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Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
I THOMAS P. COOPER, Director A
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS IN KENTUCKY
IN 1941
By J. D. TURNER, H. R. ALLEN and LELAH GAULT
I CONTENTS i
Page Page
Sales by grades, Table 1 .... 2 Penalties for violating the
Low-grade fertilizers .......... 2 ielimizelv law ''`''`'``'````‘``````` 9
_ ‘ _ Points a farmer should ‘
El1H1lI1311lO1'1 of lOW-g1`3dG Qgngjdgy jn buying fer-
fertilizers ............................ 3 tilizgy __________________________________ 9
Use of commercial fertil- Points a dealer should con-
izers ..................i................. 4 Sider ...................................... 9
Nutrients necessary for POUUS 8 m3¤Qf3€t¤1`€1`
growth Of plants ______________ 5 should consider ................ 10
- Explanation of the tables,. 11
  Of plant 5 Standing of manufacturers,
’ ‘‘`‘‘`‘‘‘‘‘`‘‘`'‘`‘`‘'‘‘‘‘‘` Table 2 ................................ 12
Fm`m€1`S Samples -——·———---·----· 6 A n a ly s e s of inspection
Information and guaranty Samples Of mixed f€I`UhZ‘ ,
tag ________________________________________ 5 ers,_ superphosphate, and
A _d d f _ _ fertilizer salts, Table 3 .... 14
Cluég? base` Olmmg 8 A n a ly s e s of inspection
q y ‘‘*‘‘‘`‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ samples of bone, rock ~
Activity of water-insoluble phosphate, and b a s i c
nitrogen _________..,.._............... 8 slag, Table 4 ........................ 62 ""‘ _
This bulletin coutaius the results of inspection and analyses i
of commercial fertilizers sold iu Kentucky during 1941 aud other
int’ormation of interest iu comiection therewith. Approxi-
mately 121,261 tous of fertilizer were solcl, as estimated from the
number ot? tax stamps issuetl, a slight increase over the tomiagc
of 1911. About 581/Q percent ot this was mixed fertilizer, the
remaiutler being; superphosphate and relatively small amounts
of other fertilizer materials. lu amhlitiou, 138,181 tous ot? 20-
perceutt superpliospliate auml 12,367 tous nt' 48-p<·r<·euti super-
phosphate were dist ributeal to l(t‘lltll(‘l{_\' t`arm<·rs by the Aggritcul-
tural Atljustmeut Administration ot? the U. S. l)(?1)i1l'tlll(‘llt} ot`
Agriculture.

 2 KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ‘
1941 SALES BY GRADES
A summary of fertilizer sales by grades, as reported by i
manufacturers for 1941, is given in Table 1. The tonnage in this y
summary is approximately 5,000 tons less than that estimated , _
from stamp sales. The difference appears to be due to incom-
plete returns from some manufacturers. 4 ‘
TABLE 1.—SALEs BY GRADES AS REPORTED BY MANUFACTURERS
Mixed Fertilizers ’
’ Tons Tons
3-8-6 .................................. 16 234 3-8-16 ..........t...,................. 302
2-8-4 ........................,......... 11 048 4-16-4 ....................i........... 253
3-10-3 .........r..........,........... 7 735 3-10-6 ..,.......................,..... 217
0-10-4 ..........................,..... 4 386 4-8-8 ............t................i.... 212
4-12-8 .....».......................... 3 882 3-12-12 ..........i................... 136
4-8-4 .............................,.... 3 304 0-14-7 ................................ 105
6-8-6 .................................. 3 232 9-18-18 .....T........................ 99
2-10-4 ..............................,. 2 462 0-12-12 .._........................... 95
4-10-6 .....,......................,... 2 272 6-8-3 .................,,.........,..... 92
2-12-6 ................._.......t..i... 2 176 10-6-4 ....,...................._...... 88 · T
3-8-5 .,............t...........,....... 1 796 2-8-6 .................................. 85
5-10-5 ..................i............. 1 620 6-8-8 .................................. 81 A
4-12-0 i..................,.......i.... 1 230 6-12-6 ...._...._....,................. 79
4-10-4 ..................t.....,....... 878 4-10-12 ................,............. 78
3-8-10 .,.....i........................ 814 6-12-12 .............................. 48
4-8-6 ..,............t.....t.i.......... 690 Miscellaneous mixtures. 790
0-10-6 .i..........._...,......_....... 538
3-12-4 ...............t..............,. 476
4-12-4 ..,..i...._.,..___,.__..___.__i. 396
0-10-10 .....,........,......,........ 390
Materials
Tons Tons
Superphosphate, 20% .... 41 519 Superphosphate, 40 to .
Raw rock phosphate ........ 2 180 45% ......t...............t.......,. 386
Nitrate of soda ................ 1 187 Cyanamid .......l....,............. 322
Basic slag .......................... 1 000 Bone ............i..................... 206
Sulfate of ammonia ........ 461 Muriate of potash ....t..... 174
Waste pond rock Sulfate of potash ............ 147
phosphate ...................... 440
LOW-GRADE FERTILIZERS
This Departinent considers that any mixed fertilizer which _
has a total plant-l'ool`lIl2lil()]l given 011 tl1e state
guaranty tag.
3. Buy no fertilizer that is not registered and tagged with ‘
a state official tag. lf it is not tagged with a state guaranty tag,
‘ it is being sold in violation of tl1e law and it should be refused. ».____
4. High-grade l'ertilizers a1·e most C(‘011()llll(‘ill. Too 111any
farmers buy 011 price rather tl1a11 on quality. This is false 5
economy.
POINTS A DEALER. SHOULD CONSIDER
~ 1. Handle no fertilizer that is not registered and tagged
with a state guaranty tag at the time of pureliase.
2. Handle only high-grade fertilizersr—Yl'ertilizers that will
most economically serve your custoiners.
3. Buy o11ly from reputable llléllllllititdlll't’l‘S who have good
records and are co111plyi11g with tl1e fertilizer law and will assist
you in complying with the law.

 10 Ksmucxy Acnrcumuam. Expsaimsnr Srarxon
4. Have definitely in mind the kinds of fertilizer your
trade needs, and buy only fertilizers that will meet these needs. .
5. lnsist that the tags be attached to the bags by the manu-
facturer when shipment is made. Some manufacturers place tags _
in the truck or ear with the shipment of fertilizer without attach- i
ing them to the bags. This often results in confusion and failure .
to tag at all, as the tags may be misplaced or lost.
POINTS A MANUFACTURER SHOULD CONSIDER
A Before a manul’acturer sells or offers fertilizer for sale to
farmers or dealers in Kentucky, hc 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 the requirements of the
law so that all concerned will be within the law and properly
protected. i
2. Every brand must be registered and bear a state if
_ official tag showing the manufacturer’s guaranty. t
3. The state official 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 A
official tag, is permissible under the law, and any alterations
_ made are in violation of the law.
5. All fertilizers nmst equal or exceed the guaranties
made by the manufaeturers. An excess of one plant nutrient .
does not compensate for a deficiency of another.
6. A state official tag must be attached to each and every
package of fertilizer. l)o 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. Cheek weights ot ingredients in mixed fertilizers eare-
fully, and mix thoroly. Prepare as nearly as possible mixtures
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.

 A COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS, 1941 11
‘ 8. Consider the needs of the farmers; cooperate with and
T help them to get high-grade fertilizers suitable to the needs of 1
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 productiveness; cooperate
with the Experiment Station in teaching that the important
constituents cost less in high-grade fertilizers than in the low
grades, and that their intelligent use means better agriculture,
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 2 gives the standing of manufacturers as determined V
_ by the results of analysis of official samples. Table 3 gives
results of analysis of all inspection samples except bones, rock
phosphate, and basic slag, which are given in Table 4.
lf an analysis is l0 percent or more below the amount ___ ·
_ claimed for nitrogen, phosphoric acid, or potash, or if the "" ,
relative value is 41 percent or more below the guaranty, the
result is indicated by bold-face type. lf ehorine 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 __
` of chlorine allowed in sulfate of potash is 2.5 percent. The ’
amount of ehorine allowed in a mixed fertilizer in which potash
is claimed from sulfate is calculated by multiplying the percent l
of potash found by .05 and adding 0.5. E.:rumpI<·: lf 8 percent ol` i
potash is found, .05 times S plus 0.5 equals 0.9 percent chlorine
allowed. If part of the potash in a inixcd fertilizer is claimed
l from sulfate and part from muriate, the total percent of chlorine
is stated and the permissible amount of chlorine is given in a
footnote.

 12 KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
TABLE 2—STANDING or MANUFACTURERS, BASED ON OFFICIAL SAMPLES
ANALYZED IN 1941 .
 
T Number `
Number Number l\4u§g;?l éggs  \
. Of €q“?1_ cent or more
mS.“€°‘ to gu*“‘ more low in
¤¤¤ Mw i¤ row in one
samples value Value C0m_
ponent*
 
American Agricultural Chemical
Company ........................................ 64 61 O 0
` American Cyanamid Company .... 7 6 0 0
Armour Fertilizer Works ........,..... 75 60 1 3
Buhner Fertilizer Company ..,....... 11 11 0 0
Chilean Nitrate Sales
Corporation ............c....................... 3 3 0 0
Colloidal Phosphate Sales
Corporation .................................... 1 1 0 0
Consolidated Chemical Company.. 13 13 0 0
Cumberland Chemical Company.. 28 25 2 1
Darling and Company .................... 6 5 0 0 ··
Davison Chemical Corporation:
_ Hopkins Fertilizer Division ...... 40 40 0 1
Read Phosphate Division ............ 48 32 10 7
Federal Chemical Company ........ 128 87 17 6
Hutson Chemical Company .......... 7 7 0 0
International Minerals and
Chemical Corporation .i.............. 56 51 0 1
Knoxville Fertilizer Company ......,. 56 49 1 0 A
Louisville Fertilizer Company ...... 7 5 2 0
Morris Fertilizer Company ............ 3 2 0 0
National Chemical Company ........ 3 2 1 0
’ North American Fertilizer
Company ,.........,...,......................... 55 45 2 1
Organo Corporation of Florida ...... 1 1 0 0
M. R. Porter Company .................... 1 1 0 O
Price Chemical Company .............. 53 51 0 0
Ruhm Phosphate and Chemical
Company ...,.........l.......................... 2 1 0 2
Sewerage Commission of
Milwaukee ............l......................... 1 1 0 0
Swift and Company Fertilizer
Works _____,_,__,__...,,...,,....,......,.........,. 21 20 0 0
Tennessee Chemical Company .,.... 16 7 2 1
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company ..............,......................... 5 5 O 0
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Corporation ........c........................... 69 62 2 1 V
Totals ,______________,______.l._.,...... 780 654 40 24
  -
*Results ure equal to ;;1mr;uily in value or less than 4 percent low in
value. l)r·licicm·y not L7UIl!<1(ll‘l`(*(l unless result is as much as 0.5 low in
§`ll(ll'L\I\l)'.

 Tables 3 and 4 fOZZ02U 011
pngws 14 t0 U3.
"\.

 TABLE 3.—ANALYSES or INSPECTION SAMPLES or lvlrxnn `
 
    1351118 ` Fl'Oll1 \VllOll1 Obllftllléd
and guaranty
The American Agricultural Chemical C0., Cincinnati, 0. I
4754 0-10-4 (Muriate) ____________,______,..,,_.,. Davidson and Crawford, Science Hill .... _
4755 Robert James, Franklin ............................
4884 J. E. Bryant, Scottsville .............................. _
4150 2-8-4 (Muriate) _____ Q _________________,_____, Davidson and Crawford, Science Hill ....
4279 John A. Sheehan, Falmouth ....................
4280 C. B. Goering, I-Iawesville ........................
4552 C. B. Carden, Hartford ..............................
‘ 4553 Raymond Martin, Utica ..............................
4070 2-10-4 (Muriate) .............................. Middlesboro Grocery Co., Middlesboro..
4756 2-12-6 (Muriate) .............................. Baughman Milling Co., Stanford ............
4757 Henderson & Hardy Co., Shepherdsville
4071 3-8-6 (Muriate) ,.......,....................... Middlesboro Grocery Co., Middlesboro..
4281 E. O. Stuart, Gracey ....................................
4282 Woodson Lewis and Son, Greensburg ....
4554 Raymond Martin, Utica ..............................
4555 Clarence Rowland, Owensboro ................
4556 J. R. Russell, Hartford ................................ ’
‘ 4283 3-8-6 (Sulfate) ................................ Carroll County Farm Bureau,
Carrollton .................................,................
, 4557 W. M. Humphrey, Nuckols ........................
‘   ` 4558 Bedford and Tuttle, Winchester ..............
4151 3-8-10 (Sulfate) .............................. J. W. Hicks, Upton ........................................ A
4152 3-8-16 (Muriatc 8, Sulfate 8) ........ J. W. Hicks, Upton ........,,...__..__,._.______.___,______
4284 E. T. Flora, Carlisle ............_,...,...,...,,.__,,..,.
4285 Weisenberger Sanitary Flour Mills,
Midway .................,,...__.____.__________________,__,,_
I 4153 3-10-3 (Muriate) .............................. Davidson and Crawford, Science Hill ....
4286 Lebanon Carriage and Implement Co.,
Lebanon ..........._..,,__._________________________________
4287 V. H. Towles, Pike View ____________________________
4559 Norris Hardware Co., Henderson ____________
4758 Lebanon Carriage and Implement Co.,
Lebanon ..................,,,__________________,,__________ _
4759 Henderson & Hardy Co., Shepherdsville
4154 3-10-6 (Muriate) r........,....»............... Davidson and Crawford, Scigngg Hiii ____
4288 Robert James, Franklin __,_________________________
4289 John A. Sheehan, Falmouth ____________________
4560 Yopp Seed Co., Paducah _____,____________________
4561 Feeders Supply Co., Catlettsburg ..........
4155 4-8-4 (Muriatc) ................................ Whitesburg Wholesale Coq Whitesbuyg _
4072 4-8-6 (Muriate) .............................. Triplett Store, S, Corbin ____________________________
 
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 FERT11.1z12Rs, SUPERPHOSPHATE, AND FERTILIZER SALTS -
· Nitrogen Ph0su_h0ric Index of relative
acid value _
_ " ` "` `1 Potash Chlorine    
Total `   Available Guaranty x Found `
.......... . ......... 10.00 4.47 .......... 16.8 17.4 4754
.......... . ......... 10.15 4.15 .......... . ......... 17.2 4755
_ .......... . ......... 10.15 4.39 .......... . ......... 17.5 4884
2.01 1.88 8.20 4.24 .......... 21.4 22.0 4150
1.80 1.69 8.85 5.22 .......... . ......... 23.2 4279
2.07 1.97 8.10 4.31 .......... . ......... 22.1 4280
1.89 1.79 8.65 4.14 .......... . ......... 22.0 4552
2.01 1.91 8.30 4.02 .......... . ......... 21.8 4553
2.03 1.91 10.35 4.29 .......... 23.8 24.7 4070
1.96 1.79 12.15 6.15 .......... 28.6 28.8 4756 ?
1.98 1.77 12.25 6.45 .......... . ......... 29.4 4757 .
3.00 2.91 8.40 6.10 .......... 27.3 27.9 4071
3.02 2.92 8.45 6.46 .......... . ......... 28.5 4281
2.99 2.88 8.20 6.22 .......... . ......... 27.8 4282
2.91 2.79 8.35 6.00 .......... . ......... 27.4 4554
3.21 3.09 8.25 6.38 .......... . ......... 28.8 4555
3.01 2.88 8.00 6.52 .......... . ......... 28.0 4556
3.22 2.94 8.10 6.45 .......... 27.3 28.7 4283
3.07 2.87 8.40 6.50 .......... . ......... 28.6 4557
3.15 2.85 8.30 6.56 .......... . ......... 28.9 4558 ___
3.13 3.03 8.95 10.07 7.44 32.1 33.8 4151 .
2.88 2.80 8.45 14.75 3.96** 39.3 37.9 4152
2.89 2.79 8.50 15.11 6.08** .......... 38.5 4284
2.87 2.77 8.40 15.26 6.06** .......... 38.4 4285 _
3.11 2.92 10.40 3.27 .......... 26.1 27.3 4153 N
‘ 3.20 3.04 10.35 3.23 .......... . ......... 27.5 4286
3.18 3.03 10.00 3.37 .......... . ......... 27.2 4287
3.16 3.00 10.15 3.78 .......... . ......... 27.8 4559
2.91 2.75 9.95 3.49 .......... . ......... 26.3 4758 I
2.90 2.73 10.45 3.33 .......... . ......... 26.7 4