuart, Gracey ............................_..,,. -
3911 C. B. Carden, Hartford ..............................
3912 Denton Hardware Co., Madisonville ......
3517 3-8-6 (Sulfate) ................................ Bedford & Tuttle, Winchester ..................
3518 S. V. Conrad, Cloverport ........................._..
3519 Chas. P. Houchen, Mt. Olivet ......._.._.........
3269 3-8-10 (Muriate) .............................. J. W. Hicks, Upton ........................................
3270 Cayce-Yost Co., Hopkinsville .,........._._,.,...
 
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Nitrogen Phogglgoric 1ndex`;§l5§1;1tive I
_"— ""Y Potash Chlorine    
;&?1ti5Ig i Total Available Guarzm ty I Found
- `
__________ _ _________ 20.60 ,l...._,,, . ......... 24.0 24.7 3256
__________ _ _____,___ 20.50 ._...,.,.. . ......... . ......... 24.6 3257
__________ _ _________ 20.05 ____.,____ . .._...,,, . .....,,.. 24.1 3258
__________ _ _________ 20.55 ___,______ . ___.._,__ . ......,.. 24.7 3512
__________ . _________ 20.05 .._....... . ......... . .,....... 24.1 3795
__________ _ .__.__.._ 20.30 .......... . ......... . ......... 24.4 3796
____._____ , __...____ 20.50 ..._.._... . ......... . ......... 24.6 3797
__________ _ _.___.__. 20.15 .......... . ......... . ......... 24.2 3906
_....____. _ _.____... 20.35 .......... . ......... . ......... 24.4 3907
.......... . ......... 10.10 4.48 .......... 16.8 17.5 3259
..__...... . _..,..... 11.00 4.02 .......... . ......... 18.0 3798 _
.......... . ......... 12.40 13.13 .......... 28.8 30.6 3908
.......,.. . ......... 14.10 1 6.22 .......... 24.0 24.4 3260
.......... . ......... 14.30 6.65 .......... . ......... 25.1 3909
1.95 2.07 9.05 3.97 .......... 21.4 22.9 3261
1.86 1.96 8.70 3.80 .......... . ......... 21.9 3262 -
1.85 1.96 8.70 4.01 .......... . ......... 22.1 3263
1.76 1.90 8.05 4.00 .......... . ......... 21.1 3264
1.98 2.09 7.95 4.24 .......... . ......... 21.9 3799
1.84 1.96 7.95 4.61 .......... . ......... 21.9 3910
1.83 1.98 10.50 4.17 .......... 23.8 24.5 3152 1
1.98 2.14 10.30 4.21 .......... . ......... 24.9 3513
1.82 1.99 9.95 4.60 .......... . ......... 24.4 3514
- 1.85 1.98 12.35 5.74 .......... 28.6 28.6 3265
2.05 2.25 12.35 6.37 .......... . ......... 30.3 3800
- 1.96 2.08 12.00 6.13 .......... . ......... 29.0 3801 .
1.99 2.13 12.00 6.65 .......... . ......... 29.8 3802
2.94 3.04 8.50 6.20 .......... 27.3 28.3 3153
2.82 2.92 8.20 5.90 .......... . ......... 27.1 3266
2.89 2.97 8.65 6.27 .......... . ......... 28.3 3267 .
3.00 3.09 8.80 6.10 .......... . ......... 28.7 3268
2.83 2.92 8.25 6.13 .......... . ......... 27.5 3515
2.89 2.98 8.30 6.09 .......... . ......... 27.7 3516
2.84 2.95 8.75 5.96 .......... . ......... 28.0 3911
3.03 3.13 8.10 6.75 .......... . ......... 28.8 3912
2.94 3.02 8.35 6.00 .......... 27.3 27.8 3517
2.77 2.98 8.30 6.19 .......... . ......_.. 27.9 3518
2.65 2.82 8.90 5.89 .......... . ....,..._ 27,6 3519
3.06 3.16 9.15 9.37 .......... 32.1 33.3 3269
3.03 3.09 8.60 10.03 ......_... . ....._.._ 33.2 3270
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 TABLE 2.-—ANALY3hJS or INSPECTION SAMPLES or MIXED
 
  1nal§iri?}t€8tfiiie(i·,al(§1q£g?lS ngne \ From whom obtained ·
and guaranty
 
The American Agricultural Chemical Co., Cincinnati, 0.—Continued
3520 3-8-16 (Muriate 8, Sulfate 8) ........ J. S. Snodgrass, New Castle .....»..............
3521 Farm Bureau Store, Carrollton ................
3154 3-10-3 (Muriate) _,__.___._.,.,.._........... Osborne & Crawley, Poole ..........,.............
3271 J. W. Hicks, Upton ........................................ · ‘
3272 Lebanon Carriage & Implement Co.,
Lebanon .................................,..................
3273 S. A. Montgomery, McKinney ..................
3522 Young & Conway, Morganiield ................
3523 Norris Hardware Co., Henderson ...i........
3803 Lebanon Carriage & Implement Co.,
Lebanon ....................................................
3804 J. W. Schoolcraft, Somerset ......................
3913 Henderson & Hardy Co., Shepherdsville
3155 3-10-6 (Muriate) ............................ Feeders Supply Co., Catlettsburg ............
3274 Denton Hardware Co., Madisonville ...... ·
3275 C. P. Clark & Son, Owensboro ................
3524 J. W. Schoolcraft, Somerset ....................
3525 4-8-4 (Muriate) .............................. W. H. Brock & Co., Maysville ..................
3526 Chas. P. Houchen, Mt. Olivet ....................
3156 4-8-6 (Muriate) ................................ Paintsville Grocery, Paintsville ,,.........__,,.
` 3276 4-10-4 (Muriate) ............................ C. P. Clark & Son, Owensboro ................
3277 4-10-6 (Sulfate) .........i.................... Lebanon Carriage & Implement Co.,
Lebanon ....................................................
3278 J. E. Bryant, Scottsville ..........................._.,
3279 J. W. Hicks, Upton ......................................
3280 J. H McClure, Springfield ..........................
3157 4-12-0 .........i........................................ E. T. Walker, Glendale ............._,___,______,,,____
3281 J. R. Russell, Hartford ..........._.._.,,,,__,,,,_.,___
3158 4-12-8 (Sulfate) .............................. Harlan Fruit Co., Harlan ____._____________________
3282 Thompson’s Hardware Co., Trenton ...... g
3527 4-16-4 (Muriate) .............................. J. R. Williams Hardware Co.,
Beaver Dam ........................_.,.____________.___
3159 5-10-5 (Muriate) .............................. Harlan Fruit Co., Harlan _,__,____,_.______________ _
3160 L. F. Wellman, Louisa ________,_______________________
3528 6-8-6 (Sulfate) ................................ S. V. Conrad, Cloverport .........._._..,____,____,_,
3529 W. R. Jones, Utica ..........______________________________
3530 "Agrinite" Tankage 8.50% ............ Geo. W. Hill, Covington .__,_________,________________
3532 Sulfate of Ammonia 20.50% ........ J. W. Schoolcraft, Somerset ______________________
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 FERTILIZERS, SU1=1~:R1=H0sPHA·1*E, AND FERTILIZER SALTs—C0ntinued.
 
Nitrogen Plxogggoric I111'lex\35&·;>l:.1tive S '
  ’  Pomsh Chlorine  " " nxggjoelg,
  i Total Avznilable Gu:11·z1.uty| Found
 
2.84 2.89 8.20 15.39 6.36“ 39.3 38.4 3520
2.95 3.00 8.25 15.96 6.42" .......... 39.6 3521
2.96 3.09 11.05 3.16 .......... 26.1 27.9 3154 A
2.93 3.07 10.90 3.36 .......... . ......... 27.9 3271
2.81 2.92 10.20 3.41 .......... . ......... 26.6 3272
2.83 2.99 10.65 3.51 .......... . ......... 27.5 3273
2.72 2.84 9.95 3.51 .......... . ......... 26.1 3522
2.76 2.85 9.95 3.45 .......... . ......... 26.1 3523
3.03 3.22 10.00 3.59 .......... . ......... 27.6 3803
3.01 3.18 10.20 3.74 .......... . ......... 27.9 3804 4
3.10 3.25 10.45 3.53 .......... . ......... 28.2 3913
3.00 3.07 10.85 5.72 .......... 29.7 30.6 3155
2.92 3.02 10.30 6.05 .......... . ......... 30.2 3274
2.89 2.98 10.35 6.24 .......... . ......... 30.3 3275
2.96 3.05 10.10 6.01 .......... . ......... 30.0 3524
4.14 4.27 9.10 4.57 .......... 28.4 31.4 3525 l
3.88 4.01 8.95 4.11 .......... . ......... 29.7 3526
3.93 4.07 8.45 6.13 ..,....... 3.08 31.7 3156
3.62 3.76 10.45 4.07 .......... . ......... 30.6 3276 l `
3.95 4.10 10.60 6.23 .......... 33.2 34.6 3277
3.89 4.03 10.30 6.64 .......... . ......... 34.4 3278
3.86 4.07 10.35 6.03 .......... . ......... 33.9 3279
3.88 4.07 10.35 6.41 1.34 .......... 34.4 3280
3.92 4.25 12.70 .......... . ......... 28.4 30.1 3157 I
3.65 4.00 12.60 .......... . ......... . ......... 29.1 3281
3.91 4.03 12.30 8.40 1.74 38.0 39.0 3158
4.08 4.25 12.25 8.14 .......... . ......... 39.3 3282
3.64 3.82 16.60 4.52 .......... 38.0 38.7 3527 I
4.86 4.98 10.45 5.70 .......... 35.5 36.8 3159
4.87 5.05 10.55 5.34 .......... . ......... 36.7 3160
5.96 6.02 8.20 6.08 .......... 37.8 38.2 3528
5.28 5.36 8.25 6.50 2.28 .......... 36.5 3529
.......... 8.58 .......... . ......... . ......... 42.5 42.9 3530
.......... 20.88 .......... . ......... . .... . .... 36.