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Page 1: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

L

NEW HAVEN CONN

Bulletin 223 BEING THE

FERTILIZER REPORT FOR 1920

I Connecticut

Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN CONN

BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER 1920

Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E H J E N K I N S Director and

E M O N R O E BAILEY Ckenzisl in Ckwge oj the Anal~t ical Laboratory

The Bulletins of this Station arc mailed free to citizens of Connecticut who apply for them and t o others as far as the editions pcrmit

CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OFFICERS AND STAFF

October 31 1920 lt

BOARD O F CONTROL His Excellency Marcus H Holeomh ex-oficio President

James H Webb Vice President Hamden George A Hopson Secretary N c m Haven E H Jenkins Director and Treasurer New Haven joseph W Alsop Avon Charles R Tren t Orange Elijnh Rogers Southington William H Hal l South Willington

Administration EH JENKINSP1zD Director and Treasurer hlrss V E COLELibrarian and Stenographer 3Irss L M BRAUTLECATBookkeeper and Stenographer WILLIAMVEITCHI n charge o Buildings and Grounds

Chemistry Analytical Laboratory E M o a n o ~BAILEYP1rD Chemist in Charge

R E ANDREW MA C E SAEPARD BS IH D EDMOND Ass i~ lan l Chemisls OWENL NOLAN FRANK SI~ELDON Laboralory Assislanl V L C ~ u n c ~ r r ~ ~ Sampling Agent MISS A H MOSSClerk

Protein Research T B OSBORNE PHD DSc Chemisl i n Charge

Botany G P CLINTON ScD Botanist E 3STODDARDBS Assistant Bolanisl AIlss FLORENCE PHD Sciel~tific Assislanl A ~ZCCORMICK G E GRAHAMGeneral Assistant Ins I D KELSETStenographer

Entomology V E BRITTONPHD Enlornologist Slate Entomologist I 11 WALDENBAGR JOHN T ASHWORTIIAssistant 11 P ZAPPE BS PAILIP GARMAN PHD1 Bnlomoogisls SAMUEL Depiilu i n Charge of Mosquilo Conlrol T SEALY MISS GLADYS hl FINLEYStenographer

Forestry WALTER0FILLETForester also Slate Forester and Stale Forest Fire Warden

A E Moss MF Assislanl Stale and Stalion Fmesler H W HICOCKh1F Assislanl Forester 31ssPAULINE SlenographerA RIERCHAXT

Plant Breeding DONALD SD Plant Breeder F JONES C D HCBBELL Atsislant

Vegetable Growing

PRESS OF

THEWILSON H LEE COIPANP

I

I Report on Commercial Fertilizers 1920

BY E H JENKINS Director and E M BAILEY Chemist in Charge oj the Analytical Laboratory

In 1920 sixty-seven individuals and firms registered for sale in this State 502 brands of commercial fertilizers classified as follows

Nitrogenous superphosphates 364 Cotton seed meal and castor pomace 103 Other chemicals and unmixed materials 41 -

508

The law requires that a list of the registered brands shall be published annually

The following is such a list of all brands of fertilizers registered for sale in this State between January 1 and December 31 1920

BRANDSREGISTERED FISCALFOR THE YEARENDING DEC 31 1920 Alpha Portland Cement Co Easton Pa

Alpha Potash-Lime Fertilizer American Agl Chemical Co 2 Rector St New York City

14y0 Acid Phosphate 1G Acid Phosphate Ammoniated Fertilizer A Ammoniated Fertilizer AA Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA Ammoniated Fertilizer VX Basic Lime Phosphate Bone-Phosphate ancl Potash Castor Pomace Cereal and Root Fertilizer Double A Tobacco Fertilizer Dry Ground Fish Fine Ground Bone Fish and Potash Five Eight Fertilizer Grass and Lawn Top Dressing Grass and Oats Fertilizer High Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Ground Bone Monarch Potato Manure Nitrate of Soda Pulverized Sheep Manure Special Vegetable Fertilizer Sure Growth Phosphate Revised

Tobacco Special Universal Phosphate Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potas11 Ilradleys B D Guano Bradleys Corn Phosphate Bradleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Ijradlevs New Rlethod Fertilizer llradlcjrs Patent Superphosphate Revisctl Braclleys Potato Fertilizer -Bmdleys Potato Manure Bmdleys Root Crop Manurc Bradleys Special Bay State Bratllcys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Fertilizer without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Manure without Potash Bradleys Unicorn Bradleys Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bmdleys X L Superphosphate of Lime E I Black Hawk Potato ancl Truck Fertilizer E I Corn Iiing Revised E I Economizer Phosphate E I htnyflower15 I Tobacco Fertilizer 11I Unexcelled Fertilizer Revised C E General G 13 Northern Corn Special 1920 G E Potato Manure 1920 Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Packers Union Iotato Manure 1920 Packers Union Univcrsal Fertilizer 1920 Quin Ammoniated Dissolved Phosphate Qujn Climax Phosphate (iuin Corn Manure Quin Phosphatc Quin Potato Phosphate Quin Potato Manure Quin Spl Corn Manure without Potash Quin Spl Potato Phosphate without Potash Quin Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manure Revised JVheelers Corn Fertilizer IVhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Wheelers Potato Manure 1920 Williams amp Clarks Americus Ammoniated nonc Supcrphosphate TVilliams amp Clarks Americus H G Spl Revisccl Williams amp Clarks Americus Corn Phosphate Williams ampiClarks Americus Potato Manurc Williams amp Clarks ilatcl~less Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks ilcadow Queen Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks Potqto Phosphate Williams amp Clarks Prol~fie Fertilizer TVilliams amp Clarlcs Seecl Leaf Tobacco Manure Revised Williams amp Clarlrs Spl Americus Corn Phosphate without Potash Williams amp Clarks Spl Americus Potato Manure without Potash

American Nitro-Phospho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City Phosphogerm (Inoculated Organic)

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Consolidated Rendering Cos Steamed Bone

Pis11 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops Liberty Market Gardeners Special Llberty AIarliet Gartleners Special (Potash) Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special Liberty Sheep Manure Liberty Tobacco Special Liberty Tobacco Special (Potash) Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain Kitratc of Soda Raw Ground Phosphate Roclc Tankage

Armour Fertilizer Works 305 Broadway New Pork City Armours Acid Phosphate Fert~lizer -4rmours Bone Meal Armours Cereal Special No 1 Fertilizer Brmours Cereal Special No 2 Fertilizer Armours Cereal Special No 3 Fertilizer Armours Complete Potato Fertilizer Armours Crop Grower Armours 4-10-0 Fertilizer Armours 4-8-5 Fertilizer Armours Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Armours General Crop Fertilizer Armours Grain Grower Fertilizer Armours Nitrate of Soda Armours Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer Armours Sheep Manure Armours Spl Tobacco Grower No 2 Fertilizer Armours Super-Grade Potato Mixture Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer (5-4-3) Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer Bidwclls Formula

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Company Candler Building Atlanta Ga Paramount Brand Goocl Cotton Seed hlenl

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn Atlantic Fine Bone Meal Atlant~c Grain Fertilizer Atlantic Potato Phosphate Atlantic Special Vegetable Atlantic 3-8-3 Atlantic Tobacco Grower Atlantic Tohacco Special Atlantic 3-8 Atlantic 2-8-3 Atlantic 4-5 Dry Ground Fish Ground Tanltage Nitrate of Soda

Baker Castor Oil Co 120 Broadway New York City Castor Pomace

Barrett Company 17 Battery Place New York City Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn Berlcshire Ammoniated Bone Phosphate 13crkshire Complete Fertilizer

Berltshire Complete Tobacco Berlwhire Dry Ground Fish Berlcshire Economical Grass Fertilizer Berishire Fine Ground Bone Berkshire Grass Special Uerkshire Long Island Special Berkshire Market Garden Fertiiizer Berkshire Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Berlrshire Tobacco Grower Berltshire Tobacco Starter Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Nitrate of Soda Sheep Manure

Boardman F E Middletown Conn Boardmans Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Company 60 Trinity Place New York City Bowlrers All Round Fertilizer 13owkers Conn Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bowkers Corn Grain and Grass Phosphate Bowkers Fishermans Brand Fish and Potash 13owkers Four Ten Hill and Drill Bonrkers Fresh Ground Bone 13owlcers Hill and Drill Phosphate Uowkers Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised Bowkers Nitrate of Soda Bowkers Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Uowkers 16 Acid Phosphate Bowkers Souble Phosphate Bowkers Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 1 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 3 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 47 Bowkers Super hosphate with Ammonia 57 Bowkers Sure ampop Phosphate Revised- Bowkers Three Ten All Round Bowkers Tobacco Grower Bowkers Two Ten Farm and Garden Stockbridge Complete Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Stoclcbridge Tobacco Manure Stoclcbridge Top Dressing and Forcing Manure

Breck Joseph amp Sons Corpn 51 North Market St Bbston Mass Brecks Rams Head Brand Sheep Manure

Brod6 F W ampCo 119 Madison Ave Memphis Tenn Dove 13rand Cotton Seed Meal Jay Brand Cotton Seed Meal Owl Brand High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

Buckeye Cotton Oil Company Cincinnati Ohio Buckeye Good Cotton Seed Meal Buco Cottonseed Feed

Chicago Feed amp Fertilizer Company 809 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago 111

Mngic Rrnncl IJulverized Sheep Manure

7 REGISTERED BRANDS

Chittenden E D Company Bridgeport Corn Chittendens Complete Tobacco andOnion Grower Chittendens Complete Tobacco ancl Onion Grower without Potash Chittenclens Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Chittendens Tobacco Special without Potash Chittendens Vegetable ancl Onion Grower without Potash

Clark Everett B Seed Company Milford Conn Special Mixture for General Use Special Mixture with Potash

Coe-Mortimer Co 51 Chambers St New York City E Frank Coes Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate (Basic Lime

Phosphate) (Key-Plow Bmnd) E Frank Cocs Celebrated Special Potato Fertilizer Revised E Frank Coes Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer E Frank Coes Connecticut Wrapper Grower E Franlc Coes Corn King E Frank Coes Dissolved Phosphate and Potash E Franlc Coes Gardeners and Truckers Special 1916 E Frank Coes Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised E Franlc Coes H G Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 E Frank Coes New Englancter Special E Frank Coes Nitrate of Soda E Frank Coes Prolific Crop Producer 1916 E Frank Coes 16 SuperphosphateE Franlc Coes Special Grass Top Dressing E Frank Coes Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer E Frank Coes Tobacco Special Fine Ground Bone

Columbia Guano Co Munsey Building Baltimore Md Columbia Freedom Guano Columbia Soluble Guano

Conn Fat Rendering amp Fertilizing Corpn P O Box 228 New Haven Conn

Tankage Davis S P Little Rock Ark

Good Luclc Brand of Cottonseed Meal ancl Cracked Screcnecl Cake Dexter Portland Cement Co Nazareth Pa

Dexter Potash Lime Fertilizer Essex Fertilizer Company 39 North Market St Boston Mass

Essex Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 Essex Marlret Garden 3-8-4 Essex Tohacco 5-5-4 Fssex Tobacco 5-6 Essex Tobacco 5-7-2 Essex 1-10-1 Essex 2-8-2 Essex 34-10 Essex 4-8-4

Fertile Chemical Company Cleveland Ohio Lime-Fertile Nitro-Fertile

Frisbie L T Co New Haven Conn Castor Pomace Frisbies Acid Phosphate 16 Frisbies Corn and Grain Fertilizer

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

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430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

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022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

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170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

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058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

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904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

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Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

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15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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I Connecticut

Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN CONN

BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER 1920

Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E H J E N K I N S Director and

E M O N R O E BAILEY Ckenzisl in Ckwge oj the Anal~t ical Laboratory

The Bulletins of this Station arc mailed free to citizens of Connecticut who apply for them and t o others as far as the editions pcrmit

CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OFFICERS AND STAFF

October 31 1920 lt

BOARD O F CONTROL His Excellency Marcus H Holeomh ex-oficio President

James H Webb Vice President Hamden George A Hopson Secretary N c m Haven E H Jenkins Director and Treasurer New Haven joseph W Alsop Avon Charles R Tren t Orange Elijnh Rogers Southington William H Hal l South Willington

Administration EH JENKINSP1zD Director and Treasurer hlrss V E COLELibrarian and Stenographer 3Irss L M BRAUTLECATBookkeeper and Stenographer WILLIAMVEITCHI n charge o Buildings and Grounds

Chemistry Analytical Laboratory E M o a n o ~BAILEYP1rD Chemist in Charge

R E ANDREW MA C E SAEPARD BS IH D EDMOND Ass i~ lan l Chemisls OWENL NOLAN FRANK SI~ELDON Laboralory Assislanl V L C ~ u n c ~ r r ~ ~ Sampling Agent MISS A H MOSSClerk

Protein Research T B OSBORNE PHD DSc Chemisl i n Charge

Botany G P CLINTON ScD Botanist E 3STODDARDBS Assistant Bolanisl AIlss FLORENCE PHD Sciel~tific Assislanl A ~ZCCORMICK G E GRAHAMGeneral Assistant Ins I D KELSETStenographer

Entomology V E BRITTONPHD Enlornologist Slate Entomologist I 11 WALDENBAGR JOHN T ASHWORTIIAssistant 11 P ZAPPE BS PAILIP GARMAN PHD1 Bnlomoogisls SAMUEL Depiilu i n Charge of Mosquilo Conlrol T SEALY MISS GLADYS hl FINLEYStenographer

Forestry WALTER0FILLETForester also Slate Forester and Stale Forest Fire Warden

A E Moss MF Assislanl Stale and Stalion Fmesler H W HICOCKh1F Assislanl Forester 31ssPAULINE SlenographerA RIERCHAXT

Plant Breeding DONALD SD Plant Breeder F JONES C D HCBBELL Atsislant

Vegetable Growing

PRESS OF

THEWILSON H LEE COIPANP

I

I Report on Commercial Fertilizers 1920

BY E H JENKINS Director and E M BAILEY Chemist in Charge oj the Analytical Laboratory

In 1920 sixty-seven individuals and firms registered for sale in this State 502 brands of commercial fertilizers classified as follows

Nitrogenous superphosphates 364 Cotton seed meal and castor pomace 103 Other chemicals and unmixed materials 41 -

508

The law requires that a list of the registered brands shall be published annually

The following is such a list of all brands of fertilizers registered for sale in this State between January 1 and December 31 1920

BRANDSREGISTERED FISCALFOR THE YEARENDING DEC 31 1920 Alpha Portland Cement Co Easton Pa

Alpha Potash-Lime Fertilizer American Agl Chemical Co 2 Rector St New York City

14y0 Acid Phosphate 1G Acid Phosphate Ammoniated Fertilizer A Ammoniated Fertilizer AA Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA Ammoniated Fertilizer VX Basic Lime Phosphate Bone-Phosphate ancl Potash Castor Pomace Cereal and Root Fertilizer Double A Tobacco Fertilizer Dry Ground Fish Fine Ground Bone Fish and Potash Five Eight Fertilizer Grass and Lawn Top Dressing Grass and Oats Fertilizer High Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Ground Bone Monarch Potato Manure Nitrate of Soda Pulverized Sheep Manure Special Vegetable Fertilizer Sure Growth Phosphate Revised

Tobacco Special Universal Phosphate Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potas11 Ilradleys B D Guano Bradleys Corn Phosphate Bradleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Ijradlevs New Rlethod Fertilizer llradlcjrs Patent Superphosphate Revisctl Braclleys Potato Fertilizer -Bmdleys Potato Manure Bmdleys Root Crop Manurc Bradleys Special Bay State Bratllcys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Fertilizer without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Manure without Potash Bradleys Unicorn Bradleys Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bmdleys X L Superphosphate of Lime E I Black Hawk Potato ancl Truck Fertilizer E I Corn Iiing Revised E I Economizer Phosphate E I htnyflower15 I Tobacco Fertilizer 11I Unexcelled Fertilizer Revised C E General G 13 Northern Corn Special 1920 G E Potato Manure 1920 Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Packers Union Iotato Manure 1920 Packers Union Univcrsal Fertilizer 1920 Quin Ammoniated Dissolved Phosphate Qujn Climax Phosphate (iuin Corn Manure Quin Phosphatc Quin Potato Phosphate Quin Potato Manure Quin Spl Corn Manure without Potash Quin Spl Potato Phosphate without Potash Quin Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manure Revised JVheelers Corn Fertilizer IVhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Wheelers Potato Manure 1920 Williams amp Clarks Americus Ammoniated nonc Supcrphosphate TVilliams amp Clarks Americus H G Spl Revisccl Williams amp Clarks Americus Corn Phosphate Williams ampiClarks Americus Potato Manurc Williams amp Clarks ilatcl~less Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks ilcadow Queen Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks Potqto Phosphate Williams amp Clarks Prol~fie Fertilizer TVilliams amp Clarlcs Seecl Leaf Tobacco Manure Revised Williams amp Clarlrs Spl Americus Corn Phosphate without Potash Williams amp Clarks Spl Americus Potato Manure without Potash

American Nitro-Phospho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City Phosphogerm (Inoculated Organic)

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Consolidated Rendering Cos Steamed Bone

Pis11 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops Liberty Market Gardeners Special Llberty AIarliet Gartleners Special (Potash) Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special Liberty Sheep Manure Liberty Tobacco Special Liberty Tobacco Special (Potash) Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain Kitratc of Soda Raw Ground Phosphate Roclc Tankage

Armour Fertilizer Works 305 Broadway New Pork City Armours Acid Phosphate Fert~lizer -4rmours Bone Meal Armours Cereal Special No 1 Fertilizer Brmours Cereal Special No 2 Fertilizer Armours Cereal Special No 3 Fertilizer Armours Complete Potato Fertilizer Armours Crop Grower Armours 4-10-0 Fertilizer Armours 4-8-5 Fertilizer Armours Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Armours General Crop Fertilizer Armours Grain Grower Fertilizer Armours Nitrate of Soda Armours Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer Armours Sheep Manure Armours Spl Tobacco Grower No 2 Fertilizer Armours Super-Grade Potato Mixture Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer (5-4-3) Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer Bidwclls Formula

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Company Candler Building Atlanta Ga Paramount Brand Goocl Cotton Seed hlenl

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn Atlantic Fine Bone Meal Atlant~c Grain Fertilizer Atlantic Potato Phosphate Atlantic Special Vegetable Atlantic 3-8-3 Atlantic Tobacco Grower Atlantic Tohacco Special Atlantic 3-8 Atlantic 2-8-3 Atlantic 4-5 Dry Ground Fish Ground Tanltage Nitrate of Soda

Baker Castor Oil Co 120 Broadway New York City Castor Pomace

Barrett Company 17 Battery Place New York City Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn Berlcshire Ammoniated Bone Phosphate 13crkshire Complete Fertilizer

Berltshire Complete Tobacco Berlwhire Dry Ground Fish Berlcshire Economical Grass Fertilizer Berishire Fine Ground Bone Berkshire Grass Special Uerkshire Long Island Special Berkshire Market Garden Fertiiizer Berkshire Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Berlrshire Tobacco Grower Berltshire Tobacco Starter Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Nitrate of Soda Sheep Manure

Boardman F E Middletown Conn Boardmans Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Company 60 Trinity Place New York City Bowlrers All Round Fertilizer 13owkers Conn Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bowkers Corn Grain and Grass Phosphate Bowkers Fishermans Brand Fish and Potash 13owkers Four Ten Hill and Drill Bonrkers Fresh Ground Bone 13owlcers Hill and Drill Phosphate Uowkers Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised Bowkers Nitrate of Soda Bowkers Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Uowkers 16 Acid Phosphate Bowkers Souble Phosphate Bowkers Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 1 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 3 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 47 Bowkers Super hosphate with Ammonia 57 Bowkers Sure ampop Phosphate Revised- Bowkers Three Ten All Round Bowkers Tobacco Grower Bowkers Two Ten Farm and Garden Stockbridge Complete Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Stoclcbridge Tobacco Manure Stoclcbridge Top Dressing and Forcing Manure

Breck Joseph amp Sons Corpn 51 North Market St Bbston Mass Brecks Rams Head Brand Sheep Manure

Brod6 F W ampCo 119 Madison Ave Memphis Tenn Dove 13rand Cotton Seed Meal Jay Brand Cotton Seed Meal Owl Brand High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

Buckeye Cotton Oil Company Cincinnati Ohio Buckeye Good Cotton Seed Meal Buco Cottonseed Feed

Chicago Feed amp Fertilizer Company 809 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago 111

Mngic Rrnncl IJulverized Sheep Manure

7 REGISTERED BRANDS

Chittenden E D Company Bridgeport Corn Chittendens Complete Tobacco andOnion Grower Chittendens Complete Tobacco ancl Onion Grower without Potash Chittenclens Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Chittendens Tobacco Special without Potash Chittendens Vegetable ancl Onion Grower without Potash

Clark Everett B Seed Company Milford Conn Special Mixture for General Use Special Mixture with Potash

Coe-Mortimer Co 51 Chambers St New York City E Frank Coes Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate (Basic Lime

Phosphate) (Key-Plow Bmnd) E Frank Cocs Celebrated Special Potato Fertilizer Revised E Frank Coes Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer E Frank Coes Connecticut Wrapper Grower E Franlc Coes Corn King E Frank Coes Dissolved Phosphate and Potash E Franlc Coes Gardeners and Truckers Special 1916 E Frank Coes Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised E Franlc Coes H G Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 E Frank Coes New Englancter Special E Frank Coes Nitrate of Soda E Frank Coes Prolific Crop Producer 1916 E Frank Coes 16 SuperphosphateE Franlc Coes Special Grass Top Dressing E Frank Coes Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer E Frank Coes Tobacco Special Fine Ground Bone

Columbia Guano Co Munsey Building Baltimore Md Columbia Freedom Guano Columbia Soluble Guano

Conn Fat Rendering amp Fertilizing Corpn P O Box 228 New Haven Conn

Tankage Davis S P Little Rock Ark

Good Luclc Brand of Cottonseed Meal ancl Cracked Screcnecl Cake Dexter Portland Cement Co Nazareth Pa

Dexter Potash Lime Fertilizer Essex Fertilizer Company 39 North Market St Boston Mass

Essex Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 Essex Marlret Garden 3-8-4 Essex Tohacco 5-5-4 Fssex Tobacco 5-6 Essex Tobacco 5-7-2 Essex 1-10-1 Essex 2-8-2 Essex 34-10 Essex 4-8-4

Fertile Chemical Company Cleveland Ohio Lime-Fertile Nitro-Fertile

Frisbie L T Co New Haven Conn Castor Pomace Frisbies Acid Phosphate 16 Frisbies Corn and Grain Fertilizer

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

t bE

--9 2 2

J 0

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Y1lt 2

F

$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OFFICERS AND STAFF

October 31 1920 lt

BOARD O F CONTROL His Excellency Marcus H Holeomh ex-oficio President

James H Webb Vice President Hamden George A Hopson Secretary N c m Haven E H Jenkins Director and Treasurer New Haven joseph W Alsop Avon Charles R Tren t Orange Elijnh Rogers Southington William H Hal l South Willington

Administration EH JENKINSP1zD Director and Treasurer hlrss V E COLELibrarian and Stenographer 3Irss L M BRAUTLECATBookkeeper and Stenographer WILLIAMVEITCHI n charge o Buildings and Grounds

Chemistry Analytical Laboratory E M o a n o ~BAILEYP1rD Chemist in Charge

R E ANDREW MA C E SAEPARD BS IH D EDMOND Ass i~ lan l Chemisls OWENL NOLAN FRANK SI~ELDON Laboralory Assislanl V L C ~ u n c ~ r r ~ ~ Sampling Agent MISS A H MOSSClerk

Protein Research T B OSBORNE PHD DSc Chemisl i n Charge

Botany G P CLINTON ScD Botanist E 3STODDARDBS Assistant Bolanisl AIlss FLORENCE PHD Sciel~tific Assislanl A ~ZCCORMICK G E GRAHAMGeneral Assistant Ins I D KELSETStenographer

Entomology V E BRITTONPHD Enlornologist Slate Entomologist I 11 WALDENBAGR JOHN T ASHWORTIIAssistant 11 P ZAPPE BS PAILIP GARMAN PHD1 Bnlomoogisls SAMUEL Depiilu i n Charge of Mosquilo Conlrol T SEALY MISS GLADYS hl FINLEYStenographer

Forestry WALTER0FILLETForester also Slate Forester and Stale Forest Fire Warden

A E Moss MF Assislanl Stale and Stalion Fmesler H W HICOCKh1F Assislanl Forester 31ssPAULINE SlenographerA RIERCHAXT

Plant Breeding DONALD SD Plant Breeder F JONES C D HCBBELL Atsislant

Vegetable Growing

PRESS OF

THEWILSON H LEE COIPANP

I

I Report on Commercial Fertilizers 1920

BY E H JENKINS Director and E M BAILEY Chemist in Charge oj the Analytical Laboratory

In 1920 sixty-seven individuals and firms registered for sale in this State 502 brands of commercial fertilizers classified as follows

Nitrogenous superphosphates 364 Cotton seed meal and castor pomace 103 Other chemicals and unmixed materials 41 -

508

The law requires that a list of the registered brands shall be published annually

The following is such a list of all brands of fertilizers registered for sale in this State between January 1 and December 31 1920

BRANDSREGISTERED FISCALFOR THE YEARENDING DEC 31 1920 Alpha Portland Cement Co Easton Pa

Alpha Potash-Lime Fertilizer American Agl Chemical Co 2 Rector St New York City

14y0 Acid Phosphate 1G Acid Phosphate Ammoniated Fertilizer A Ammoniated Fertilizer AA Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA Ammoniated Fertilizer VX Basic Lime Phosphate Bone-Phosphate ancl Potash Castor Pomace Cereal and Root Fertilizer Double A Tobacco Fertilizer Dry Ground Fish Fine Ground Bone Fish and Potash Five Eight Fertilizer Grass and Lawn Top Dressing Grass and Oats Fertilizer High Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Ground Bone Monarch Potato Manure Nitrate of Soda Pulverized Sheep Manure Special Vegetable Fertilizer Sure Growth Phosphate Revised

Tobacco Special Universal Phosphate Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potas11 Ilradleys B D Guano Bradleys Corn Phosphate Bradleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Ijradlevs New Rlethod Fertilizer llradlcjrs Patent Superphosphate Revisctl Braclleys Potato Fertilizer -Bmdleys Potato Manure Bmdleys Root Crop Manurc Bradleys Special Bay State Bratllcys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Fertilizer without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Manure without Potash Bradleys Unicorn Bradleys Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bmdleys X L Superphosphate of Lime E I Black Hawk Potato ancl Truck Fertilizer E I Corn Iiing Revised E I Economizer Phosphate E I htnyflower15 I Tobacco Fertilizer 11I Unexcelled Fertilizer Revised C E General G 13 Northern Corn Special 1920 G E Potato Manure 1920 Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Packers Union Iotato Manure 1920 Packers Union Univcrsal Fertilizer 1920 Quin Ammoniated Dissolved Phosphate Qujn Climax Phosphate (iuin Corn Manure Quin Phosphatc Quin Potato Phosphate Quin Potato Manure Quin Spl Corn Manure without Potash Quin Spl Potato Phosphate without Potash Quin Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manure Revised JVheelers Corn Fertilizer IVhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Wheelers Potato Manure 1920 Williams amp Clarks Americus Ammoniated nonc Supcrphosphate TVilliams amp Clarks Americus H G Spl Revisccl Williams amp Clarks Americus Corn Phosphate Williams ampiClarks Americus Potato Manurc Williams amp Clarks ilatcl~less Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks ilcadow Queen Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks Potqto Phosphate Williams amp Clarks Prol~fie Fertilizer TVilliams amp Clarlcs Seecl Leaf Tobacco Manure Revised Williams amp Clarlrs Spl Americus Corn Phosphate without Potash Williams amp Clarks Spl Americus Potato Manure without Potash

American Nitro-Phospho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City Phosphogerm (Inoculated Organic)

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Consolidated Rendering Cos Steamed Bone

Pis11 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops Liberty Market Gardeners Special Llberty AIarliet Gartleners Special (Potash) Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special Liberty Sheep Manure Liberty Tobacco Special Liberty Tobacco Special (Potash) Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain Kitratc of Soda Raw Ground Phosphate Roclc Tankage

Armour Fertilizer Works 305 Broadway New Pork City Armours Acid Phosphate Fert~lizer -4rmours Bone Meal Armours Cereal Special No 1 Fertilizer Brmours Cereal Special No 2 Fertilizer Armours Cereal Special No 3 Fertilizer Armours Complete Potato Fertilizer Armours Crop Grower Armours 4-10-0 Fertilizer Armours 4-8-5 Fertilizer Armours Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Armours General Crop Fertilizer Armours Grain Grower Fertilizer Armours Nitrate of Soda Armours Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer Armours Sheep Manure Armours Spl Tobacco Grower No 2 Fertilizer Armours Super-Grade Potato Mixture Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer (5-4-3) Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer Bidwclls Formula

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Company Candler Building Atlanta Ga Paramount Brand Goocl Cotton Seed hlenl

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn Atlantic Fine Bone Meal Atlant~c Grain Fertilizer Atlantic Potato Phosphate Atlantic Special Vegetable Atlantic 3-8-3 Atlantic Tobacco Grower Atlantic Tohacco Special Atlantic 3-8 Atlantic 2-8-3 Atlantic 4-5 Dry Ground Fish Ground Tanltage Nitrate of Soda

Baker Castor Oil Co 120 Broadway New York City Castor Pomace

Barrett Company 17 Battery Place New York City Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn Berlcshire Ammoniated Bone Phosphate 13crkshire Complete Fertilizer

Berltshire Complete Tobacco Berlwhire Dry Ground Fish Berlcshire Economical Grass Fertilizer Berishire Fine Ground Bone Berkshire Grass Special Uerkshire Long Island Special Berkshire Market Garden Fertiiizer Berkshire Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Berlrshire Tobacco Grower Berltshire Tobacco Starter Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Nitrate of Soda Sheep Manure

Boardman F E Middletown Conn Boardmans Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Company 60 Trinity Place New York City Bowlrers All Round Fertilizer 13owkers Conn Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bowkers Corn Grain and Grass Phosphate Bowkers Fishermans Brand Fish and Potash 13owkers Four Ten Hill and Drill Bonrkers Fresh Ground Bone 13owlcers Hill and Drill Phosphate Uowkers Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised Bowkers Nitrate of Soda Bowkers Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Uowkers 16 Acid Phosphate Bowkers Souble Phosphate Bowkers Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 1 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 3 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 47 Bowkers Super hosphate with Ammonia 57 Bowkers Sure ampop Phosphate Revised- Bowkers Three Ten All Round Bowkers Tobacco Grower Bowkers Two Ten Farm and Garden Stockbridge Complete Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Stoclcbridge Tobacco Manure Stoclcbridge Top Dressing and Forcing Manure

Breck Joseph amp Sons Corpn 51 North Market St Bbston Mass Brecks Rams Head Brand Sheep Manure

Brod6 F W ampCo 119 Madison Ave Memphis Tenn Dove 13rand Cotton Seed Meal Jay Brand Cotton Seed Meal Owl Brand High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

Buckeye Cotton Oil Company Cincinnati Ohio Buckeye Good Cotton Seed Meal Buco Cottonseed Feed

Chicago Feed amp Fertilizer Company 809 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago 111

Mngic Rrnncl IJulverized Sheep Manure

7 REGISTERED BRANDS

Chittenden E D Company Bridgeport Corn Chittendens Complete Tobacco andOnion Grower Chittendens Complete Tobacco ancl Onion Grower without Potash Chittenclens Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Chittendens Tobacco Special without Potash Chittendens Vegetable ancl Onion Grower without Potash

Clark Everett B Seed Company Milford Conn Special Mixture for General Use Special Mixture with Potash

Coe-Mortimer Co 51 Chambers St New York City E Frank Coes Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate (Basic Lime

Phosphate) (Key-Plow Bmnd) E Frank Cocs Celebrated Special Potato Fertilizer Revised E Frank Coes Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer E Frank Coes Connecticut Wrapper Grower E Franlc Coes Corn King E Frank Coes Dissolved Phosphate and Potash E Franlc Coes Gardeners and Truckers Special 1916 E Frank Coes Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised E Franlc Coes H G Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 E Frank Coes New Englancter Special E Frank Coes Nitrate of Soda E Frank Coes Prolific Crop Producer 1916 E Frank Coes 16 SuperphosphateE Franlc Coes Special Grass Top Dressing E Frank Coes Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer E Frank Coes Tobacco Special Fine Ground Bone

Columbia Guano Co Munsey Building Baltimore Md Columbia Freedom Guano Columbia Soluble Guano

Conn Fat Rendering amp Fertilizing Corpn P O Box 228 New Haven Conn

Tankage Davis S P Little Rock Ark

Good Luclc Brand of Cottonseed Meal ancl Cracked Screcnecl Cake Dexter Portland Cement Co Nazareth Pa

Dexter Potash Lime Fertilizer Essex Fertilizer Company 39 North Market St Boston Mass

Essex Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 Essex Marlret Garden 3-8-4 Essex Tohacco 5-5-4 Fssex Tobacco 5-6 Essex Tobacco 5-7-2 Essex 1-10-1 Essex 2-8-2 Essex 34-10 Essex 4-8-4

Fertile Chemical Company Cleveland Ohio Lime-Fertile Nitro-Fertile

Frisbie L T Co New Haven Conn Castor Pomace Frisbies Acid Phosphate 16 Frisbies Corn and Grain Fertilizer

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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102 172

280 366

287 411

603 177

383 324 206

07810641100 707 700 60015083501

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4800none048 059 058 165 165 420 307 037 764 900 727 80014546 6500109007 084 161 361 410 251 323 215 789 700 574 60014913 5975124010 081 150- 365 410 293 451 2921036 900 744 80014651

6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

159none 101 047 307 328 935 196 100015044043 117411001131

4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

82-8-2 7 85066 $191 165-8-2 25 5306 93 247-8-4 15 6287 6S 329-8-4 21 6579 56 4114-3 12 8296 80

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 4: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

I

I Report on Commercial Fertilizers 1920

BY E H JENKINS Director and E M BAILEY Chemist in Charge oj the Analytical Laboratory

In 1920 sixty-seven individuals and firms registered for sale in this State 502 brands of commercial fertilizers classified as follows

Nitrogenous superphosphates 364 Cotton seed meal and castor pomace 103 Other chemicals and unmixed materials 41 -

508

The law requires that a list of the registered brands shall be published annually

The following is such a list of all brands of fertilizers registered for sale in this State between January 1 and December 31 1920

BRANDSREGISTERED FISCALFOR THE YEARENDING DEC 31 1920 Alpha Portland Cement Co Easton Pa

Alpha Potash-Lime Fertilizer American Agl Chemical Co 2 Rector St New York City

14y0 Acid Phosphate 1G Acid Phosphate Ammoniated Fertilizer A Ammoniated Fertilizer AA Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA Ammoniated Fertilizer VX Basic Lime Phosphate Bone-Phosphate ancl Potash Castor Pomace Cereal and Root Fertilizer Double A Tobacco Fertilizer Dry Ground Fish Fine Ground Bone Fish and Potash Five Eight Fertilizer Grass and Lawn Top Dressing Grass and Oats Fertilizer High Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Ground Bone Monarch Potato Manure Nitrate of Soda Pulverized Sheep Manure Special Vegetable Fertilizer Sure Growth Phosphate Revised

Tobacco Special Universal Phosphate Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potas11 Ilradleys B D Guano Bradleys Corn Phosphate Bradleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Ijradlevs New Rlethod Fertilizer llradlcjrs Patent Superphosphate Revisctl Braclleys Potato Fertilizer -Bmdleys Potato Manure Bmdleys Root Crop Manurc Bradleys Special Bay State Bratllcys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Fertilizer without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Manure without Potash Bradleys Unicorn Bradleys Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bmdleys X L Superphosphate of Lime E I Black Hawk Potato ancl Truck Fertilizer E I Corn Iiing Revised E I Economizer Phosphate E I htnyflower15 I Tobacco Fertilizer 11I Unexcelled Fertilizer Revised C E General G 13 Northern Corn Special 1920 G E Potato Manure 1920 Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Packers Union Iotato Manure 1920 Packers Union Univcrsal Fertilizer 1920 Quin Ammoniated Dissolved Phosphate Qujn Climax Phosphate (iuin Corn Manure Quin Phosphatc Quin Potato Phosphate Quin Potato Manure Quin Spl Corn Manure without Potash Quin Spl Potato Phosphate without Potash Quin Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manure Revised JVheelers Corn Fertilizer IVhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Wheelers Potato Manure 1920 Williams amp Clarks Americus Ammoniated nonc Supcrphosphate TVilliams amp Clarks Americus H G Spl Revisccl Williams amp Clarks Americus Corn Phosphate Williams ampiClarks Americus Potato Manurc Williams amp Clarks ilatcl~less Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks ilcadow Queen Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks Potqto Phosphate Williams amp Clarks Prol~fie Fertilizer TVilliams amp Clarlcs Seecl Leaf Tobacco Manure Revised Williams amp Clarlrs Spl Americus Corn Phosphate without Potash Williams amp Clarks Spl Americus Potato Manure without Potash

American Nitro-Phospho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City Phosphogerm (Inoculated Organic)

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Consolidated Rendering Cos Steamed Bone

Pis11 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops Liberty Market Gardeners Special Llberty AIarliet Gartleners Special (Potash) Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special Liberty Sheep Manure Liberty Tobacco Special Liberty Tobacco Special (Potash) Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain Kitratc of Soda Raw Ground Phosphate Roclc Tankage

Armour Fertilizer Works 305 Broadway New Pork City Armours Acid Phosphate Fert~lizer -4rmours Bone Meal Armours Cereal Special No 1 Fertilizer Brmours Cereal Special No 2 Fertilizer Armours Cereal Special No 3 Fertilizer Armours Complete Potato Fertilizer Armours Crop Grower Armours 4-10-0 Fertilizer Armours 4-8-5 Fertilizer Armours Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Armours General Crop Fertilizer Armours Grain Grower Fertilizer Armours Nitrate of Soda Armours Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer Armours Sheep Manure Armours Spl Tobacco Grower No 2 Fertilizer Armours Super-Grade Potato Mixture Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer (5-4-3) Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer Bidwclls Formula

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Company Candler Building Atlanta Ga Paramount Brand Goocl Cotton Seed hlenl

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn Atlantic Fine Bone Meal Atlant~c Grain Fertilizer Atlantic Potato Phosphate Atlantic Special Vegetable Atlantic 3-8-3 Atlantic Tobacco Grower Atlantic Tohacco Special Atlantic 3-8 Atlantic 2-8-3 Atlantic 4-5 Dry Ground Fish Ground Tanltage Nitrate of Soda

Baker Castor Oil Co 120 Broadway New York City Castor Pomace

Barrett Company 17 Battery Place New York City Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn Berlcshire Ammoniated Bone Phosphate 13crkshire Complete Fertilizer

Berltshire Complete Tobacco Berlwhire Dry Ground Fish Berlcshire Economical Grass Fertilizer Berishire Fine Ground Bone Berkshire Grass Special Uerkshire Long Island Special Berkshire Market Garden Fertiiizer Berkshire Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Berlrshire Tobacco Grower Berltshire Tobacco Starter Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Nitrate of Soda Sheep Manure

Boardman F E Middletown Conn Boardmans Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Company 60 Trinity Place New York City Bowlrers All Round Fertilizer 13owkers Conn Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bowkers Corn Grain and Grass Phosphate Bowkers Fishermans Brand Fish and Potash 13owkers Four Ten Hill and Drill Bonrkers Fresh Ground Bone 13owlcers Hill and Drill Phosphate Uowkers Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised Bowkers Nitrate of Soda Bowkers Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Uowkers 16 Acid Phosphate Bowkers Souble Phosphate Bowkers Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 1 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 3 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 47 Bowkers Super hosphate with Ammonia 57 Bowkers Sure ampop Phosphate Revised- Bowkers Three Ten All Round Bowkers Tobacco Grower Bowkers Two Ten Farm and Garden Stockbridge Complete Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Stoclcbridge Tobacco Manure Stoclcbridge Top Dressing and Forcing Manure

Breck Joseph amp Sons Corpn 51 North Market St Bbston Mass Brecks Rams Head Brand Sheep Manure

Brod6 F W ampCo 119 Madison Ave Memphis Tenn Dove 13rand Cotton Seed Meal Jay Brand Cotton Seed Meal Owl Brand High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

Buckeye Cotton Oil Company Cincinnati Ohio Buckeye Good Cotton Seed Meal Buco Cottonseed Feed

Chicago Feed amp Fertilizer Company 809 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago 111

Mngic Rrnncl IJulverized Sheep Manure

7 REGISTERED BRANDS

Chittenden E D Company Bridgeport Corn Chittendens Complete Tobacco andOnion Grower Chittendens Complete Tobacco ancl Onion Grower without Potash Chittenclens Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Chittendens Tobacco Special without Potash Chittendens Vegetable ancl Onion Grower without Potash

Clark Everett B Seed Company Milford Conn Special Mixture for General Use Special Mixture with Potash

Coe-Mortimer Co 51 Chambers St New York City E Frank Coes Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate (Basic Lime

Phosphate) (Key-Plow Bmnd) E Frank Cocs Celebrated Special Potato Fertilizer Revised E Frank Coes Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer E Frank Coes Connecticut Wrapper Grower E Franlc Coes Corn King E Frank Coes Dissolved Phosphate and Potash E Franlc Coes Gardeners and Truckers Special 1916 E Frank Coes Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised E Franlc Coes H G Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 E Frank Coes New Englancter Special E Frank Coes Nitrate of Soda E Frank Coes Prolific Crop Producer 1916 E Frank Coes 16 SuperphosphateE Franlc Coes Special Grass Top Dressing E Frank Coes Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer E Frank Coes Tobacco Special Fine Ground Bone

Columbia Guano Co Munsey Building Baltimore Md Columbia Freedom Guano Columbia Soluble Guano

Conn Fat Rendering amp Fertilizing Corpn P O Box 228 New Haven Conn

Tankage Davis S P Little Rock Ark

Good Luclc Brand of Cottonseed Meal ancl Cracked Screcnecl Cake Dexter Portland Cement Co Nazareth Pa

Dexter Potash Lime Fertilizer Essex Fertilizer Company 39 North Market St Boston Mass

Essex Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 Essex Marlret Garden 3-8-4 Essex Tohacco 5-5-4 Fssex Tobacco 5-6 Essex Tobacco 5-7-2 Essex 1-10-1 Essex 2-8-2 Essex 34-10 Essex 4-8-4

Fertile Chemical Company Cleveland Ohio Lime-Fertile Nitro-Fertile

Frisbie L T Co New Haven Conn Castor Pomace Frisbies Acid Phosphate 16 Frisbies Corn and Grain Fertilizer

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

t bE

--9 2 2

J 0

zz 1

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Y1lt 2

F

$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

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325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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2

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$

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2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

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15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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Tobacco Special Universal Phosphate Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potas11 Ilradleys B D Guano Bradleys Corn Phosphate Bradleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Ijradlevs New Rlethod Fertilizer llradlcjrs Patent Superphosphate Revisctl Braclleys Potato Fertilizer -Bmdleys Potato Manure Bmdleys Root Crop Manurc Bradleys Special Bay State Bratllcys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Fertilizer without Potash Bradleys Special Potato Manure without Potash Bradleys Unicorn Bradleys Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bmdleys X L Superphosphate of Lime E I Black Hawk Potato ancl Truck Fertilizer E I Corn Iiing Revised E I Economizer Phosphate E I htnyflower15 I Tobacco Fertilizer 11I Unexcelled Fertilizer Revised C E General G 13 Northern Corn Special 1920 G E Potato Manure 1920 Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Packers Union Iotato Manure 1920 Packers Union Univcrsal Fertilizer 1920 Quin Ammoniated Dissolved Phosphate Qujn Climax Phosphate (iuin Corn Manure Quin Phosphatc Quin Potato Phosphate Quin Potato Manure Quin Spl Corn Manure without Potash Quin Spl Potato Phosphate without Potash Quin Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manure Revised JVheelers Corn Fertilizer IVhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Wheelers Potato Manure 1920 Williams amp Clarks Americus Ammoniated nonc Supcrphosphate TVilliams amp Clarks Americus H G Spl Revisccl Williams amp Clarks Americus Corn Phosphate Williams ampiClarks Americus Potato Manurc Williams amp Clarks ilatcl~less Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks ilcadow Queen Fertilizer Williams amp Clarks Potqto Phosphate Williams amp Clarks Prol~fie Fertilizer TVilliams amp Clarlcs Seecl Leaf Tobacco Manure Revised Williams amp Clarlrs Spl Americus Corn Phosphate without Potash Williams amp Clarks Spl Americus Potato Manure without Potash

American Nitro-Phospho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City Phosphogerm (Inoculated Organic)

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Consolidated Rendering Cos Steamed Bone

Pis11 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops Liberty Market Gardeners Special Llberty AIarliet Gartleners Special (Potash) Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special Liberty Sheep Manure Liberty Tobacco Special Liberty Tobacco Special (Potash) Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain Kitratc of Soda Raw Ground Phosphate Roclc Tankage

Armour Fertilizer Works 305 Broadway New Pork City Armours Acid Phosphate Fert~lizer -4rmours Bone Meal Armours Cereal Special No 1 Fertilizer Brmours Cereal Special No 2 Fertilizer Armours Cereal Special No 3 Fertilizer Armours Complete Potato Fertilizer Armours Crop Grower Armours 4-10-0 Fertilizer Armours 4-8-5 Fertilizer Armours Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Armours General Crop Fertilizer Armours Grain Grower Fertilizer Armours Nitrate of Soda Armours Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer Armours Sheep Manure Armours Spl Tobacco Grower No 2 Fertilizer Armours Super-Grade Potato Mixture Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer (5-4-3) Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer Bidwclls Formula

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Company Candler Building Atlanta Ga Paramount Brand Goocl Cotton Seed hlenl

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn Atlantic Fine Bone Meal Atlant~c Grain Fertilizer Atlantic Potato Phosphate Atlantic Special Vegetable Atlantic 3-8-3 Atlantic Tobacco Grower Atlantic Tohacco Special Atlantic 3-8 Atlantic 2-8-3 Atlantic 4-5 Dry Ground Fish Ground Tanltage Nitrate of Soda

Baker Castor Oil Co 120 Broadway New York City Castor Pomace

Barrett Company 17 Battery Place New York City Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn Berlcshire Ammoniated Bone Phosphate 13crkshire Complete Fertilizer

Berltshire Complete Tobacco Berlwhire Dry Ground Fish Berlcshire Economical Grass Fertilizer Berishire Fine Ground Bone Berkshire Grass Special Uerkshire Long Island Special Berkshire Market Garden Fertiiizer Berkshire Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Berlrshire Tobacco Grower Berltshire Tobacco Starter Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Nitrate of Soda Sheep Manure

Boardman F E Middletown Conn Boardmans Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Company 60 Trinity Place New York City Bowlrers All Round Fertilizer 13owkers Conn Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bowkers Corn Grain and Grass Phosphate Bowkers Fishermans Brand Fish and Potash 13owkers Four Ten Hill and Drill Bonrkers Fresh Ground Bone 13owlcers Hill and Drill Phosphate Uowkers Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised Bowkers Nitrate of Soda Bowkers Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Uowkers 16 Acid Phosphate Bowkers Souble Phosphate Bowkers Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 1 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 3 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 47 Bowkers Super hosphate with Ammonia 57 Bowkers Sure ampop Phosphate Revised- Bowkers Three Ten All Round Bowkers Tobacco Grower Bowkers Two Ten Farm and Garden Stockbridge Complete Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Stoclcbridge Tobacco Manure Stoclcbridge Top Dressing and Forcing Manure

Breck Joseph amp Sons Corpn 51 North Market St Bbston Mass Brecks Rams Head Brand Sheep Manure

Brod6 F W ampCo 119 Madison Ave Memphis Tenn Dove 13rand Cotton Seed Meal Jay Brand Cotton Seed Meal Owl Brand High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

Buckeye Cotton Oil Company Cincinnati Ohio Buckeye Good Cotton Seed Meal Buco Cottonseed Feed

Chicago Feed amp Fertilizer Company 809 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago 111

Mngic Rrnncl IJulverized Sheep Manure

7 REGISTERED BRANDS

Chittenden E D Company Bridgeport Corn Chittendens Complete Tobacco andOnion Grower Chittendens Complete Tobacco ancl Onion Grower without Potash Chittenclens Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Chittendens Tobacco Special without Potash Chittendens Vegetable ancl Onion Grower without Potash

Clark Everett B Seed Company Milford Conn Special Mixture for General Use Special Mixture with Potash

Coe-Mortimer Co 51 Chambers St New York City E Frank Coes Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate (Basic Lime

Phosphate) (Key-Plow Bmnd) E Frank Cocs Celebrated Special Potato Fertilizer Revised E Frank Coes Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer E Frank Coes Connecticut Wrapper Grower E Franlc Coes Corn King E Frank Coes Dissolved Phosphate and Potash E Franlc Coes Gardeners and Truckers Special 1916 E Frank Coes Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised E Franlc Coes H G Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 E Frank Coes New Englancter Special E Frank Coes Nitrate of Soda E Frank Coes Prolific Crop Producer 1916 E Frank Coes 16 SuperphosphateE Franlc Coes Special Grass Top Dressing E Frank Coes Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer E Frank Coes Tobacco Special Fine Ground Bone

Columbia Guano Co Munsey Building Baltimore Md Columbia Freedom Guano Columbia Soluble Guano

Conn Fat Rendering amp Fertilizing Corpn P O Box 228 New Haven Conn

Tankage Davis S P Little Rock Ark

Good Luclc Brand of Cottonseed Meal ancl Cracked Screcnecl Cake Dexter Portland Cement Co Nazareth Pa

Dexter Potash Lime Fertilizer Essex Fertilizer Company 39 North Market St Boston Mass

Essex Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 Essex Marlret Garden 3-8-4 Essex Tohacco 5-5-4 Fssex Tobacco 5-6 Essex Tobacco 5-7-2 Essex 1-10-1 Essex 2-8-2 Essex 34-10 Essex 4-8-4

Fertile Chemical Company Cleveland Ohio Lime-Fertile Nitro-Fertile

Frisbie L T Co New Haven Conn Castor Pomace Frisbies Acid Phosphate 16 Frisbies Corn and Grain Fertilizer

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

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$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

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325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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i

2

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$

i 5

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2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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Pis11 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops Liberty Market Gardeners Special Llberty AIarliet Gartleners Special (Potash) Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special Liberty Sheep Manure Liberty Tobacco Special Liberty Tobacco Special (Potash) Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain Kitratc of Soda Raw Ground Phosphate Roclc Tankage

Armour Fertilizer Works 305 Broadway New Pork City Armours Acid Phosphate Fert~lizer -4rmours Bone Meal Armours Cereal Special No 1 Fertilizer Brmours Cereal Special No 2 Fertilizer Armours Cereal Special No 3 Fertilizer Armours Complete Potato Fertilizer Armours Crop Grower Armours 4-10-0 Fertilizer Armours 4-8-5 Fertilizer Armours Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Armours General Crop Fertilizer Armours Grain Grower Fertilizer Armours Nitrate of Soda Armours Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer Armours Sheep Manure Armours Spl Tobacco Grower No 2 Fertilizer Armours Super-Grade Potato Mixture Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer Armours Tobacco Special Fertilizer (5-4-3) Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer Bidwclls Formula

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Company Candler Building Atlanta Ga Paramount Brand Goocl Cotton Seed hlenl

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn Atlantic Fine Bone Meal Atlant~c Grain Fertilizer Atlantic Potato Phosphate Atlantic Special Vegetable Atlantic 3-8-3 Atlantic Tobacco Grower Atlantic Tohacco Special Atlantic 3-8 Atlantic 2-8-3 Atlantic 4-5 Dry Ground Fish Ground Tanltage Nitrate of Soda

Baker Castor Oil Co 120 Broadway New York City Castor Pomace

Barrett Company 17 Battery Place New York City Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn Berlcshire Ammoniated Bone Phosphate 13crkshire Complete Fertilizer

Berltshire Complete Tobacco Berlwhire Dry Ground Fish Berlcshire Economical Grass Fertilizer Berishire Fine Ground Bone Berkshire Grass Special Uerkshire Long Island Special Berkshire Market Garden Fertiiizer Berkshire Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Berlrshire Tobacco Grower Berltshire Tobacco Starter Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Nitrate of Soda Sheep Manure

Boardman F E Middletown Conn Boardmans Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Company 60 Trinity Place New York City Bowlrers All Round Fertilizer 13owkers Conn Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bowkers Corn Grain and Grass Phosphate Bowkers Fishermans Brand Fish and Potash 13owkers Four Ten Hill and Drill Bonrkers Fresh Ground Bone 13owlcers Hill and Drill Phosphate Uowkers Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised Bowkers Nitrate of Soda Bowkers Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Uowkers 16 Acid Phosphate Bowkers Souble Phosphate Bowkers Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 1 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 3 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 47 Bowkers Super hosphate with Ammonia 57 Bowkers Sure ampop Phosphate Revised- Bowkers Three Ten All Round Bowkers Tobacco Grower Bowkers Two Ten Farm and Garden Stockbridge Complete Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Stoclcbridge Tobacco Manure Stoclcbridge Top Dressing and Forcing Manure

Breck Joseph amp Sons Corpn 51 North Market St Bbston Mass Brecks Rams Head Brand Sheep Manure

Brod6 F W ampCo 119 Madison Ave Memphis Tenn Dove 13rand Cotton Seed Meal Jay Brand Cotton Seed Meal Owl Brand High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

Buckeye Cotton Oil Company Cincinnati Ohio Buckeye Good Cotton Seed Meal Buco Cottonseed Feed

Chicago Feed amp Fertilizer Company 809 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago 111

Mngic Rrnncl IJulverized Sheep Manure

7 REGISTERED BRANDS

Chittenden E D Company Bridgeport Corn Chittendens Complete Tobacco andOnion Grower Chittendens Complete Tobacco ancl Onion Grower without Potash Chittenclens Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Chittendens Tobacco Special without Potash Chittendens Vegetable ancl Onion Grower without Potash

Clark Everett B Seed Company Milford Conn Special Mixture for General Use Special Mixture with Potash

Coe-Mortimer Co 51 Chambers St New York City E Frank Coes Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate (Basic Lime

Phosphate) (Key-Plow Bmnd) E Frank Cocs Celebrated Special Potato Fertilizer Revised E Frank Coes Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer E Frank Coes Connecticut Wrapper Grower E Franlc Coes Corn King E Frank Coes Dissolved Phosphate and Potash E Franlc Coes Gardeners and Truckers Special 1916 E Frank Coes Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised E Franlc Coes H G Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 E Frank Coes New Englancter Special E Frank Coes Nitrate of Soda E Frank Coes Prolific Crop Producer 1916 E Frank Coes 16 SuperphosphateE Franlc Coes Special Grass Top Dressing E Frank Coes Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer E Frank Coes Tobacco Special Fine Ground Bone

Columbia Guano Co Munsey Building Baltimore Md Columbia Freedom Guano Columbia Soluble Guano

Conn Fat Rendering amp Fertilizing Corpn P O Box 228 New Haven Conn

Tankage Davis S P Little Rock Ark

Good Luclc Brand of Cottonseed Meal ancl Cracked Screcnecl Cake Dexter Portland Cement Co Nazareth Pa

Dexter Potash Lime Fertilizer Essex Fertilizer Company 39 North Market St Boston Mass

Essex Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 Essex Marlret Garden 3-8-4 Essex Tohacco 5-5-4 Fssex Tobacco 5-6 Essex Tobacco 5-7-2 Essex 1-10-1 Essex 2-8-2 Essex 34-10 Essex 4-8-4

Fertile Chemical Company Cleveland Ohio Lime-Fertile Nitro-Fertile

Frisbie L T Co New Haven Conn Castor Pomace Frisbies Acid Phosphate 16 Frisbies Corn and Grain Fertilizer

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

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--9 2 2

J 0

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Y1lt 2

F

$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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603 177

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

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15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 7: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

Berltshire Complete Tobacco Berlwhire Dry Ground Fish Berlcshire Economical Grass Fertilizer Berishire Fine Ground Bone Berkshire Grass Special Uerkshire Long Island Special Berkshire Market Garden Fertiiizer Berkshire Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Berlrshire Tobacco Grower Berltshire Tobacco Starter Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Nitrate of Soda Sheep Manure

Boardman F E Middletown Conn Boardmans Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Company 60 Trinity Place New York City Bowlrers All Round Fertilizer 13owkers Conn Valley Tobacco Fertilizer Bowkers Corn Grain and Grass Phosphate Bowkers Fishermans Brand Fish and Potash 13owkers Four Ten Hill and Drill Bonrkers Fresh Ground Bone 13owlcers Hill and Drill Phosphate Uowkers Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised Bowkers Nitrate of Soda Bowkers Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Uowkers 16 Acid Phosphate Bowkers Souble Phosphate Bowkers Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 1 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 3 Bowkers Superphosphate with Ammonia 47 Bowkers Super hosphate with Ammonia 57 Bowkers Sure ampop Phosphate Revised- Bowkers Three Ten All Round Bowkers Tobacco Grower Bowkers Two Ten Farm and Garden Stockbridge Complete Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Stoclcbridge Tobacco Manure Stoclcbridge Top Dressing and Forcing Manure

Breck Joseph amp Sons Corpn 51 North Market St Bbston Mass Brecks Rams Head Brand Sheep Manure

Brod6 F W ampCo 119 Madison Ave Memphis Tenn Dove 13rand Cotton Seed Meal Jay Brand Cotton Seed Meal Owl Brand High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

Buckeye Cotton Oil Company Cincinnati Ohio Buckeye Good Cotton Seed Meal Buco Cottonseed Feed

Chicago Feed amp Fertilizer Company 809 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago 111

Mngic Rrnncl IJulverized Sheep Manure

7 REGISTERED BRANDS

Chittenden E D Company Bridgeport Corn Chittendens Complete Tobacco andOnion Grower Chittendens Complete Tobacco ancl Onion Grower without Potash Chittenclens Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Chittendens Tobacco Special without Potash Chittendens Vegetable ancl Onion Grower without Potash

Clark Everett B Seed Company Milford Conn Special Mixture for General Use Special Mixture with Potash

Coe-Mortimer Co 51 Chambers St New York City E Frank Coes Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate (Basic Lime

Phosphate) (Key-Plow Bmnd) E Frank Cocs Celebrated Special Potato Fertilizer Revised E Frank Coes Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer E Frank Coes Connecticut Wrapper Grower E Franlc Coes Corn King E Frank Coes Dissolved Phosphate and Potash E Franlc Coes Gardeners and Truckers Special 1916 E Frank Coes Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised E Franlc Coes H G Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 E Frank Coes New Englancter Special E Frank Coes Nitrate of Soda E Frank Coes Prolific Crop Producer 1916 E Frank Coes 16 SuperphosphateE Franlc Coes Special Grass Top Dressing E Frank Coes Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer E Frank Coes Tobacco Special Fine Ground Bone

Columbia Guano Co Munsey Building Baltimore Md Columbia Freedom Guano Columbia Soluble Guano

Conn Fat Rendering amp Fertilizing Corpn P O Box 228 New Haven Conn

Tankage Davis S P Little Rock Ark

Good Luclc Brand of Cottonseed Meal ancl Cracked Screcnecl Cake Dexter Portland Cement Co Nazareth Pa

Dexter Potash Lime Fertilizer Essex Fertilizer Company 39 North Market St Boston Mass

Essex Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 Essex Marlret Garden 3-8-4 Essex Tohacco 5-5-4 Fssex Tobacco 5-6 Essex Tobacco 5-7-2 Essex 1-10-1 Essex 2-8-2 Essex 34-10 Essex 4-8-4

Fertile Chemical Company Cleveland Ohio Lime-Fertile Nitro-Fertile

Frisbie L T Co New Haven Conn Castor Pomace Frisbies Acid Phosphate 16 Frisbies Corn and Grain Fertilizer

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

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Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

t bE

--9 2 2

J 0

zz 1

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Y1lt 2

F

$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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i

2

sg

$

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2

5

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2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

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15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 8: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

7 REGISTERED BRANDS

Chittenden E D Company Bridgeport Corn Chittendens Complete Tobacco andOnion Grower Chittendens Complete Tobacco ancl Onion Grower without Potash Chittenclens Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Chittendens Tobacco Special without Potash Chittendens Vegetable ancl Onion Grower without Potash

Clark Everett B Seed Company Milford Conn Special Mixture for General Use Special Mixture with Potash

Coe-Mortimer Co 51 Chambers St New York City E Frank Coes Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate (Basic Lime

Phosphate) (Key-Plow Bmnd) E Frank Cocs Celebrated Special Potato Fertilizer Revised E Frank Coes Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer E Frank Coes Connecticut Wrapper Grower E Franlc Coes Corn King E Frank Coes Dissolved Phosphate and Potash E Franlc Coes Gardeners and Truckers Special 1916 E Frank Coes Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised E Franlc Coes H G Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 E Frank Coes New Englancter Special E Frank Coes Nitrate of Soda E Frank Coes Prolific Crop Producer 1916 E Frank Coes 16 SuperphosphateE Franlc Coes Special Grass Top Dressing E Frank Coes Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer E Frank Coes Tobacco Special Fine Ground Bone

Columbia Guano Co Munsey Building Baltimore Md Columbia Freedom Guano Columbia Soluble Guano

Conn Fat Rendering amp Fertilizing Corpn P O Box 228 New Haven Conn

Tankage Davis S P Little Rock Ark

Good Luclc Brand of Cottonseed Meal ancl Cracked Screcnecl Cake Dexter Portland Cement Co Nazareth Pa

Dexter Potash Lime Fertilizer Essex Fertilizer Company 39 North Market St Boston Mass

Essex Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 Essex Marlret Garden 3-8-4 Essex Tohacco 5-5-4 Fssex Tobacco 5-6 Essex Tobacco 5-7-2 Essex 1-10-1 Essex 2-8-2 Essex 34-10 Essex 4-8-4

Fertile Chemical Company Cleveland Ohio Lime-Fertile Nitro-Fertile

Frisbie L T Co New Haven Conn Castor Pomace Frisbies Acid Phosphate 16 Frisbies Corn and Grain Fertilizer

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

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Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

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lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

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TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 9: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

Frisbies Fine Bone Meal Frisbies 5-8 Frisbies S ~ e c i a l Frisbies special Vegetable and Potato Grower Frisbies 3-8 Frisbies 3-8-3 Frisbies Tobacco 5-5-5 Frisbies Tobacco 5-6 Frisbies Tobacco Grower Frisbies Tobacco S ~ e c i a l Frisbies 2-8 Frisbies 4-10 Ground Tankage Nitrate of Soda

Hall W D Company Atlanta Ga Good Cotton Secd Meal

Hubbard Fertilizer Co 802 Keyser Bldg Baltimore Md I-Iuhbards l~scelsior AIisturc 1Iubbirds Farmers I S L IIubbardJs 5 Royal Seal lIubbarclls 4-10-0 Itubbards New England Special I-Eubbards Nitrate of Soda Iiubbards Nosall Guano Hubbards 16 Phosphate Ilubbards Tobacco Fertilizer fIubbarcls Yellow Wrapper

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal Dixie Brand Cottonseed Meal Forfat Brand Cottonseed Meal Unit-1 Unit-2

Industrial Cotton Oil Properties 65 Broadway New York City High Grade Cotton Seed Meal

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo NY

BOA Meal Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Buffalo Economy Buff alo Farmers Choice Buffalo General Favorite Buffalo Iligh Grade Manure Buffalo New England Special Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Buffalo Phosphate and Potash Buffalo Three Ten Buffalo Tobacco Grower Buffalo Tobacco Producer Buffalo Tobacco Special Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter I A C Tobacco Crop

Joynt John Lucknow Ont The Joynt Brand Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes

REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

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Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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280 366

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603 177

383 324 206

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

159none 101 047 307 328 935 196 100015044043 117411001131

4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

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022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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REGISTERED BRANDS

Koster A L Suffield Conn Dry Ground Fish Hale Tobacco Mixture

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J Listers Ammoniated Dissolvecl Superphosphate Revised Listers Bone Meal 1916 Listers Buyers Choice Acid Phosphate Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidulated Listers Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Complete Tobacco hiIanure Listers Corn and Potato Fertilizer Listers Eastern Pride Fertilizer Listers H G Acid Phosphate Listers Icing Bee Fertilizer Listers Plant Foocl 1916 Listers Special Crop Procluccr Listers Special Tobacco Fertilizer Listers Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Listers Success Fertilizer Listers Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916

Lovitt L B amp Co Memphis Tenn Maloneys Pride No 1 (7)Maloneys Pricle No 2 (6) Maloneys Pride No 3 (8)

Lowell Fertilizer Co 40 North Market St Boston Mass Acid Phosphate 16 Lowell Animal Brand 3-84 Lonrell Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Lowell Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Lowell Empress Brand 1-10-1 Lowell 34-10 Lowell 2-8-3 Lowell 3-8-3 Lowell 4-84 Lowell 5-8 Lowell 5-84 Lowell Ground Bone 24-26 Lowell Lawn and Garden Dressing 4-7-2 Lowell Tobacco 5-5-4 Lowell Tobacco 5-6 Lowell Tobacco 5-7-2 Nitrate of Soda

Lyle amp Lyle Huntsville Ala Economy C S Feed

Mapes Formula amp Peruvian Guano Co 143 Liberty St New York City Mapes Corn Manure Mapes C S Tobacco Manure Mapes General Crop (1916 Brand)Mapes General Tobacco Manure kIapes General Truck Manure Mapes Grain Brand Rtapes Potato Manure Mapes Potato Manure (1916 Brand)Mapes Tobacco Starter Improved

National Fertilizer Co 60 Trinity Place New York City National Ammoniated Bone Phosphate National Complete Grass Fertilizer

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

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015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

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5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

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none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

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170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

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Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 11: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

National Complete Tobacco Fertilizer National Eureka Potato Fertilizer National 5-4 Tobacco Manure National Market Gardcn Fertilizer Revised National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 National Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 National Nitrogen Puosphate Mixture No 6 National Pine Tree State Potato Fertilizer National Potato Phosphate National 16 Plain Superphosphate National Soluble Bone and Potash National Special Tobacco Revisecl National Universal Phosphate National XXX Fish and Potash

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure

New England Fertilizer Co 40A North Market St Boston Mass 3 13 Superphosphate 3-84 N E Tobacco 5-4~ - ~ ~~~ ~ -~

N E Tobacco 5-54 N E Tobacco 5-6 N E 1-10-1 N E 2-8-2

Nitrate Agencies Co 85 Water St New Pork City N A C Brand Acid Phosphate N A C Brand 8-6-5 Truclcers Top Dresser N A C Brand 4-8-4 Potato Formula N A C Brand Ground Bone N A C Brand Muriate of Potash N A C Brand Nitrate of Soda N A C Brand 2-8-2 All Crop Formula

Nothern W C Box 414 Memphis Tenn Special No 1 (Cotton Seecl Meal)

Olds 8Whipple Hartford Conn Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 0 R- V Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fcltilizer 0 cP W Complete Tobacco Fertilizer 0 amp W Dry Ground Fish 0 amp W Grass Fertilizer 0 amp V H G Tobacco Starter 0 amp V Special Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer 0 W Tobacco Special Fertilizer Precipitatecl Bone Phosphate

Pacific Manure amp Fertilizer Co 429 Davis St San ~rancisco Calif Groz-It-Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure

Park amp Pollard Co Boston Mass P amp P Offcolorecl Cottonseed Meal Upland Cottonseed Meal

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

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Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

t bE

--9 2 2

J 0

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Y1lt 2

F

$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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i

2

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$

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2

5

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2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 12: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

11 REGISTERED BRANDS

Parmenter amp Polsev Fertilizer Co 41 North Market St Boston Mass P P P l l ~ l ~ m o u t h Roclc 3-8-4 P R- P Tobacco 5-4 P amp P Tobacco 5-5-4 P R- P 1-10-1 P ce P 2-8-2 P R- P 2-8-3 P e- P 2-10 P R- P 33-10 P R P 4-8-4 for Potatoes Corn and Vegetables

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I Ground Bone 2-8-2 rind 3-54 Animal Brand 4-8-4 Brand 5-8-4 Brand

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md Browns Fertilizer for Corn and Grain Browns H G P and General Crop Manure Browns Potato Fertilizer Browns Special Fertilizer Browns Special 0 R T and Marlcet Garden Browns Tobacco Manure Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Piedmont 3-8-4 Fertilizer Piedmont 4-8-6 Fertilizer Piedmont 16 Acid Phosphate Piedmont 3 50 Bone Meal Piedmont 6 30 TankageShays Corn Fertilizer Shays Potato Fertilizer Shays Special Fertilizer

Pulverized Manure Co 828 Exchange Ave Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill

Wizard Brand Manure Quality Fertilizer Works 52 Canal St Stamford Conn

Bartlett Brand Special Tree Fertilizer Robinson George B Jr 18 Broadway New York City

Robin Brand Cotton Seed Meal Rogers amp Hubbard Company Middletown Conn

Hubbards Bone Base Fertilizer for Seeding Down Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing Ilubbards Bone Base Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure Hubbarcls Bone Bnse Soluble Potato Manure Hubbards Pure Raw ICnuclrle Bone Flour

Hubbards Strictly Pure Fine Bone R amp Hs All Soils-All Crops Phosphate R R- Hs Cllmax Tobacco Brand R Rr Hs C o m ~ l e t e P h o s ~ h a t e

R P Hs Potato Phosphate R amp Hs Soluble Tobacco Manure R R Hs Tobacco Grower Vegetable Formula

Royster F S Guano Company 1603 Munsey Bldg Baltimore Md Dry Ground Fish Icainit

Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

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Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

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4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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280 366

287 411

603 177

383 324 206

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

159none 101 047 307 328 935 196 100015044043 117411001131

4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Roystcrs Ar~olv Head Tobacco Fornlr~la Roysters Banner Guano Roysters Bully Guano Roysters Dreadnought Guano Roysters Fish and lotash Roysters Fish Flesh and Foul Guano Roysters Landmark Brand Roysters Perfecto Tobacco Formula Roysters Prime Fish Brand Roysters Purity Brand Roysters Quality Trucker Roysters 16 Acid Phosphate Roysters Truckers De l~ght Roysters Valley Tobacco Formula Stevens Formula

Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Go New Haven Conn Sandersons Acid Phosphate Sandersons Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Complete Tobacco Grower Sandcrsons Corn Superphosphnte Sanclersons Fine Ground Bone Sanclersons Formula A Sandersons Formula B Sandersons I-I G Ammoniated Phosphate Sandersons ICelseys Bone Fish and Potash Sandersons Nitrate of Soda Sandersons Phosphate without Potash Sanclersons Potatlo Manure I

Sandersons Special without Potash Sanclersons Tobacco Grower Sandersons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Sandcrsons Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash South American Sheep and Goat Manure

Shoemaker M L amp Co Inc Venango St and Delaware Ave Phila- delohia Pa

S w ~ f t ~ S u r ~one Meal Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Potatoes No 1 Swift-Sure Suneinhosnhate for Tobacco Swift-Sure T k k i g e A

Soper J E Co 206 Chamber of -Commerce Bostor Mass Pilgrim Cottonseed Meai Pioneer Cottonseed Meal Puritan Cottonseed Meal Sopers 5 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 6 Nitrogen CS Meal Sopers 7 Nitrogen CS Meal

Southern Cotton Oil Company Falls Building 22 N Front St Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Meal

Springfield Rendering Co 88 Liberty St Springfield Mass Springfielcl An~mal Brand Springfield Fine Grouncl Bone Springfield Grain ancl Grass Springfield Tobacco Special

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

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--9 2 2

J 0

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Y1lt 2

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$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

82-8-2 7 85066 $191 165-8-2 25 5306 93 247-8-4 15 6287 6S 329-8-4 21 6579 56 4114-3 12 8296 80

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

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022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 14: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

REGISTERED BRANDS

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga (Good Cotton Seed Meal) Taylor Brand

Union Seed amp Fertilizer Co 65 Broadway New York CityAmerican Recl Tag Cotton Seed Men1 Surcty Brancl Cotton Seed Mcal Yellow Tag Cotton Seed Mcal

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Equitable Building 120 Broadway New York City

V-C Bone Meal V-C Challenge Brand V-C Champion Brand V-C Cherokee Brand V-C Fish and Potash Brand V-C Inclian Chief Brand V-C Monarch Brand V-C Owl Brand V-c Pawnee Brand V-C Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flonrers Virginia-Carolina Plow Brand

Wilcox Fertilizer Company Mystic Conn Acid Phosphate 13ldredge Yish and Potash Nitrate of Soda llilcos Corn Special IVilcox Dry Ground Fish JVilcox Fish and Potash IYilcox Grain Fertil~zer IVilcox Grass Fertilizer IVilcox High Grade Fish and Potash IYilcox Potato and Vegetable Phosphate IVilcox Potato Fertilizer JIrilcox Tobacco Special

Witherbee Sherman amp Company 393 Main St Worcester Mass 13arium-Phosphate Grade A Barium-Ihosphate Grade I3 Barium-Phosphate Grade C Ground Phosphate Rock Nitrate of Soda

Woodruff S D amp Sons Orange Conn Sheep Manure Woodruffs Home Mixture

Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass Prosperity Brand Royal Worcestcr Corn and Grain Fertilizer Prosperjty Brand Royal Worcester Grouncl Steamed Bone Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato an( Vegetable Fertilizer Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Gram Fertilizer

Worlds Fertilizer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa Shur-Gro

During the year Mr Churchill the Stations Agent has visited 105 towns and villages in the State and gathered 547 samples in the manner provided by law Twenty of these registered brands have not been sold in the State and seventy-eight although re-ported to have been sold in Connecticut could not be found by the sampling agent and therefore have not been examined

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

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Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

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4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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280 366

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603 177

383 324 206

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

159none 101 047 307 328 935 196 100015044043 117411001131

4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 15: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

In the following pages are given the analyses of all the brands which were sampled as well as those sent for analysis by individ- uals Of the latter the Station is not responsible for the accuracy of the sampling although pains have been talcen to secure from the senders certification that the Stations methocl of sampling was followed

Number of1 Containing nitrogen as the chief activ ingredient samples

Nitrate of soda 14 Sulphate of ammonia 1 Cotton seed meal 115 Castor pomace 3

2 Containing phosphorii acid as the chief active ingredient Barium-phosphate 3 Raw rock phosphate 2 Precipitated bone phosphate 1 Basic lime phosphate 2 Dissolved rock phosphate or acid phosphate 20

3 Containing potash as the chief active ingredienf Cotton hull ashes 1 Potash salts and potash-lime 4

4 Raw materials containing nitrogen and phosphoric acid Fish manures 16 Slaughter house tanlzage 15 Bone manures 19 Mixed bone and tankage 1 Garbagetankage 1

5 Mixed jertilizers Nitrogenous superphosphates without potash 92 Nitrogenous superphosphates with potash 246 Home mixtures 16

6 Miscellaneous jertilizers and waste products Tobacco stems stalks and dust 4 Nitro-Fertile and Lime-Fertile 2 Sheep manure 9 Wood ashes 19 Lime and lime-kiln ashes 4 Other miscellaneous materials 15

-A

Total 625

I RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR NITROGEN

NITRATE O F SODA Fourteen samples were analyzed as follows 14484 Sold by the Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Sam-

pled a t the factory

NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

t bE

--9 2 2

J 0

zz 1

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Y1lt 2

F

$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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i

2

sg

$

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2

5

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2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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NITRATE OF SODA

14487 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Stock of R H Morgan West Cheshire 14488 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of J R Reinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 15149 Sold by Coe-Mortimer Co New Yorli Stock of Con-

yers Farm Greenwich 14479 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t the

factoiy 14935 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange Woodstock 15045 Sold by the Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stock of H H McKnight Ellington 14419 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York Stocli of E N Austin Suffield 15205 Sold by the Atlantic-Paclung Co New Haven Sam-

pled at the factory 15206 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Stock of

P Schwartz Co New London 14477 Sold by Sanderson Fertilizer amp Chemical Co New

Haven Sampled at the factory 14572 Sold by TVilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Stocli of G R

Stannard Branford 15075 Sold by the Lowell Fertilizer GBoston Stock of

Litchfield County Coop Association Torrington 14828 Sold by the Bowker Fertilizer Co New York Stocli

of F B Newton Est Plainville

TABLEI ANALYSESOF NITRATEOF SODA

Station No Per cent of Nitrogen

Guaranteed Found Cost per Nitrogen costs ccnfs

ton per pound 14484 1480 1544 $7000 226 14487 1500 1550 7000 226 14488 1500 1554 7475 240 15149 1500 1540 7500 243 14479 1500 1534 7500 244 14935 1522 1530 7576 247 15045 1522 1524 7615 249 14419 1500 1568 8000 255 15205 1500 1516 8000 264 15206 1500 1532 8500 277 14477 1500 1532 8675 251 14572 1500 1494 8600 288 15075 1500 1528 9000 294 14828 1500 1576

The retail cash cost of nitrogen in nitrate of soda has ranged from 226 to 294 cents per pound and has averaged 256 cents per pound

SULPHATE OF AMMONIA One sample was examined 14483 Sold by the Barrett Co of New Yorli City Stock

of Berlishire Fertilizer Co Cost 3100 per ton It contained 2092 per cent nitrogen

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

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lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

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S5000none026037 041 104 082 750 324 082115611001074100014949 5000017054063 087 221 165 427 553 14511251100 980100014794 6300018085025 139 267 247 594 430 132115611001024100014952 5800055066080 160 367 329 600 362 28512471100962100014525 5500052067080 158 357 329 580 410 26112601100999100014875 158012 130 150 450 411 486 375 1931054 900 861 80015115 5800115100004 083 302 329 589 381 13911091100970100015119 7625120004009 303 436 411 108 384 027 519 500 492 40014862 4800none045047 092 184 165 584 440 253127711001024100014688 4800013046018 099 176 165 636 398 253128711001034100014689

4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

5500013118 7000098008

047 088

102 172

280 366

287 411

603 177

383 324 206

07810641100 707 700 60015083501

986100014914

4800none048 059 058 165 165 420 307 037 764 900 727 80014546 6500109007 084 161 361 410 251 323 215 789 700 574 60014913 5975124010 081 150- 365 410 293 451 2921036 900 744 80014651

6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

159none 101 047 307 328 935 196 100015044043 117411001131

4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

6 z e

80014741

40014588

100014740

40014643

80015148 30014840

15156 40014990 40014709

100014839 40015010

40014880 80014727 80015004 40015127

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108 765 580 612 572

671 086

342 228 210 073

685 684 063

707

688 304 564 441

541 565 758 151 719 740

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7050117007 4500none023 5000none042

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371

466 403 429 375 430

359 234

564 217

3 i4 528

342 327 298

349

242 194 236 370

2 46 1 85

445 417 230 409 284 269

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278 037 074 159 163

129 152

174 459

3125 363

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181

409 116 202 351 352

290 340

555 823 804 433 4 40

158 294 396

249

309 350 171 100 372

361 190 264 449 4 08 403

Total

2

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165

411 082 165 247 329

287 410

495 823 823 411 411

164 287 410

329

329 411 165 082 411

329 165 247 411 411 411

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988 491 565 565 659

517

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

0 8

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

82-8-2 7 85066 $191 165-8-2 25 5306 93 247-8-4 15 6287 6S 329-8-4 21 6579 56 4114-3 12 8296 80

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Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

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0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

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013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

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-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 17: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

Nitrogen in this sample costs 239 cents per pound Snlphate of am- monia and nitrate of soda have been altogether the cheapest forms of available nitrogen in our market

COTTON SEED MEAL

One hundred and fifteen samples have been examined and their analyses appear in the following table

The per cent of nitrogen has ranged from 510 to 811 per cent the average being 650-very decidedly higher than in any season since 1916

There has been considerable fluctuation in price during the win- ter and spring the average being 67855 per ton Making no valuation of the phosphoric acid and potash in the meal the aver- age cost of nitrogen in meal has been 612 cents per pound

If the phosphoric acid contained in the meal were credited a t 7 cents per pound and potash a t 12 cents per pound the cost of nitrogen ~vould be about 54 cents per pound Twenty-eight of the samples did not meet their guaranties but eight of these were sold on a unit basis so that the buyer only paid for the actual amount of nitrogen received which is altogether the most satis- factory basis of payment The prices ranged from $70 to $90 per ton following in some measure the fluctuations in the whole- sale market

COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

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5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Purrhnsrd Snrnplrrl or Srnt b y

I Per ccnt N ~ t r o g r n

o ig

+ 5 ii s s z z 6 6

3lnnulacturer or Jobhrr Car No or h f a r l t ~

American Cotton Oil Co New York City

American Red Tag C S Meal

Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co Atlanta Ga

P a r a m o u n t Urarld C S

J E Phclps Suffield

Station Agent from Rockville Milling Co 614

A D Bridees Sons Inc Hazard- I I ville r 1 6 3 2 6

W J Reeves Windsorville 6 1 8 6

Spencer Bros Suffield 6 9 0 6 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 6 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons 6 2 7 6 G T Soule New Milford 6 6 4 5 Station Agent from G E Ackley

Co Kew Milford 6 6 3 6 S F Holcomb k Son West Granby 6 89 6 Station Agent from A D Bridges

Sons Htzardvillc 554 5 E H Rollins Granby 6 5 8 6 E H Rollins Granhy 6 6 0 6 William J Iteeves Windsorvillc 6 6 8 6 G 1 Soulc New iLIilfortl 6 2 0 6

Ahern Bros East JITindsor Hill 6 6 5 6

A IT Camp Danbury 6 6 0 6

X4eal

F W Brod6 amp Co Memphis Tenn

Owl Brantl Owl Brand E 74666 Owl Brand C d N JV

180500 0 1 7 1 Brand Owl Brand

Ow1 Brand NY C 230350 Owl Brand

Owl Brand Jay Brant S P 84389

G E T 18543 Soo L 31488 Off Color C S M S L

104426 Off Grade C S M N Y

C 230350

14471

14491 14496

14501 14715

14806 14827

14885 14510

14443 14444 14490 14549 14551

14852

14988

14383 14825

Cotton Seed Products Co Louisville Ky

Prime C S Meal Station Agent from Wybern Farms

I Melrose

SPDavia Little Rock Ark

Good Luclt I3rand L P Abbe Hazardville Good Luck Brand Station Agent from E M Waller

Gavlortlsville

6 7 8 6 5 0 8 7 0 0

6 4 9 6 5 0 82 00

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

- G-G

+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

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J 0

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b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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Per cent Nitrogen

Manufacturer or Jobber 2 d

Car No or hlarlcs Purchased Sampled or Sent by

a s k 2 5 z a o S

DeSoto Oil Co Memphis 104426 R H Osborne Warehouse Point

E St Louis Cotton Oil Co National Stock Yards Ill

R I 60053 C D Cannon Windsor Locks W D Hall Co Atlanta Ga Good C 8 Meal A D Ellsworth Broad Brook Goocl C S Meal Station Agent from A E Hall

Wallingford Oscar Holway Auburn Me

N Y C 214957 William Gilligan Windsor Humphreys-Godwin Co

Memphis Tenn 14941 Bull Brand P T McCue Windsor Locks 6 9 8 6 8 7 15076 Bull Brand Station Agent from E Man-

chester amp Sons Winsted 7 16 6 8 7 15192 Bull Brand J A Shenrood Long Hill 7 0 9 6 8 7 15222 Bull Brand C L Luce New Britain 6 92 6 8 7 14659 Danish Brand Station Agent from G S Phelps

Thompsonville 5 45 5 75 15133 Danish Brand The Coles Co Midclletoxi~n 5 84 5 75 15187 Danish Brand 117 E IVhcclock Quinebaug 5 8 1 -575 14507 Dixie Brand 89546 IIartforrl Tobacco Corporation

Hartford 7 4 9 7 5 0 15134 Bright C S Meal Penn Jno Sullivan R Son Thompson-

32253 ville 5 4 9 5 7 6 15135 Brlght C S Meal L V Jno Sullivan amp Son Thompson-

82216 ville 5 G7 576 15164 Bright C S Meal C R N

TV 101624 Spencer Bros Suffield 5 54 5 76 15341 26206 Coles Co Middletown 0 1 6 576 14784 Off-Color C S Meal W B G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

45334 ville 5 6 7 5 7 5 14872 Off-Color C S Meal Pa

63451 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 3 1 6 5 8 14901 Off-Color C S Meal C M

Br St P 75860 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 5 5 35 5 8 15145 Off-Color C S Meal 246729 The Coles Co Middletown 6 8 3 G 88 14386 Off-Grade C S Meal A T

R S I 31182 G T Soule New Milford 6 2 6 6 27 14403 C S Meal C 8 0 8803 The Coles Co Midclletown 6 0 0 5 7 5 14473 C S Meal 111209 G S Phelps amp Co Thompson-

ville 5 9 2 5 7 5 14508 C S Meal B amp M 62922 L B Haas amp Co Hartford 7 3 4 7 50

COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

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+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

ampi -d d -a 6 a a -$ -i a J

efi 0 3 I a 0

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$ +C -n

b ta $ - 8 -e z

r+ 2

0

Lr

z 0

023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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603 177

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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COTTON SEED MEAL

14530

14531

14532

14533

14534

14535

14556

15285

14464

14662 14754 14800

14810

14401

14431

14432

14433

14438

14439

14459

14462

14463

Humphreys-Godwin Co Memphis Tenn

(Continued)

Off-Grade C S Meal P ht 70929 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gmde C S Meal M 0 P 34509 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal G T 25226 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Grade C S Meal G E T 2125 S J Orr West Suffield

Off Grade C S Meal C C C R- S T L 53951 S J Orr West Suffield

Off-Gracle C S Meal N Y C 255143 S J Orr West Suffield

Dark C S Meal Chi St P 28404 H C Nelson West Suffield

C S Meal 101182 Coles Co Middletown

LB Lovitt amp Co Memphis Tenn

Off Color C S Meal M C 60060 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 99 713 8015

Off -Color C S Meal 0 T Cone Warehouse Point 7 56 720 8895 Off-color C S Meal J B Parker Poquonock 763 7939 Off-Color C S Meal N P

19112 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 64 757 9224 Off-Color C S Meal IC C

S 12532 Spencer Bros Suffield 766 7 92 9011 Off-Color C S Meal P R

R 48725 Spencer Bros Suffield 7 0 26 87 8044 Off-Color C S Meal C B

Q 105732 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 7 23 725 82 51 Off-Color C S Meal St Fe

30995 Spencer Bras Suffield 630 6 2 9 7223 Off-Color C S Meal hl C

46667 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 92 699 7930 Off-Color C S Med I C

24343 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 6 89 7892 Off-Color C S Meal Pcnn

35562 Spencer Bros Suffield 689 668 7892 Off-Color C S Meal F V

D 4635 Spencer Bros Suffield 619 6 39 71 O O Off-Color C S Meal I 8

G N 5507 Spencer Bros Suffield 6 69 6 5 8 7669 Off-Color C S Meal S L

C S F 40673 Spencer Bros Suffielcl 6 36 6 35 7289

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

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+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

D -6 2i 2

a cg a 6

2 ag 62 + C 0

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22 $

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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COTTON SEED MEAL

Prr rrnt Nitroccn

d Manufnrturcr or Jobber 1Z Cnr S o or Marks Iurcharred Sampled or Sent by 2 z --C0 a a r Z k

2 u -

uB

Sanderson Fertz amp Chem Co New Haven

14509 Bcnjamin Fenn Milford 671 J ESoper amp Co Boston

14351 Puritan C S R4eal J 13 Cannon Granby 609 575 57850 15189 Puritan C S Meal Thc Coles Co Mitldletown 520 575 8000 14661 Puritan C S Mcal Station Agent from P Schmartz

Co New London 526 575 8000 14493 Off-color C S Meal Spcnccr Bros Suffield 736 738 8663 14497 Off-Color C S Meal C P

205692 Spencer Bros Sufficlcl 740 722 8478 14393 Off-Color C S Meal

138752 L CScymour Windsor Locks 510576 7400 14422 Off-Color C 6 RiIeal

138752 Station Agent from L C Seymour 527 576 7400 14831 H F Farnham E fTintlsor Hill 625 576 7500 14411 Off-Color C S Meal N P

38946 JV E Bates East Granby 584 576 7400 14799 C H Kortham Hartford 549 576 7700 14886 Off-Color C S Meal Penn

608294 J T ONeill Burnsidc 595576 7750 14870 Off-color C S Meal Station Agent from A Manning

So Manchester 524 576 6950 15091 Off-color C S Meal Arthur Manning hlanchester 542 576 6950

Taylor Commission Co Atlanta Ga

14728 Station Agent from Meech amp Stod-darcl Middletovn 599 576 7850

Terrell Cotton Oil Co 14495 E T Hurlburt amp Son Somcrs 716 675 8750

Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co

Texarkana Ark 14416 Station Agent from E N Austin

Suffield 656658 7500 14511 Station Agent from Rockville

Milling Co 650 81OO Union Seed amp Fertzr Co

New York 14609 Sr~rety 13r~ntl C S Meal Station Agent from F H Rolf

Guilford 619 576 8800 14938 Surety Brand Erie 110567 Coles Co Middletown 5 84 576 8400 14660 Amer Red Tag C S Meal Station Agent from ME Thomp-

son Ellington 631 618 8000 15088 Amer Red Tag C S Rfed J E Phclps Sufficlcl 635 618 7010

Jobber Unknown 14830 L J Prior East Hartford 659 15186 Arthur Manning Manchester B 65 688 90 00

CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

3 P i 8 +amp 2 g g G Z n e n z r 2 2 amp 0 2

20 22 z 2 -P J -pr - a d - D -- -z kZ -o n 3 5D L $K 22

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+ -gg Gi n S lt

The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

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015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

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5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

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022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

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0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

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Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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CASTOR POMACE

Three samples were analyzed as follows 14421 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of E N Austin Suffield 14515 Sold by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sam-

pled a t the factory 14481 Sold by Balcer Castor Oil Co New York City Stock

of Olcls amp Whipple Hartford

Station No 14421 14515 14481 Per cent of

Nitrogcn guaranteed 450 452 450 Nitrogen found 529 573 572 Cost per t o n 36000 66000 $5700 Nitrogen costs per pound 567 523 499

11 RAW MATERIALS CHIEFLY VALUABLE FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE

14977 Grade A Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port Henry N Y Stoclc of J H Miller Stamford Guaranteed 28 per cent phosphoric acid 14932 Grade B Sold by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of Geo S Carter Clinton Guaranteecl 16 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2500 per ton 14933 Grade C Solcl by Witherbee Sherman amp Co Port

Henry N Y Stock of C E Lyman Middlefield Guaranteecl 14 per cent phosphoric acid Cost $2200 per ton

S ta t ionNo 14977 14932 14933 Water-soluble phosphoric acid None 003 None Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 315 059 024 Insoluble phosphoric acid 2316 1664 1621 Total phospl~oric acid 2834 1730 1645 Phosphoric acid cost cents per pound 72 67

RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analyzed as follows 15181 Tacco Ground Phosphate Sold by Tennessee Agri-

cultural Corporation Ccnterville Tenn Sent by E E Burwell New Haven 15150 Raw Ground Phosphate Solcl by-Apothecaries Hall

Co Waterbury Stock of H A Edwards Naugatuck

VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

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325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

D -6 2i 2

a cg a 6

2 ag 62 + C 0

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22 $

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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VARIOUS PHOSPHATES

Station No 15181 15150 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 016 004 Citmte-soluble phosphoric acid 231 312 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 2125 2806 Total phosphoric acid 2372 3122 Available phosphoric acid found 247 316 Cost p e r t o n 51700

15181 was ground phosphate which had been saturated with

strong liquid manure worked over ancl exposed to the action of air ancl frost for a year

PRECIPITATED BONE PHOSPHATE

One sample was analyzed as follows 14480 Sold by Olds $ Whipple Hartford Sampled at fac-

tory Cost $150 per unit available phosphoric acid

Station No 14480 Water-soluble phosphoric acid 037 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid 1867 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acicl 826 Total phosphoric acid 2730 Available phosphoric acid found 1904 Cost of available phosphoric acid per pound 75$

BASIC L I M E PHOSPHATE

Two samples were analysed as follows 15117 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

York City Stock of R E Morgan Winclsor Guaranteed 13 per cent available phosphoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid Cost $2425 f0b factory 14978 Basic Fruit and Legume Phosphate Sold by Coe-

Mortimer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J C Jaclrson Wilton Cost $2275 per ton Guaranteed 13 per cent available phos- phoric acid 14 per cent total phosphoric acid

ANALYSESOF BASIC LIME PHOSPIIATE Station No 15117 14978 11-ater-soluble phosphoric acicl 267 310 Citrste-soluble phosphoric acid 1127 1038 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 150 146 Total phosphoric acid 1544 1494 Available phosphoric acid 1304 1348 Cost of available phosphoi-ic acid per pound 846

DISSOLVED ROCK PHOSPHATE OR ACID PHOSPHATE

The analyses of twenty samples of this material are given in the table

The prices charged have ranged from $27 to $40 per ton The average cost of available phosphoric acid has been about 101 cents per pound

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

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8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 24: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

Twenty samples were analyzed as follows 14476 Sold by Sanderson Fcrtilizcr amp Chemical Co Ncw

Havcn Sampled at factory 14854 Sold by Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stock of Farmers Exchange South Mcriden 15042 Sold bv the Hubbarcl Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of H H RiIcKnight Ellington 15157 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Havi-

land Tobacco Co East Windsor Hill 14707 Solcl by National Fertilizer Co New Yorlc City Stock

of R Dclaney Somersville 15207 Solcl by Berlishire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Stocli of

D L Clarke amp Sons Milford 14482 Sold by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Sampled a t fac-

tory 14417 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stocli of E N Austin Suffielcl

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The percentage of available phosphoric acid in Sample 14542 Roysters Acid Phosphate was not so high as guaranteed A second sample 14879 of the same brand contained a higher percentage of available acid than the first but still did not fully meet its guaranty

25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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102 172

280 366

287 411

603 177

383 324 206

07810641100 707 700 60015083501

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

159none 101 047 307 328 935 196 100015044043 117411001131

4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

82-8-2 7 85066 $191 165-8-2 25 5306 93 247-8-4 15 6287 6S 329-8-4 21 6579 56 4114-3 12 8296 80

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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25 POTASH SALTS

14934 Sold by Coe-Mortimcr Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of J E Stocldard Abing-ton 14542 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of J R lteinhard amp Sons West Cheshire 14971 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stock of W H Carrier Glastonbury 15074 Sold by Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass Stock

of H B Brownson Shelton 14499 Sold by Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Sampled

at factory 14514 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New

Yorlc City Stock of Spencer Bros Suffielcl 14795 Sold by Bowlcer Fertilzer Co New Yorlc City Stoclc

of Geo E Aclcley Co New Milford 15113 Solcl by Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark

N J Stoclc of B C Wooding Yalesville 14478 Sold by L T Frisbie Co New Haven Sampled a t

factory 14813 Solcl by Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Sampled at

factory 14879 Sold by F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md

Stoclc of W S Brown Trumbull 14986 Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co New York

City Stoclc of W H Latimer amp Son Southington

111IIAW MATERIALS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING POTASH

COTTON H U L L ASHES

15171 Sent by Olds amp Whipple Hartford Stoclc of Windsor Tobacco Growers Corp Windsor I t contained 1942 per cent of potash

POTASH SALTS A N D O T H E R MATERIALS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POTASH

14931 Icainit Sold by F S ltoyster Guano Co Baltimore Md Stock of Knowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 1421 per cent potash and cost 54500 per ton making the cost of actual potash 158 cents per pound 14929 Muriate of potash Sold by F S Royster Guano Co

Baltimore Md Stock of Iinowles Lombard Co Guilford It contained 5668 per cent potash and sold for $165 per ton making the cost of actual potash 145cents per pound 14284 Nebraska Potash Sold by Standard Potash Co

Lalccsicle Neb It contained 2730 per cent potash 15023 Potash-Lime Sent by Dexter Portland Cement Co

Nazareth Pa I t contained 313 per cent potash and 3328 per cent of lime

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

Total phosphoric Nitrogen ncid

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Lr

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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Place of Sampling

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

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Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 26: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

IV MATERIALS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORIC ACID

FISH MANURES

Sixteen sam~les were examined eleven of which were sam~led by the ~tatio Agent and five b$ purchasers Analyses apbear in Table IV

Sample 14585 was stated to be bought by Mr Fiske for his own use from the New England Fertlizer Co I t is not a brand -registered by them

Three of the samples 15125Lowell Fertilizer Co 15114At-lantic Packing Co and 15136A L Koster contained much less nitrogen than was guaranteed

The average percentage of nitrogen though with a wide range is about 833 of available phosphoric acid 601 and the cost per ton ranging from $80 to $115 has averaged about $9964

Allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid the nitro- gen in fish manures has had an average cost of 526 cents per pound

TABLEIV ANALYSESOF

I Icr or Purchaser

Sampled by S la t ion American Agr Chcm Co E N Austin Suffield Apothecaries Hall Co Wm Reeves Windsorville Atlantic Packing Co John IIelm So Windsor Berltshire Fertz Co Rilannfacturer East Harbor Fertx Co JVybern Farms Melrose A L ICoster 1~11chaelCannon Rockville Lovell Fertz Co T J Coleman Warehouse P t 1 IV E Fiske Warehouse P t Olds amp Whipple R~lanufacturcr F S Royster Guano Co C It IVoodford R Sons Avon Wilcox Fertz Co Bloomstein ST Acller Burnside

Sampled bj P z ~ ~ c l ~ a s e r Fish Meal East Coast Fisher- American Sumatra Tobacco Co

ies Products Co East Hsrtford A L ICostcr Fassler ~kSilberman Hartford -~~ ~ -~ ~

Wilcox Fer t ~ Co American Sumatra ~ o b a c c o Co East Hartford

No2 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville No 1 Silverherz Tobacco Co Rockville

I I 1 039 per cent nitrogen in nitrntes 2 016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

Contnina 076 per cent chlorine

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

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023 892 915 823 806 600 510000 017 881 937 820 050 592 152 794 550 11500 018 728 746 781 050 531 043 624 550 8000 060 769 829 823 075 452 095 622 600 10000 052 848 900 823 070 378 091 539 600 9500 390 513 903 823 033 585 160 778 300 021 708 729 781 051 486 023 560 550 10000 020 767 793 741 043 493 038 574 1400 10500 020 785 405 823 057 899 445 1401 550 9975 023 828 851 822 035 777 403 1215 500 10600 066 796 8782 824 15G 449 077 682 500

015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

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lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE Table V page 28

Fifteen samples were examined Six of these were sampled by the Station Agent seven were submitted by purchasers and two by a manufacturer for determinations of nitrogen availability 14062 Tanlrage base prepared from slaughter-house tankage contained 164 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 782 per cent of which was in active form 14063Bone Tankage contained 279 per cent of water-insoluble organic nitrogen 870 per cent of which was in active form The neutral per- manganate method was employed in both cases

Analyses of the remaining samples appear in Table V One of the samples talien by the Station Agent 15204Atlantic

Packing Co was far below its guaranty in nitrogen ant1 phosphoric acicl and four others 14475 and 14881Conn Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co and 14918M L Shoemalier amp Co were deficient in phosphoric acicl

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015 909 924 058 892 308 1258 116 513 629 823 050 640 058 748 300 9600 046 810 856 238 233 083 556 020 774 794 050 582 532 1164 092 775 870 123 451 133 707

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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280 366

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603 177

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

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5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

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none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

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170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

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Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 22328

Sampled b y Sla l ion 14486A~othecaries I-Iall Co R H Morgan lTrest Cheshire 15204 ~ t l a n t i c Packing Co hlanufacturer 14475Conn Fa t Itend 8 Fertz Corp Mnnufnct~~rer 14881Conn Fa t Rend X Fcrtz Corp F A Forbes Enst Haven 14855 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Minor Ives South Meriden 14918 M L Shoemaker S Co H R Cornwall Meriden

Sampled by Purchaser 15188Apothecarics Hall Co Barnes Bros Nursery C o 14344 Chns Johnson Gnylordsville 15389Apothecaries Hall Co A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15382Godfrey Fertilizer C Cheml Co

NewarkNJ 4N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15383Godfrey Fertilixer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell 15384Godfrcy Fertilizer R Chemicd Co

Newark N J A hTPierson Inc Cromwell 15774Godfrey Fertilizer R Chemical Co

Newark N J A N Pierson Inc Cromwell

016 per cent nitrogen in nitrates

BONE MANURES Table VI page 30

The analyses of 19 samples of which 15 were drawn by the Station Agent are given in table VI

14420 is not a brand registered in thisState but is stated to have been shipped by mistake to E N Austin by the Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

One sample 15065 from the Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co failed to meet its guaranty of nitrogen

The average amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid found in these samples have been 343 and 2345 per cent respectively and the average cost ranging from $5150 to $76 has been $6315 Allowing 50 cents per pound for nitrogen phosphoric acid has cost 61 cents

GARBAGE TANKAGE

14696 is tankage prepared from city garbage Sent by the Health

Dept Bridgeport It contained 230 per cent of nitrogen and 330 per cent of phosphoric acid 78 per cent of the material was in particles coarser than 1-50 inch

2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

-2 c d CI 6 - 2 - j c i 22

2 zc n 2 -0 L-ffi GL a2 E- zg g A 0

-4 - a 9Cr gp7I

lt -4 $ F 0 g-

014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

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4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

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8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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2 5 111

SLAUGHTER HOUSE TANKAGE 29

SLAUGHTERHOUSE TANRAG

Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Mechanical analysis

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014 555 5G9 579 1649 061 395 493 473 054 294 348 323 2288 018 309 327 323 2298 016 470 486 493 1082 010 731 757 740 9 81

023 582 605 634 1424 012 7 02 714 1182 323 2557

392 554

446 1245

423 1093

030 420 450 484 1067

M I X E D BONE AND TANKAGE

14866 Listers Celebrated Ground Bone ancl Tankage Acidu- lated made by Listers Agricultural Chemical Worlrs Newark N J Stoclr of S J Orr West Suffield cost $54 per ton

Total nitrogen found 281 Total nitrogen guaranteed 267 Total phosphoric acid found 1342 Total phosphoric acid guaranteed 1200

AVERAGE COST O F PLANT FOOD I N FERTILIZER MATERALS

From the foregoing analyses of the various fertilizing materials sold in Connecticut during the present year the following state- ment is prepared showing what has been the approximate average cost per pound of nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash

TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

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285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

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t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

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013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

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022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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TABLE VI ANALYSESOF

I I

S a m p l e d by S ta t ion 15056 Am Agr Chem Co Fine Ground Bone Spencer Bros Suffield 15060 Atlantic Paclcing Co Fine Bone Meal T H Eldredge Norwich 15062 Berlcshire Fertz Co Fine Ground Bone Manufacturer 15057 Bowker Fertz Co Fresh Grouncl Bone Israel Andrcws Milldale 15063 Coe-Mortimer CO Fine Ground Bone Morrison R ~ d n h a m Bethel 15055 L T Frisbie Co Fine Bone Meal Stanley Svea Coril Co New Britain 15064 Lowell Fertz Co Ground Bone 2-26 S T Jlielden Simsbury 14420 Manchester Rendering Co Manchester

New Hampshire E N Austin Suffielcl 15061 Pawtucket Ren Co Ground Bone Chas A Templeton IncWaterbury 15065 Piedmont-Mt Air Guano Co Bone Meal Farmers Exchange Woodstoclc 15058 Rogers R ~ u b b a r c r ~ o Strictly Pure Fine

Bone Joseph ICincaicl Jr Middletown 15124 Rogers Hubbard Co Pure Raw Knucklc

Bone Flour Cadnlell amp- Jones Hartford 15053Sanderson Fertz amp- Chem Co Fine

GroundBone Manufacturer 15054 M L Shoemaker Swift-Sure Bone Meal Olds R JVhipple Hartford 15059 Worcester Rendering Co Prosperity

Royal Worcester Ground Steamecl Bone G M Williams Co New London S a m p l e d b~ Purchaser

15209 Armour Fertz Co Bone Meal Horace Homer Cos Cob 14298 Berkshire Fertz Co Bone Meal A T Henry Wallingford 14341 L T Frisbie Co Pure Fine Ground Bone A E Plant Sons Co Branforcl 143961 IJohn H Gasser ~ e t h e l

Cents per pound Nitrogen in nitrates 256

sulphate of ammonia 236 cotton seed meal 1 545 to 612 castor pomace 486 t o 528 fish 525t

Total phosphoric acid in raw ground roclc 27 in Lbnrium-phosphate 67 to 72 bone 615

Available phosphoric acid in precipitated phosphate 75 basic lime vhosohate 84 acid phosphate 101

Potash (about) 160

Allowing 7 cents and 12 cents respectively for the phosphoric acid and potash contained in it

t illlowing 101 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid S Allowing 50 cents per pouncl for the nitrogen

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

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364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 31: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

BONE MANURES

BONEMANURES

Nitrogen Phosphoric ncid Mechanicnl analysis

a 0+ j- ai

25 3+-4 c

c -h

a a k

E ZI 0

a

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n 2 U

+o 4w 1130

-a -il

$0

22 U

a C

6

364 247 2316 2288 40 GO 35800 272 205 2638 2500 62 38 6300 420 330 2024 2000 46 54 60 00 259 247 2617 2288 64 36 6100 251 247 2513 2283 69 31 6000 324 247 2602 2000 48 52 6400 332 205 2482 2700 43 57 5200

285 250 2538 2600 62 48 395 247 2136 2000 59 41 6500 194 247 2229 2000 5 1 49 367 329 2341 2059 60 40 7300

384 382 2469 2470 76 24 7600

339 247 2367 2288 45 55 5150 472 453 2463 2000 65 3 5 7000

290 247 2397 2000 54 46 6800

218 2703 47 53 463 411 1886 357 247 2446 2000 44 56 404 1749 6000

I t appears that mineral forms of nitrogen in nitrates and sul- phate of ammonia have cost only half as much as in most organic forms Thcre is no question that they are more quickly and com- pletely available than other forms and under most conditions more economical to use a t the present time Moreover in com- parison with organic forms they will have to be used in relatively larger amounts in the future Organic materials tankage fish cotton seed meal and even hone to a smaller extent are being usecl more ancl more as cattle feeds Their prices have greatly increased ancl the supply for fertilizers greatly diminished

In the brands of mixed fertilizers sold in the State mineral forms of nitrogen in 1890 made 215 per cent of the total nitro- gen in 1900 22 per cent in 191041 per cent and in 1919 49 per cent

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

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S5000none026037 041 104 082 750 324 082115611001074100014949 5000017054063 087 221 165 427 553 14511251100 980100014794 6300018085025 139 267 247 594 430 132115611001024100014952 5800055066080 160 367 329 600 362 28512471100962100014525 5500052067080 158 357 329 580 410 26112601100999100014875 158012 130 150 450 411 486 375 1931054 900 861 80015115 5800115100004 083 302 329 589 381 13911091100970100015119 7625120004009 303 436 411 108 384 027 519 500 492 40014862 4800none045047 092 184 165 584 440 253127711001024100014688 4800013046018 099 176 165 636 398 253128711001034100014689

4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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137101 008 067 313 329 946 138 020110411001084100014906 S6300214006 018 209 447 411 414 160 032 606 500 574 40014908 133052 none 064 249 247 732 338 079114911001070100014976

4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

5500013118 7000098008

047 088

102 172

280 366

287 411

603 177

383 324 206

07810641100 707 700 60015083501

986100014914

4800none048 059 058 165 165 420 307 037 764 900 727 80014546 6500109007 084 161 361 410 251 323 215 789 700 574 60014913 5975124010 081 150- 365 410 293 451 2921036 900 744 80014651

6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

159none 101 047 307 328 935 196 100015044043 117411001131

4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

6 z e

80014741

40014588

100014740

40014643

80015148 30014840

15156 40014990 40014709

100014839 40015010

40014880 80014727 80015004 40015127

40014718

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108 765 580 612 572

671 086

342 228 210 073

685 684 063

707

688 304 564 441

541 565 758 151 719 740

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7050117007 4500none023 5000none042

6500055067

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371

466 403 429 375 430

359 234

564 217

3 i4 528

342 327 298

349

242 194 236 370

2 46 1 85

445 417 230 409 284 269

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278 037 074 159 163

129 152

174 459

3125 363

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181

409 116 202 351 352

290 340

555 823 804 433 4 40

158 294 396

249

309 350 171 100 372

361 190 264 449 4 08 403

Total

2

g

165

411 082 165 247 329

287 410

495 823 823 411 411

164 287 410

329

329 411 165 082 411

329 165 247 411 411 411

Phosphoric Acid

612 0731241

23512221100 2491251

454

988 491 565 565 659

517

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15410841050 539 888 903 453

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500

500

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285129611001011 500

450 850 850 450

500

CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

0 8

-a Mnnufacturer and Bmnd C1

d

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

82-8-2 7 85066 $191 165-8-2 25 5306 93 247-8-4 15 6287 6S 329-8-4 21 6579 56 4114-3 12 8296 80

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Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

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149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

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Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

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013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 32: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

Other forms of mineral nitrogen such as nitrate of ammonia nitrate of lime and phosphat~ of ammonia obtained by the fixa- tion of atmospheric nitrogen will doubtless be put on thc market in the near futurc

The Stations and the users of fertilizers have the problem of determining which forms of mineral nitrogen are the most con-venient ancl economical for use mixed or unmixed on our various crops

V MIXED FERTILIZERS

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES W I T H O U T POTASH

In the following table are analyses of 92 samples 89 of which were drawn by the Station Agent by the methods prescribed by lam

4 samples have a guaranty of 82 per cent nitrogen 1 6 LL Iamp 165

8 Ll 11 247

11

21 Ll Ilt

325 Ilt

1 Ll Ll 1628 411 12 still higher nitrogen guaranty -89

This year 68y0 of the brands had 325 per cent or more of nitrogen (ecluivalent to 4 per cent ammonia) Last year the per- centage was 58 This indicates that in general the brancls sold this year have been of higher grade than last year The National Fertilizer Association has urged on manufacturers the abandon- ment of low grade brands ancl the Station has repeatedly pointed out the false economy of buying chcap or low grade goods

The cluestion for the buyer to decide is not what brands are cheapest but in what brands available nitrogen phosphoric acid ancl potash can be most cheaply bought

The follo~ving average figures art taken from the table of analy- ses

With available phos acid Nitrogen Avnilable Cost worth 10 ccnts per Ib ni-

Phoa acid per ton trogen costs cents per Ib

1

The lowest priced brand 32-10 sells for $46 and the nitrogen in it costs over 3150 per pound

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid

d - i Totnl i Z

i Totnl ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e

2 22 a

+-2 -

2 $ - $

i -2

$ a

+ l 2 $ $

6 g- 0 gamp $ C4 2

2 c 5 C g~ $ 2

0

z

amp

~ iE Z

a sz $ sz gz B o shya ~ o a u i i r ~ o a

S5000none026037 041 104 082 750 324 082115611001074100014949 5000017054063 087 221 165 427 553 14511251100 980100014794 6300018085025 139 267 247 594 430 132115611001024100014952 5800055066080 160 367 329 600 362 28512471100962100014525 5500052067080 158 357 329 580 410 26112601100999100014875 158012 130 150 450 411 486 375 1931054 900 861 80015115 5800115100004 083 302 329 589 381 13911091100970100015119 7625120004009 303 436 411 108 384 027 519 500 492 40014862 4800none045047 092 184 165 584 440 253127711001024100014688 4800013046018 099 176 165 636 398 253128711001034100014689

4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

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098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

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022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

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170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

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058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

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8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 33

The highest priced brand 411-8 sells for $6175 but the nitro-gen in it costs only about one-third as much as i t does in the lowest priced brand

Two of the brands examined were deficient in nitrogen 13 in available phosphoric acid and 7 in both of these ingredients

In most cases however a deficiency of one ingredient was made up in money equivalent by an overrun of the other ingredient

Nine samples however failed to tgthusmalw good the money ecluivalent by the amounts named belolv available phosphoric acid being valued a t 10 cents and nitrogen nt 50 cents per pound

15119 4AC Cos Special Vegetable Fertilizer 8330 15025 Armours 4-10-0 380 14751 Atlantic Piclting Cos 4-8 192 14546 Frisbies 2-8 146 14651 5-8 562 15078 Lowell Fcrtz Cos Tobncco 5-6 352 15010 Parmenter k Polsey Fertzr Cos Tobacco 5-4 218 14945 Piedmont-hlt Airy Guano Cos Browns Special

Fertilizer 688 14610 Itoyster Guano Cos Landmnrlc 340

The solul~ilityof the organic nitfrogen has been determined in all samples and in no case urns evidence fount1 of the presence of inferior nmmoniates

14651 Frishies 5-8 was below its guaranteed composition in both nitrocen and available phosphoric acid The firm wrote that it nroultl endenvor to adjust the shortage with the purchaser and believing that the analysis did not represent the average quality of the goods nsliecl that another sample be drawn This was done and analysis No 15163of the same brand fully mrt the guaranty 14610 Roystcrs Landmark was also below the guaranteed

composition in both nitrogen and available phosphoric acid The firm asliecl to have another sample analyzed but the sam-

pling agent was unable to find i t in stock in the state

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

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022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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$

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2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 34: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

34 CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

i -2 Manufacturer and Brand 4

t

Sampled by Station

American Agricultural Chem Co New York City 14949 Ammoniated Fertilizer A 14794 Ammoniated Fertilizer AA 14952 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAA 14525 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA 14875 Ammoniated Fertilizer AAAA

Place of Sampling

North Haven New Canaan Southport Southport New Haven

15115 Five Eight Fertilizer Windsor 15119 Special Vegetable Fertilizer Rockville 14862 Tobacco Special Simsbury 14688 Bradleys Special Corn Phosphate without Potash 14689 Bradleys Special Potato Fertz without Potash

Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn 14957 Liberty Corn Fruit and All Crops 14796 Liberty Market Gardeners Special 14958 Liberty Potato and Vegetable Special 14747 Liberty Tobacco Special 14858 Liberty Top Dresser for Grass and Grain

Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

Norwich Norwich

Waterbury Cheshire Waterbury Vinclsorv~lle Waterbury

15025 4-10-0 Waterbury

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 14797 Atlantic 2-8 14751 Atlantic 4-8

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14873 Economical Grass Fertilizer 15024 Grass Special 14792 Long Island Special 14590 Tobacco Grower 14904 Tobacco Starter

F E Boardman Middletown Conn 14859 Fertilizer for General Crops

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 15035 Superphosphate with Ammonia 2 14597 Superphosphate with Ammonia 3y0 14744 Superphosphate wjth Ammonia 4 14909 Superphosphate w ~ t h Ammonia 5y0 14640 Tobacco Grower

New Britain Norwich

Ellington Chester Milford Ellington Suffield

Middletown

Watertown Milldale Millclale South Manchester Thompscnville

See note page 33

u ~

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

WITHOUT POTASH

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4320none033073 084 190 165 723 306 130115911001029100014957 nonel67 044 127 338 329 897 254 014116511001151100014796 4860none109067 080 256 247 869 259 078120611001128100014958 7220019087013 313 432 411 306 187 055 548 500 493 40014747 6650012302042 140 496 494 699 183 072 954 900 882 S0014858

6900010128033 117 288 329 791 224 118113310501015100015025

4800007054043 059 163 164 438 342 029 809 900 780 80014797 3975057098069 110 334 328 332 342 183 857 900 674 80014751

S250562066045 053 726 740 223 365 061 649 800 588 40014873 7200246099121 047 513 500 269 185 045 499 500 454 40015024 5650180018027 126 351 330 304 543 061 904 900847 80014792 7050034054031 332 451 411 127 390 013 530 400 517 40014590 305046040 138 529 500 137352033 522 500 489 40014904

5000125058008 170 361 329 317 386 097 800 703 70014859

4700022020032 097 171 165 518 485 175117811001003100015035 5475nonel04027 150 281 247 646 372 170118811001018100014597 6075097122009 128 356 329 653 394 119116811001049100014744 089107060 171 427 411 804 269 1011174900107380014909 7000072053none 316 441 411 142 388 020 550 500 530 40014640

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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4500010240 014 084 348 329 815 217 064 109610501032100014815

5975097180 037 107 421 411 457 382 087 926 900 839 80014775 5100none 106 026 122 254 247 682 387 14814154 1223 1100 1069 1000 8100082107 051 095 335 329 678 358 120115611001036100014774 none006 129 285 420 411 102 400 015 517 500 502 40014973

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280 366

287 411

603 177

383 324 206

07810641100 707 700 60015083501

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6575078174 182 434 410 485 321 031 837 900 806 80015163

159none 101 047 307 328 935 196 100015044043 117411001131

4900039 007 063 051 160 160 863 380 120014772168 1411 13001243 5150079007 076 074 236 250 445 619 133 119711001064100014863 198none 056 150 404 410 169 302 046 517 500 471 40015128 6342162006 021 133 322 330 134 246 090 470 400 380 30014820 037191 151 186 565 580 403 254 139 796 700 657 60015009 7375219007 049 133 408 410 253 253 127 633 500 506 40014821

4300none011 038 044 093 082 721 332 100014823093 114611001053 6075106126 035 084 351 329 700 295 16111561100 995100014822

5700012084 091 103 290 287 720 370 200129011001090100015082 074 138 091 116 419 410 559 341 070 970 900 900 80014943 016062 039 060 177 164 432 464 12910251100 896100015051 7300128none 092 154 374 410 212 292 212 716 600 504 50015078

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sampled by Station M S Shoemaker 8 Co Philadelphia Pa

14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City 15073 MonarchBrand

Place of Sampling

Windsor Loclrs Meriden

NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

Mystic

Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

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14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

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013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

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149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

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013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

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-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

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50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 35: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 35

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

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Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

WITHOUT P o T A s H - ( C O ~ Z ~ ~ ~ U ~ ~ )

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 36: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I -0 Manufncturer and Brand Plnce of Sampling C

z

Sampled by Slalion E D Chittenden Co Bridgeport Conn

14906 Complete Tobacco 8 Onion Grower without Potash Suffield 14908 Tobacco Special without Potash Enfield 14976 Vegetable and Onion Grower without Potash Greens Farms

E B Clark Seed Co MilfordConn 14815 Special Mixture for General Use Milford

The Coe-Mortimer Co New York City 14775 Gardeners and Truclters Special 1916 Greenwich 14814 High Grade Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Milford 14774 Prolific Crop Producer 1916 Greenwich 14973 Tobacco Special South Windsor

The Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14914 3-10 Wallingford 15083 Tobacco 5-6 East Granby

The L T Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 14546 2-8 New Britain 14913 5-6 Glastonbury 14651 5-8 East H a r t f o r d

The Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 4-10 -0 Ellinampon

International Agricultural Corp Buffalo N Y Buffalo Ammoniated Phosphate Ansonia Buff a10 Three Ten Tariffville Buffalo Tobacco Grower West Suffield Buffalo Tobacco Special East Granby Buffalo Top Dresser and Starter East Granby I A C Tobacco Crop Tariffville

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14823 Plant Food 1916 Danbury 14822 Superior Ammoniated Superphosphate 1916 Danbury

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15082 3-10-0 Bloomfield 14943 5-8 Wallingford 15051 Dissolved Bone Fertilizer 2-10 Shelton 15078 Tobacco 5-6 South Manchester

See note page 33

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

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022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

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040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

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0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 37: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

NITROGENOUS SUPERRHOSPHATES 37

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TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

40

SUPERPHOSPHATES

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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u s

r 2 u

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014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

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170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

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058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 38: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

TABLEVII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Sampled by S1alion The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co

New York City 14741 General Crop 1916 Windsor Loclrs

National Fertilizer Co New York City 14588 5 4 Tobacco Manure South hlanchester 14516 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 1 Guilforcl 14540 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 2 Guilford 14652 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 3 Silver Lane 14740 Nitrogen Phosphate Mixture No 4 Guilford

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14833 3-10 Hamden 14643 Tobacco 5 4 Warehouse Point

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 15148 Grass Fertilizer Hartford 14840 High Grade Tobacco Star ter Simsbury 15156 High Grade Tobacco Star ter East Windsor Hill 14990 Tobacco Special Fertilizer Hartford 14709 Tobacco Special Fertilizer East Windsor Hill

Parmenter and Polsey Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 15077 2-10 Plainville 14839 3-10 Rocky Hill 15010 Tobacco5-4 Glastonbury

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltimore Md 14945 Browns Special Fertilizer IWoodstocli

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14610 Landmark Waterbury 14880 Perfecto Tobacco Formula Granby 14727 PrimeFishBrand Shelton 15004 Purity Plantsville 15127 Stevens Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn

14776 High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate Highwood 14573 Phosphate without Potash New Haven 14923 Special without Potash Middlefield 14718 Tobacco Grower East Hartford 14581 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain wihout Potash Milford 14635 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain without Potash Meriden

See note page 33

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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14583 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco 14877 Swift-Sure Superphosphate for Tobacco

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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Thompsonville Henry Davis Windsor F H Thrall

New Haven

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

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014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

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054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

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0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

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0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

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058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

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8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 39

WITHOUT POTASH-(Continz~ed)

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TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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Place of Sampling

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

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iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES CONTAINING POTASH

In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

Analyses Avernge cost Nitrogen costs

per pound

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I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

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769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 223

TABLE VII NITROGENOUS

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NorthHaven 15140 PawneeBrand Granby

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14722 Grain Fertilizer

Sampled by Purchasers 15052 National Fertilizer Cos Tobacco Manure 54-0 14373 Rogers and Hubbards Climax Tobacco Brand

iManufaclurers Sample 14308 L TFrisbies 2-8

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In the following table are given 246 analyses of brands belong- ing to this class 226 of which were sampled by the Station Agent

The number of brands containing potash is twice as great as it was the year before

Only seven brands contained six per cent or more but 138 con- tained between three and five per cent of potash

The cost of nitrogen per pound has been calculated in all the brands having the composition given below allowing 10 cents per pound for available phosphoric acid and 16 cents per pound for potash Formula No of

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Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

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14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

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022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

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0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

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0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

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040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

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Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

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Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

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149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

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170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

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013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

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Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

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3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

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0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

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8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

D -6 2i 2

a cg a 6

2 ag 62 + C 0

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22 $

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TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 42: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

TABLEV I I I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I

hCnnufncturer nnd Brand

Sampled b y Station American Agricultural Chemical Co New York City

Double A Tob~cco Fertilizer Suffield Fish and Potash Windsor 3rass and Lawn Top Dressing New London frass and Oats Fertilizer Southington Nonarch Potat o Manure Southport Sure Growth Phosphate Revised Thompsonville Universal Ph0sphate Kew London Bradleys Alkaline Bone with Potash Rockville Bradleys B D Guano North Haven Bradleys Corn Phosphate Norwich Braclleys Half Century Fertilizer Revised Granby Bradleys New Illethod Iertilizer Norwalk Bradleys Patent Superphosphatc Revised Hamden I3radleys Potato Fertilizer Norwich Bradleys Potata Manure Hamden Bradleys Unicorn Thompsonville 13radley1s Valley Tobacco Fertilizer New Milford Bradleys X L Superphosphate of Lime Mansfielcl East India Black Hawk 1otato and Truck Fertz Gaylordsville East India Economizer Phosphate North Haven East India Mayflower TVatertown East India Tobacco Fertilizcr Gaylordsville 3reat Eastern General Waterford 3reat Eastern North Corn Special 1920 IVarehouse Point Zrcat Eastern Potat0 Manure 1920 New Milford Packers Union Animal Corn Fertilizer Litchfieltl Packers Union Pot ato Manure 1920 Southington Quinnipiac Ammoniated Dissolvetl Phosphate Milford 3uinnipiac Climax Phosphate Southport ~iuinnipiac Corn Manure New Lonclon -iuinnlpiac Phosp11nte Milford Juinn~p~acPot ato Manure Southport 2uinnipiac Wrapper Leaf Brand Tobacco Manurc Revised Windsor Vhcelers Cuban Tobacco Grower Tfarehouse Point Villiams and Clarks imericus H G Special Reviser1 TVaterbury Irilliams and Clarks Amcricus Iotat o hlmlure TVaterbury ITilliams and Clarks Matchless Fertilizer South Manchester rilliams ant[ Clarks Irolific Fertilizer S e w Britain Villiams and Clarks Seed Leaf Tobacco Manure Re-

vised South Manchestcr Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury Conn

Liberty larltct ltardcnrrs Special Waterbury Liberty Tobacco Special TVindsorville

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

D -6 2i 2

a cg a 6

2 ag 62 + C 0

-2 G - 2 a c Z

- C 5 g

22 $

2 s g s - 3 -

-2 0 C b O ~ b u u - u ~

I

TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 43: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 43

Nitronen I Phosnhorir Acid Potash I 6 Total So-called -ci 3 ---

D -6 2i 2

a cg a 6

2 ag 62 + C 0

-2 G - 2 a c Z

- C 5 g

22 $

2 s g s - 3 -

-2 0 C b O ~ b u u - u ~

I

TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

i z g u $ 3 2 u d 2 0 d

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sg

$

i 5

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5

2

5

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i

2 Z o o s s Z o a o - o $

610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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I

TABLEV I I I XITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I

I I 1 6-

Sampled b y Stat ion Armour Fertilizer Works Chrome N J

14750Cereal Special No 1 New Haven 56700 14944Complete Potato Fertilizer Rockville 8500 14907Gardeners Choice Fertilizer Thompsonville 6200 14710General Crop Fertilizer New Haven 4400 14694Grain Grower Fertilizer New Haven 5600 14683 Potato Onion and Vegetable Fertilizer New London 6300 14912Super-Gmde Potato Mixture Fertilizer Roclcville 7500 15160Tobacco Special Fertilizer South Manchester 8500 14748 Wheat and Clover Fertilizer New Haven 5500 15033Bidwells Formula Windsor Locks 6400

Atlantic Packing Co New Haven Conn 148603-8-3 New Britain 6500 14690 Grain Fertilizer Willimantic 6000 14685Potato Phosphate 3-8-4 Norwich 5300 14861 Special Vegetable New Britain 7500 15050 Tobacco Grower Hockanum 8400 14691 Tobacco Special East Hartford 7176

Berkshire Fertilizer Co Bridgeport Conn 14789Ammoniated Bone Phosphate Waterbury 5400 14647Complete Fertilizer Ellington 5600 14650Complete Tobacco Hazardville 8200 14743Market Garden Fertilizer Ellington 6500 14591 Potato ant1 Vegetable Phosphate Ellington 4725

Bowker Fertilizer Co New York City 14594All Rountl Fertilizer Hazardville 6100 14641Connecticut Valle Tobacco Fertilizer Thompsonville 8000 14655Corn Grain ant1 ampass phosphate New London 6000 14593 Fishermans Brand Fish ancl Potash Hazardville 6000 14615Hill and Drill Phosphate Hazardville 5600 14843 Lawn and Garden Dressing Revised New Haven 6600 14703Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Norwich 6200 14638Square Brand Farm and Garden Phosphate Milldale 5300 14656 Sure Crop Phosphate Revisecl New London 5500 15080Stockbridge Complete Uncasville 8000 14619 Stockbridge Market Garden Manure Milldale 7075 15126 Stockbridge Tobacco Manure Granby 8800

ED Chittenden Co Bridgepott Conn 15110 tComplete Tobacco and Onion Grower Suffield 6300 14905Tobacco Special with 5 Potash Suffield 8300

See note page 56 tSee note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

$ 2 Total 6 j Avnilable w i

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 45: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 45

WITH P0~~~~-(C0121in~fd)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

a

none044042064 150 165823195090110810 1018 100065565560014750 0 710 230 ~0 731 711 656 761 720 59907 8 848 80039039040014944 026080045091242247616237090 949 8 853 80038438440014907 OlO057none026093082577 160027 764 7 737 700105 10510014710 016104008043171 165564219073 856 8 783 800188 18820014694 044 186042059331329622211052 885 8 833 80037137140014683 none245060107412411654 195090 939 8 849 80048348350014912 085nonc022301408411278224023 525 4 502 40003131130015160

022 791118036 94510 909100038838850014748 0i8 124009 111262247694 130029 853 8 824 ~80002048750015033

006095057091249240443377063 883 9 820 80031231230014860 015041032056144 164434279047 760 9 713 80020620620014690 037070058082247246500344059 903 9 844 80040240240014685 016180019103318328446391092 929 9 837 80039139140014861 155003081145384410067330243 640 6 397 50009644840015050 138007075194414410170318223 711 6 488 50007819720014691

009070none0301090800613830401084 11 1044100021021020014789 022100017 142281250435366141 942 9 801 80032232230014647 103016081226426411076402041 519 4 478 40015940640014650 047092014 177330330172586 154 912 9 758 80039339340014743 011057012104 184170679385116 1180 9 10 64~80022922920014591

0450240621282592473545121411007 9 866 80041941940014594 117009055271452411094437023 554 5 531 40007630030014641 071041023056 191165497366082 945 9 863 80020322920014655 085059009098251247535490107 1132 11 1025100030230230014593 0430760680772642472456611371043 10 906 900057 19320014615 032080018 134264247425516 132 1073 10 941 90008820720014843 056012019095182165388515 165 1018 9 853 80033733730014703 056014023098191 16533149G095 922 9 827 80012121220014638 026030nonc038093082361397090 848 9 758 800171 19920014656 129134012134409411440394050 884 9 834 80042642640015080 12G096036072330329416404 113 933 9 820 80039539540014619 030079055284448411082480055 617 5 662 40005845750015126

256none016057329329415384061 860 9 799 80040640640015110 234005024 167430411 329273040 642 5 602 40005147650014905

TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

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2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

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6 $

OY P

2

$

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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TABLE VII I NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Snmpled b y Slalion Everett B Clark Seed Co Milford Conn

14802 Special Mixture with Potash Orange

The ~oe- ort timer Co New York City 14745 Celebrated Special Iotato Fertz Itevised Poquonock 14599 Columbian Corn and Potato Fertilizer Poquonock 14915 Corn Icing Abington 14639 Connecticut Wrapper Grower Poquonock 15081 Dissolved Phosphate and Potash Gilead 14654 Gold Brand Excelsior Guano Revised Wethersfield 14700 New Englander Special Poquonock 15026 Special Grass Top Dressing Plantsville 14972 Tobacco Leaf Fertilizer Glastonbury

Columbia Guano Co Baltimore Md 15030 Freedom Gunno Melrose 15029 Soluble Guano Melrose

Essex Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14704 Fish Fertilizer 3-8-3 South Manchester 7000 14705 Market Garden 3-8-4 South hlanchester 71 00 15027 Tobacco 5-5-4 Hartford 14746 1-10-1 South Manchester 5000 14874 2-8-2 South Manchester 58 00 150284-8-4 BrondBrook 6125 150055-7-2 lrentogue 8300

LT Frisbie Co New Haven Conn 15109 Complete Manure Simsbury 7000 14582 Corn and Grain Fertz 2-8-2 New Britain 5500 14539 Special Guilforcl 6000 14595 Special Vegetable and Pot~t o Grower 4-8-4 North Haven 69 00 14882 Special Vegetable and Potato Grower 4-8-4 Milfortl 5870 14948 Tobacco Grower Silver Lane 78 00 14911 Tobacco Special Rockville 8000 14658 Tobacco 5-5-5 East Hartford 7800 146203-8-3 Plantsville 6800

Hubbard Fertilizer Co Baltimore Md 1I ~ O ~ ~ $ P O X ~ I IGuano IEllington 5943

International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y 14773 Buffalo ICconomy Ansonia 5100 15014 Buffalo Iarmers Choice Ellington 15007 Buffalo General Favorite East Granby

See n0te page 56 tSee note page 57 $See note page 59

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

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710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

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0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 47: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 47

Nitropcn I Phosphoric Arid I Potash I Totnl -C Total So-cnllcd - -D Availnhl~

2 0 2 u a 2 z 2 Z = cj 2

u s

r 2 u

2 C 3 6

014254013085366329808205072 1085 1013100033133130014802

0710750631233323293885071221017 900 895 80038741040014745 0360120180821481653745021361012 900 876 80029129130014599 0 5 3 0 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 4 7 5 5 1 3 4 8 1 S 310821000 899 90023323320014915 099008053254414411082449031 562 500 531 400 15049450014639

769450032 1251 13001219120021121120015081 064059 038 103264247284505 127 976 900 849 80008438340014654 01400800207610008243346(i087 986 900 899 80020820820014700 1 792 040 321 135 284 943 403 180 37 695 700 658 60038838840015026 107none06026142841106248C014 562 500 548 40008030930014972

031 1 530 251 073 163 305 002 681 52 920 8 50 768 80037437440015030 009085015060169165505262139 906 850 767 800 18318320015029

078045053078254247542313125 980 900 855 80029629630014704 0 960 120 560 672 312 466 391 790 61 879 900 818 80039939940014705 130006085181402410162340214 716 600 502 50008238340015027 none009053Q401020827472891271163 11001036100012012010014746 025012060067164164375393115 883 900 768 80015518420014874 00714906fi082304329478348045 871 900 826 80038838840015028 145005090160400410303383216 902 800 686 70008420420015005

0 460 920 651 103 133 293 554 170 95 867 900 772 80064264260015109 005038046054 143 165293398046 737 900 691 80021021020014582 049046064078237246495334058 887 900 829 80040040040014539 062110076089337328394342126 861 900 736 80043543540014595 011 1 730 690 993 523 284 283 921 01 921 900 820 80038038040014882 118006116107407410117372253 742 600 489 500 10439840014948 1 270 090 831 643 834 101 353 532 40 734 600 488 500092 17920014911 107005071 1 973 804 101 782 77 187 642 600 455 50007354750014658 none098071078247246452376130 958 900 828 80031431430014620

200none040067307328534321024 879 900 855 80011438140015043

040008052063163160545272136 953 900 817 80022022020014773 0 270 080 520 391 260 805 924 62 1341188 11001054 100023523520015014 nonc021045052 1 180 805 204 630 99 1082 900 983 800070129 10015007

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

Nitrogen Phosphoric Arid Pota-h So-rxlled

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610 574020073066265424411090484036 500 400082441i0014818 080113064094351329013784 965 797 80007440840014575168 900 049016060119244247392514133 900 800339424400145891039 906 048017022098185165387472139 998 900 859 80032932930014596

710468090126813001178120020520520014708 101 005065262433411054485014 553 500 539 400090~31730014921 008011025059103082515313099927 900 828 80020220220014612 079087025073264247474531120112~5110010051000093288~30014541

013017062073165164355375141871 900 730 80014918420014648 011010035048104082748335 1188 1000112112105 11001083 10014592 011101069073254246564248068880 900 812 80035735740014816 146006089190431410128327197 652 600 455 50009036540014832 046014049057166 921 900 839 80028328330014526164556283082 059010032058159164531319081931 900 850 80030430430014876 096012065077250246521276146 900 800283283Y0014547943 797

098008065166337330206560132 898 800 766 800498498L0014841 044016058319437411057420065542 400 477 4000904j2400147660 7 9 n o n c 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 8 4 1 1 0 7 1403022496 400 474 40005642940014991

430411 484 400 40740015155 0 ~ 8 2 0 i 6 o i 5 0 9 2 ~ 4 5 ~ 4 f j 2 8 3 5 6 1 1004800 844 8002692(i~~oo14842160

012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

020034027096177164577319047943 800 896 70023523520014959

022090060120292329437334086857 771 80040040040014856 0090670581562902476103231481081 933 80035335340014871 0120650711472954536073381501095 945 800350335040014857 095015012085207247606193068 799 80029929930014963867 110020042101273329509273084866 782 80041841840014962

054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

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8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 48: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

TABLEVIII NITROQENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

5 9d -0C Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling 2 k

-C on 0) k 2-2 L

Sampled b y Station International Agricultural Corporation Buffalo N Y

(Continued) 15079 Buff a10 High Grade Manure East Haven $6550 15006 Buffalo Ncw England Special Tariffville 5750 14711 Buffalo Onion Vegetable and Potato Shelton 6000 15008 Buffalo Tobacco Producer East Granby

A L Koster Suffield Conn 14974 Hale Tobacco Mixture Windsor Locks

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Newark N J 14864 Celebrated Tobacco Fertilizer Burnside 8100 14865 Complete Tobacco Manure Burnside 86 OO 14970 Corn and Potato Fertilizer Glastonbury 61OO 15011 Eastern Pride Fertilizer Roclcville 15111 Icing Bee Fertilizer Yalesville 15112 Spccial Crop Producer Yalesville 14979 Special Tobacco Fertilizer Rrookficld 6000 14824 Standard Pure Superphosphate of Lime Burnside 5475 15047 Success Fertilizer East Canaan 63 OO

Lowell Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14520 Animal Brand 3-8-4 Southington 70 OO 14543 Bone Fertilizer 2-8-2 Southington 58 OO 14522 Empress Brand 1-10-1 New Britain 5400

15049 Lawn and Garden Dressing Hartford 14706Tobacco 5-5 - 4 Warehouse Point 8400 14819Tobacco5-7-2 Granby 8200 147022-8-3 Saybrook 6000 149754-84 MTestport OR75 14817 5-8-4 Wethersfield 7200

Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co New York City

14548 Corn Manure Windsor Loclts 56 OO 14614 C S Tobacco Manure Rockville 6200 14701 General Tobacco Manure IIartford 8500 14742 TGcncral Truck Manure Irindsor Locks 7200 15013 Grain Brand Roclcville 5000 14527 Potato Manure IFinclsor Loclts 71OO 14653 Potato manure 1916 Brand Glastonbury 14584 Tobacco Starter Improved IVindsor Locks 61OO

See note page 56 tSee note page 50

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

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WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

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0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 49: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 49

Nitrown I

WITH P O T A S H - ( C O Z ~ ~ ~ W ~ )

Phosphoric Acid ( Potnsh 1

--

TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

WITH POTASH-(CO~~L~~)

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 50: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

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TABLEVIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

I I I

Rlannfncturer nnd Bmnd

Sampled by Slation National Fertilizer Co New York City

14818Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Simsbury $8000 14575Eurelca Potato Fertilizer West Cheshire G475 14589Market Gardrn Fertilizer Reviscd South Manchestcr 6275 14596Potato Phosphate Meriden 53OO 14708Soluble Bone and Potash Somersville 3760 14921Special Tobacco Revisecl Hartford 8300 14612Universal Phosphate South Manchcstcr 4560 14541XXX Fish and Potash West Cheshire 5800

New England Fertilizer Co Boston Mass 14648 Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 Rockville 55 OO 14592Standartl Phosphatel-10-1 Rockville 4800 14816Superphosphate 3-8-4 Hamden 6700 14832Tobacco 5-5-4 Warehouse Point 8500 145262-8-3 Meriden 55 OO 148762-8-3 East Wallingford 5300 145473-8-3 Meriden 6000

Olds amp Whipple Hartford Conn 14841Complete Corn Potato and Onion Fertilizer Simsbury 14766Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Hazarclville 14991Complete Tobacco Fertilizer Scitico 15155Comp1ete Tobacco Fertilizer East ItTindsor Hill 14842Spccinl Corn Onion and Potato Fertilizer Simsbury

Parmenter amp Polsey Boston Mass 14767Plymo~ith Rock 3-84 Plantsville 15151 Tobacco 5-54 Bloomfield 151071-10-1 Plantsville 14964 2-8-2 West Hartford

Pawtucket Rendering Co Pawtucket R I 14959 2-8-2 Brooklyn

Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Co Baltiniore Md 14856 Browns EL G IJotato ant1 Gen Crop Ianurc South Meridcn 14871 Browns Potato Fertilizer South Meriden 14857Browns Special 0 B T Dresser mld Market Garden Meriden 14963 Shays Corn Fertilizer Chester 14962 Shays Potato Fertilizer Groton 14961Shays Special Fertilizer Groton

Quality Fertilizer Works Stamford Conn 15208Bnrtlctt Brand Sperixl Trce Fert~ilizcr Stamford

See note page 56

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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012124054077267246554249069872 900 803 80041341340014767 178 741147006096173422410049514 600 563 50009839240015151

013004030045092082688350111114911001038100010310310015107 025039054063181164230398143771 900 628 80020220220014964

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054054140165515299097011021 911 814 80026026020014961

889073141053068335400605224060 850 829 80039539540015208

TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

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0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

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0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

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058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

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8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES 51

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

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Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

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934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

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50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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TARLEVIII N ~ T R O ~ E N O U ~SUPERPHOSPHATES

c z -C0 3lnnrlf lct11r~rn n d Rrnnd Plarc of Silrnpliag + + z

Sawpled b y Station Rogers and Hubbard Co Middletown Conn

14924 Hubbards Bone I3ase Fertilizer for Seetling Down Newington 14616 HuI~lj~r(lsBone Base Oats and Top Dressing H~aartlville 14883 IIuhbnrds ]ltone I3ase Oats ant1 Top Dressing Hamden 14716 Hubbnrds Bone l h s e Soluble Coin and General Cron ~ ~

Manure Hazardville 6200 14884 Hubbnrtls Hone Base Soluble Potxto Manure Hamden 7975 14617 Hubb~rtls ]ltone Base Soluble Potato ampInnure Haaartlville 7900 14834 It ancl 1-1 All Soils-All C r o ~ s P h o s ~ h n t c Hamtlen 7400 15015 It ant1 I-[ Climax Tobacco-Brand Glastonbury 14719 R xntl El Com~let ePhos~ha t e Mirldletown 5000 14726 FIaaartlville 5300R and I-T potato ~ h o s ~ h t e 14838 R mid IT Soluble Tobacco Manure Cildersleevc SO 00 14837 R li~(lFI Tobxrco Grower Yegetnble Formul~ Ciltlerslecve 10000

F S Royster Guano Co Baltimore Md 14777 irrov He~tl lol)arro Formula New Milford 14946 Bnnner Guano _ Putnam 14544 tnully Gumlo 1Vaterb11ry 14867 Dreatlnought Gumlo Na11gati1~1lt 14771 $Fish Ilesl~ nnd Ioa-l Cuano Shelton 15358 Fish Flesh and Fowl Gumlo Branford 14578 Fish ant1 Potiis11 aterbury 14927 tQuality Truclter I1utnarn 14868 tlruckers Delight Glastonbury 14878 rlley Tobacco Formula Glastonbury

Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Co New Haven Conn 14637 Atlantic Coast Bone Fish and Potash Ateriden 14768 Complete Tobacco Grower Glastonbury 14634 Corn Supcrphospl~ate Meriden 14720 Formula A Guilford 15129 Formuln B M~lford 14580 Potato Manure iMilford 14636Potato Manure Meriden 14925 Top Dressing for Grass and Grain Glastonbury

14917 South Americml Sheep and Goat Manure New Canaan 14922 Iltelscys Bone Fish and Potash Clinton

M L Shoemaker and Co Philadelphia Pa 148361Swift-Sure Superphosphate for General Use Meriden 5500 148361~wift-~nreSaperphosphate for Potatoos No 1 Mericlen 6700

See note page 59 See note page 56 $see note page 57

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

WITH P O T A S H - ( ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A C ~ )

Nitroaen I phos~horicArid I Potnsh I

TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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TABLE VIII NITROGENOUSSUPERPHOSPHATES

Manufacturer and Brand Place of Sampling

Sampled by Slation Springfield Rendering Co Springfield Mass

Animal Brnnd Thompsonville Grain and G r s s Suffield Tobacco Special Hazardville

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co New York City Challenge Brand Hartford

14642 14919 14920

14724 14725 14966 14968

Cham ion Brand Hartford 7000 ~heroKee rand Glsstonbury 7800 Indian Chief Brand Glastonbury 8300

$6200 5000 8800

5600

149670wlBrand Glastonbury 15084 Plant Food for Vegetables Lawns and Flowers JJTaterbury

Wilcox Fertilizer Co Mystic Conn 14577 Corn Special Branford 15123 Fish and Potash Branford 14721 Grass Fertilizer hlystic 14717 High Grade Fish and Potash Burnside 14576 Potato Fertilizer Branford 14723 Potato and Vegetable Phosphate Jenrett City 15012 Tobacco Special Ellington

S D Woodruff and Sons Orange Conn I14498lHome Mixture Orange I Worcester Rendering Co Auburn Mass

14928 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Corn and Grain Fertz 14926 tProsperity Brand Royal Worcester Potato and Vcgetnble

Fertz 14960 Prosperity Brand Royal Worcester Special Grain Fertz

The Worlds Fertilixer Process Co Sharpsburg Pa

Putnam

Willimantic Greenville

14769Shur-Gro Hartford Sampled b y Purchaser

15330 American Agl Cheml Co 5-8-7 Winsted 14783 Apothecaries Hall Cos Liberty Brand 4 - 8 4 Branford 15143 Atlantic Packing Cos Potato Phosphate 3 -84 Westville 15089 $Bcrlrshire Tobacco Starter Suffield 14752 Frisbies 4 -84 Milford 14804 Frisbies 5-54 14682 Frisbies Bone Base 4 -84 15087 Mapes Corn Manure

See note page 59 tSee note page 56

Somers IVoodmont Hartford

$See note page 57

3

4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

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none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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4

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

So-called 6 a i Total

G i Z Avnilable

a 2 ii 2

--d

g i 2 2 ltza

Y T Q

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6 $

OY P

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$

C Y

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ea

2 g

j+ $ 2

0

C cI as + d 6 3 a 2 m c $

none084124068276246492331088 911 900 823 80043843840014642 025035068053181164526319040 900 845 80023923920014919885 141008108175432410150340188678 600 490 50008040340014920

0080150260480970827072261281061 933 90030430430014724 967 80041041940014725016107067130320329547302118 849 399 40003033330014966026086035323470411184105020 379

170032 40005171850014968019109035273436411229 431 399 167065 80025725730014967106008037027178165597 829 764

0243270131405044945263221921040 848 80009017720015084

033065none2803783293425243891255 900 866 80004526720014577 947 80013313310015123019027034176256246636260051 900 896 842 80022322320014721187016025173401412564238040 900 802 893 80032632630014717

0370130231462191656582202411119900 878 80024424420014576 086029030137282246627242024 900 869

985 80039039040014723140021020148329329580237168 900 817 548 30004141840015012087011035284417412050273225 500 323-

058007 249 314329279363150792 800 642 13442230014498

028045061044178164608304073985 900 912 80022622620014923

904010092096114312329416388100 900 804 80040840840014926 none006051038095082712325114115111001037100010410410014960

013 062681054797 550 743 50004020020014769

934 800554612700153300981270600593444135573771011035 028107072151358329555262082899 817 80038638640014783 244247 816 900 40640015143 300002 196 498500054299009362 500 353 40017175680015089 309328 111 917 900806 800 36840014752 07040040014804 3403294i93511i5 885 7170 800 42640014682 266247 10291000 3103 00 15087

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

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Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 56: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

-- TABLEVIII NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

i - 0a hlanufacturer and Brand

4

Sampled b y Purchaser 15068 Mapes General Tobacco Manure 15069 Mapes Potato Manure 1016 15067 blapes Tobacco Starter Improved 15022 Olds amp Whipples Complete Tobacco Fertilizer

14506 Rogers 6 Hubbards Oats and Top Dressing 15036 Rogers amp Hubbards Soluble Tobacco Manure

15070 Sandersons Bone Fish and Potash

Sampled b y Manujaclw-er 14307 Frisbies 2-8-2 14306 Frisbies 3 -84

d5-

Place of Sampling g k -- OI

50 $ amp n

Hartford Hartford Hartford Tsriffville $8400

Winsted 8650 Glastonbury 7250

Branford 5550

New Haven New Haven

14305 Frisbies Complete Fertilizer 3-8-4 New Haven 14379Frisbies3-8-4 New Haven 14380 Frisbies 4-8-4 New IIaven

--

Deficienry 14748 Armours Wheat and Clover Fertilizer 5540 14690 Atlantic Packing Cos Grain Fertilizer 355 15050 Atlantic Packing Cos Tobacco Grower 312 15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frecdom Guano 287 15027 Essex Fertilizer Cos Tobacco 5 -54 130 14874 Essex Fertilizer Cos 2-8-2 115 15028 sex Fertilizer Cos 4 -54 236 14582 L T Frisbic Cos 2-8-2 406 14911 L T Frsibie Cos Tobacco Special 361 14658 L T Frisbie Cos Tobacco 5-5-5 240 15043 Hubbarcl Fertilizer Cos Noxall Guano 161 14865 Listers Agl Cheml Worlts Complete Tobacco 31anurc 152 15049 Lowell Fertilizer Cos Lawn and Garden Dressing 154 14817 Lowell Fertilizer Cos 5-8-4 402 15013 Mapes F amp G P Cos Grain Brancl 233 14648 New England Fertilizer Cos Corn Phosphate 2-8-2 181 14964 Parmentcr fi Polseys 2-8-2 168 14856 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Browns H G Potato

and General Crop 428 14963 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Corn Fertilizer 400 14962 Piedmont-Mt Airy Guano Cos Shays Potato Fertilizer 588 14544 F SRoyster Guano Cos Bully Guano 252 14927 F S Royster Guano Cos Quality Trucker 544 14868 F S Ixoyster Guano Cos Truckers Delight 375 14926 Worcester Rendering Cos Prosperity Brand Potato and

Vegetable Fertilizer 136

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

Page 57: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · I Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station NEW HAVEN, CONN. BULLETIN 223 OCTOBER, 1920 Fertilizer Report for 1920 By E. H. JENKINS,

NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

-- Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash

Total 6 T o t d So-ralled AvRiae

0 0 - -a 5 c C

3 9 5 4 1 2 489 400 50150015068

3 813 71 1007 8 0 0 14010015069

4 194 12 9 07 8 00 151 10015067

4 534 11 5 1 6 4 00 41840015022-6 710 03 1 58 8 3 2 8 2 2 0 4 1 4 7 5 2 6 9 785 8 0 0 516 3 004 304 304 0014506 4 6 4 4 9 3 10761000 11048040015036

7-

0 090 45 2 22 2 7 6 1 6 5 5 1 8 3 3 3 1 8 4 1 0 3 5 8 51 8 004 184 183 0015070

201 1073 201 14307

247 8 79 4 32 14306

252 9 26 3 90 14305

3 03 1 0210 17 9 15 384 14379

I 372 1 10 9 43 833 378 14380

The solubility of the nitrogen was tested in every sample exam- ined and in none was evidence found of the use of inferior am-moniates

ANALYSESREQUIRIXG NOTICESPECIAL

15110 Chittendens Complete Tobacco and Onion Grower mas tagged Potato Special w ~ t h Four Per Cent Potash through an error a t the factory which was cor-rccted

15030 Columbia Guano Cos Frcedom Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredicnts It is suggested tha t two brands were mixed through a mistake in tagging All the packages sampled byour agent bore the above brand

14771iRoysters Fish Flesh and Fowl Guano was deficient in all three guaranteed ingredients The mmlufacturer felt tha t this sample did not fairly rcpresent the com- position of this brand A second sample mas therefore analyzed 15358 which while clefficicnt in potash more nearly met the guaranty

15089 A special mixture with S per cent of potash guaranteed This sample was sent by J E Phelps Suffield As it failed to meet its guaranty at thc request of the manu- f~zcturer the Station agent drew a sample in October

from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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from 12 bags remaining in T F Devines stock He found the bags wet on the outside and the resulting analysis No 15444 showing nitrogen 444 phosphoric

acid 316 and potash 761 per cent coulcl not have represented the quality of the goods as sold

Injury to farm crops caused by borax in the fertilizers used was first brought to serious attention by the experience of corn growers in Indiana in 1917 Later the same trouble was reported from the potato districts of Maine and cotton districts in the South Evidence indicated that injury followed the use of fertil- izers containing potash with considerable amounts of borax The damage was greatest where the largest amount of potash had been applied and also in fields where the fertilizer was drilled in with the seed and conditions resulted which left the seed in contact with the fertilizer too long

The explanation of how borax acts to cause the effects noted is largely speculative a t the present time It has been suggested

and it appears quite plausible that borax unites with some con- stituent of the nutrient juices in plants in such a way as to prevent or hinder the ready diffusion of food material to the various parts of the plant system Interference with enzyme action and other causes have been suggested

There are no data upon which to base an accurate statement as to the limits of tolerance to borax exhibited by plants If such limits were definitely established they would be modified by varying field conditions It was with a view to insuring an ample margin of safety that the Secretary of Agriculture issued an order1 concerning borax in mixed fertilizers which limited the amount of boron expressed as anhydrous borax in any fertilizer or fer- tilizer ingredient sold for application to the soil to one-tenth of one per cent unless the goods so sold were plainly marked to show the amount present

During the past season all mixed fertilizers and potash and nitrate salts inspected by this Station have been examined for borax Preliminary qualitative tests were made and these were followed by quantitative determinations in suspicious cases

The qualitative test employed was substantially that proposed by Bartlett2 but modified in this laboratory3 in that the fertilizer

us pension was more strongly acidified and the turmeric strips were dried out a t room temperature to avoid the charring due to hydrochloric acid a t the temperature of boiling water

IS R A Bureau of Soils Dec 23 1919 2 Maine Experiment Station 8 By Mr C E Shepard

BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

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8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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BORAX IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 59

Our procedure is as follows Digest about 5 grams of fertilizer with lOcc of water for 10 minutes

on a steam bath Acidify with 2cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid stir thoroughly and allow to settle Moisten a strip of turmeric paper with the supernatant liquid and allow to dr a t room temperature or in o desiccator if the atmosphere is humid amplor due to boric acid is generally indicated in about 10 minutes and results may be noted within an hour

For the quantitative determination of borax the methods of Ross and Deemer~ and of J M Bartlett2 have been used with about equally satisfactory results

None of the brands examined a t this Station during the past season contained borax in an amount likely to be injurious to crops unless applied close to the seed in large amounts say 2000 pounds per acre

The brands in which more than one-tenth per cent of borax was found were the following

Per cent Borax

15043 Hubbards Noxall Guano 022 14742 Mapes General Truck Manure 017 14653 Mapes Potato Manure 1916 Brand 012 14883 R amp Hs Hubbards Bone Base Oats and Top Dressing 019 15123 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Fish and Potash 014 14723 Wilcox Fertilizer Cos Potato and Vegetable Phosphate 018

During the winter and spring the Stations in the Northeastern States co-operated in carrying out elaborate potato experiments with corn beans and potatoes to study the action of borax on the growth of these crops This experiment was conducted a t the Vermont Station through the co-operation of Dr J L Hills Direc- tor and wad in direct charge of Mr J R Neller

A full account of this work is not yet ready for publication Some of the more important results are briefly as follows

Borax-containing fertilizers applied below the seed are much more liable to injure them than applied above the seed or broad- cast

One or two pounds of borax in the fertilizer were not harmful to either crop whether broadcast or applied in the drill but i t was not conclusively shown that the five-pound application in the drill was harmless Ten and twenty pounds of borax per acre were certainly injurious or ruinous

Lime and gypsum as well as manure seemed partially to neu- tralize the poisonous action

HOhIE-MIXED NITROGENOUS SUPERPHOSPHATES

14782 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury t o order of the A E Plant Sons Co Branford 200 Ibs nitrate of soda 900 Ibs tankage 900 lbs phosphate

Respectively Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry Washing- ton D C

Maine Experiment Station

15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

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Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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15142 Mixed by the Apothecaries Hall Co Waterbury to order of Paul Cavanna South Glastonbury 2800 lbs nitrate of soda 2800 Ibs bone tankage (3-50) 4200 lbs acid phosphate 4200 Ibs cottonseed meal 15092 15094 15095 15097 15099 15101 15102 and 15103

Mixed by AJ Koster Suffield to order of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford Each analysis represents a sample talccn from a car lot 14713 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14714 Made by V E Lucchini Meriden Acid phosphate

nitrate of soda and tankage 14427 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order of Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15096 Mixed by Olds amp Whipple Hal-tforcl to ordcr of Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15098 Rilixecl by Olds amp MThipple Hartford to order o f Amer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 15100 Rilixcd by Olds amp Whipple Hartford to order o f Ainer-

ican Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford

- - 15142 239 Sone 231 470 228 15092 None 108 426 534 092 15094 081 101 362 544 101 15095 091 080 317 488 110 15097 070 100 333 503 081 15099 15101

097 080

077 072

362 377

53 529

082 088

15102 069 100 315 484 086 15103 090 075 308 473 072

SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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SHEEP MANURE

VI MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS AND WASTE PRODUCTS

TOBACCO STEMS A N D DUST

Four samples were analyzed as follo~vs 14382 Tobacco Stems Sent by the Everett B Clarlr Seed

Co Milford 14309 Stem Butts Sent by Morgan amp Dickinson Windsor 14310 Tobacco Dust Sent by J N Root W Suffield 14429 Tobacco Stems Sent by Gordon Scholes Warehouse

Point ANALYSESOF TOBACCOSTEMSAND DUST

Station No 14382 14309 14310 14429 Nitrogen 228 18g1 2202 313 Phosphoric acid 032 040 047 Potash (total) 486 450 214 788

047 nitrogen in nitrates 066 nitrogen in nitrates

LIME-FERTILE A S D NITRO-FERTILE

14485 Lime-Fertile made by Fcrtilc Chemical Co Cleve- land Ohio Stoclc of A R Brewer Hartford 14538 Xitro-Fertile made by Fertile Chemical Co Cleve-

land Ohio Stoclc of Church $ Morse PIeriden

ANALYSESOF LIME-FERTILEAND NITRO-FERTILE Station K O 14485 14538

Pound Cunrnnteed Found Guamntcrd

Kitrogen LS nitrates 112 Xitrogen (total) 208 200 Phosphoricacitl 317 300 348 300 Iotash calculated ns su1phate 171 Potas11 calculntctl as murinte 200 Iotash (total) 431 300 Lime 2865

Nitro-fertile is a solution for usc on potted plants costing 35 cents pcr half-pint and Lime-fertile is also sold in small packages five pounds for 25 cents The plant food in a paclcage a t thc ordinary rates for fertilizers is worth a t most about 2 cents

SHEEP MANURE

Nine samples were analyzed as follows 14519 Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by American Agri-

cultural Cheinical Co New Yorlc City Stoclc of Southington Lumber Co Southington 14521 Liberty Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Apothecaries

Hall Co Waterbury Sampled a t factory

11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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11

15159 Sheep Manure Berlcshire Fertz Co Bridgeport Sam- pled a t factory 15108 Rams Head Brand Sold by Joseph Breclr amp Sons

Corp Boston Stock of G M Williams Co New London 14613 Magic Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by Chi-

cago Feed amp Fertz Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of Blish Hardware Co South Manchester 14770 Sheeps Head Pulverized Sheep Manure Sold by

Natural Guano Co Aurora Ill Stock of Cadwell amp Jones Hart- ford 15041 Groz-It Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pacific Manure

and Fertilizer Co San Francisco Calif Stock of F M Cole Putnam 14523 l i z a r d Brand Sheep Manure Sold by Pulverized

Manure Co Chicago Ill Stoclc of S P Strople New Britain 14579 Sheep Manure Sold by S D Woodruff amp Sons

Orange Stock of Raclcliffe Bros Co New Britain

-

Station No 14519 14521151591510814613 14770150411452314579 Per cent of

Nitrogen as nitrates None 014 012 014 None 017 None 011 ammqnia 045 009 018 050 009 040 005 010 019

organlc 225 132 191 209 147 210 128 165 131 1 total found 270 155 221 259 170 250 150 175 161 1c guaranteed 206 150 170 184 185 225 184 180 150

P h o s p h o r i c ac id w a t e r - soluble 098 026 013 094 006 095 011 034 024

Phosphoric acid c i t rate-soluble 055 045 170 077 067 084 073 077 057

Phosphoric acid citrate-insoluble 012 017 010 009 019 013 003 014 014

Phosphoric acid totalfound 165 088 193 180 092 192 087 125 095 Phosphoric acid total guar-

teed 125 100 100 125 143 125 125 100 100 Water-solublepotashfound 237 336 214 243 357 260 339 217 320 Water-soluble potash guar-

anteed 100 200 100 300 125 150 300 100 250 Chlorine 089 158 084 230 053 173 044 186 Cost per ton $3300 3500 4000 6500 5000 4800 4800 5700 5500

14613 Magic Brand and 15041 Groz-It Brand fail to meet their guaranties of nitrogen and phosphoric acid

Sheep manure being fine and dry is well adapted to greenhouse worlc and for a dressing for lawns

A comparison with New Yorlc horse manure is as follows Pounds of the ingredients named in one ton

WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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WOOD ASHES

Sheep Manure Horae Manure Organic matter Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash

1426 40 27 56

540 13 9

I2

Three and one-half tons of horse manure contain on the aver- age as much plant food as does one ton of sheep manure

The prices quoted by dealers range from $33 to 365 per ton the higher prices probably are quoted for sales in small quantities

It is doubtful if sheep manure will promote bacterial activity in the soil as effectively as fresh manures but if the cost of fresh manure rises much further the driecl manures may come into use on the farm where it is felt that manure must be used

LIME A N D LIME-KILN ASHES

14235 Agricultural Lime Sold by Grangers Agricultural Lime Co West Stoclrbridge Mass Sent by E H Ocain Falls Village 14629 Lime Sent by Raymond Bros South Norwalk 14803 Ground Limestone Sold by the Stearns Lime CO

Danbury Sent by C R Treat Orange 15161 Lime-Kiln Ashes Sent by A B Smith Clintonville

ANALYSESOF LIMEAND LIME-KILNASHES Station N o 14235 14629 14803 15161 Water-soluble potash 217 Lime 3974 3750 3856 4134 Insol in acid 1358 2568 1471

14803 was stated by Mr Treat to have a guaranty of 45 pei cent calcium oxide and 75 per cent to pass a 100-mesh screen Only 60 per cent of the sample passed such a screen

The manufacturers state that the hard winter and the great demand for lime made it necessary to fill orders as best they could and some lime of inferior quality like 14803 got shipped out which was quite inferior to the normal product

In the last ten years ten analyses of lime from this firm show percentages of lime ranging from 4344 to 4736 and averaging 4543 per cent of lime equivalent to 811 per cent of calcium carbonate with 323 per cent of magnesia

WOOD ASHES

In a table page 65 are given analyses of wood ashes 15106 is from the furnace of the Cheshire Mill 14646 was sent by R S Griswold who stated that the ashes

were bought of A E Dickenson amp Co of Essex with a guaranty that they should be as good as those bought the year before

This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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This sample contained 3218 per cent of insoluble matter and only 131 per cent of water-soluble potash

Later the sampling agent of the Station drew a sample of these ashes a t Mr Griswolds request the analysis of which appears as No 15086

Ten car lots of ashes from John Joynt Lucknow Can six -of them sold to the American Sumatra Tobacco Co Nos 14844 to 14848 and 15093 and four other car lots Nos 14252 14467 14985 and 15017 were of excellent quality

But three other samples from the same dealer were of very inferior composition 14513 14888 and 14984

15367 from Geo Stevens Peterborough Can is not unleached hard wood ashes

At $550 per unit potash in wood ashes costs 27 cents per pound a t 5600 per unit potash costs 30 cents per pound This is about double the cost in potash salts mentioned on page 25 Ashes however contain 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid and about 30 per cent of lime in form of carbonate which add considerably to their value

14987 Phos-Pho-Germ Made by the ~mer i can Nitro-Phos- pho Corporation 80 Lafayette St New York City

I t is claimed to be a mixture of humus raw phosphate lime wood ashes sulphur and various bacterial foods ancl inoculated with many strains of vigorous beneficial soil bacteria

The sample drawn by a Station agent from stocli of George Yuengling New Canaan had a guaranty of 082 per cent nitro- gen 800 per cent phosphoric acid of which 025 is available and 015 per cent of potash The analysis is as follows

Per c ~ n l of Nitrogen 050 Available phosphoric a ~ i d 116 Total phosphoric acid 1727

Potash 022 Cost per ton $4500

It fails to meet its guaranty of nitrogen The plant food in a ton of it is liberally estimated worth about $15 Whether the vigorous heneficial soil bacteria in a ton of it are worth 830 the differencc between the value of the plant food and the ton price may well be doubtecl

A sample stated to he Cocoon Dust 15214 sent by the National Spun Silk Co of New Bedford Mass contained 899 per cent of nitrogen in fairly solublc and available condition 141 per ccnt of phosphoric acid ancl 025 per cent of potash with 8313 per cent of organic matter apparently an escellent nitrog- enous fertilizer

15210 Wool Waste from A B Smith C1ntcnville Con-tained 135 per cent nitrogen prohably in inert form

WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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WOOD ASHES

TABLEXI ANALYSESOF WOODASHES

c i di -2z - 2 -0

8 4 8 Car No and Dealer or Purchaser $2 $4 c a - o $2 4 0

5 3 k qdU 14808 Car C G R No 250022 Frank Bailey Barre

Vt Frank N Brockett Suffield 2178 420 2585 147 52500 15106 Conn Brass R Mfg Corp Waterbury 796 472 4376 270 14646 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfielcl 3218 131 1637 154 15086 E E Dickenson amp Co R S Griswold Weth-

ersfield 184 1682 171 14844 Car No 201591 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 2050 605 3024 202 (I) 14845 Car No 19608 John Joynt Lucknom Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1040 563 3698 224 (I) 14846 Car No 16567 John Joynt Lucknow Ont

American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1290 718 3480 226 ( I )

14847 Car No 6920 John Joynt Lucknom Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1669 650 3174 219 ( I )

14848 Car No 4067 John Joynt Lucknow Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Bloomfield 1512 663 3200 241 (I)

14252 Car No 11609 John Joynt Lucknow Ont John Wolf Windsor 1004 479 3167 100 ()

14467 Car No 80633 John Joynt Lucknow Ont J N Lasbury Broad Brook 1265 496 2803 159

14513 John Joynt Lucknow Ont A D Bridge Sons Co Hazardville 2541 142 1855 058 2200

14888 Car No 243740 John Joynt Lucknow Ont GeoT Soule New Milford 2758 052 2121 166 2600

14984 John Joynt Lucknow Ont Geo T Soule New Milford 2134 085 2870 133 2600

14985 Car S o 84738 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Vindsor 1330 572 3164 202 (I)

15017 Car No 50110 John Joynt Lucknow Ont N Jones South Windsor 2335 463 2618 226 ( I )

15093 Car No 10301 John Joynt Lucknonl Ont American Sumatra Tobacco Co Hartford 1334 656 3427 206

15367 Geo Stevens Peterborough Can I + Jud-son raterbury 1622 088 399 1500

15381 From Chase Metal Works Waterbury Sent by A F Grcene Woodbury 908 549 161

8550 per unit of watcr-soluble potash 2 15600 per unit of water-soluble potash

14753 Stated to be a factory waste Sent by 3 A Jordan Woodstock Contained 763 per cent of nitrogen 40 per cent of which was in form of ammonia and a11 of which appeared to be in available form 14939 Stated to be Chili Saltpetcr Guaranteed 1550 per

cent nitrogen and 1720 per cent potash

8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance

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8

It contained 1138 per cent of nitrogen 1705 per cent of potash ancl 038 per cent of borax It is apparently a waste product from the refining of nitrate of soda 14940 Stated to be a residue from a Welsbach burner factory

and sent by Prof Browning of Yale University It contained

Water-soluble phosphoric acid 050 Citrate-soluble phosphoric acicl 1690 Citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid 1078 Total phosphoric acicl 2818

14916 Stated to be a solution in which refuse rubber is heated under steam pressure

It had a sp gr of 1017 contained 286 per cent of solid matter 121 per cent of potash and a little combined sulphur Of no value as an insecticide or fungicide 13575 Thought to be wood ashes contained 3363 per cent

of insoluble matter 077 per cent of phosphoric acid and 045 of potash 14937 A sample of fresh menhaden fish They contain an

average of water 770 per cent oil 400 per cent nitrogen 15 phosphoric acid 15 and potash 03 per cent 14399 A mixture of several brands of fertilizer Sent by F

J Harrison Waterbury Contained 088 per cent nitrogen 1490 of phosphoric acid and 007 of potash

Five other samples were examined qualitatively but have no general interest of importance


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