Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03
WHOLE NO. 2657.
coMmERcuAL. FsRTlLlzERs.

what articles they shall purchase for sths coming season, Their report is based not upon the specimens exhibited by the manufacturers or sellers at the StatO Fair, but upon the character of the Fertilizers actually sold to the Farmers of Connecti- cut, as shown by analyses of large num- Der of Samples collected from various pla- ces where they were sold. Copies of the Station Report with the analyses are re- ferred to, and other information. can be had on application to the Station at Mid dletown. $. M. WELLS. Secretary. REPORT OF JUDGES. To the COanecttcta Sydte AJricWtturGt Society. % s.... The undersigned committee beg leave ! to submit the following report relating to prizes offered for commercial fertilizers. The conditions upon which the prizes
 were to be awarded were published in the premium list as follows:
 :'Prizes will be given to those fertilizers
 (which. as actually sold in the State, are found, on comparison of the selling ''price, with the actual competition as
 ''shown by the averages of the analyses ] ''made at the State Agricultural Experi. l ''ment Station, to furnish the valuable
 Ingredients in the best forms and at the
 lowest prices per pound.
 ''2d. To be restricted to those fertili-
 ''zers which are placed by the original
 ''pal manufacturers or importers, so far
 ''as they are sold in Connecticut, under
 ''the Supervision of the Experiment. Sta | t'tion. .. -.. .--.--.-
 ''sd. The prices to be given to the orig inal manufacturers. 7e 5ss- -.-
 ''In the absence of competition no prize | will be awarded"
 The classification adopted was as follows: No. l. Fertilizers for general use (fur-
 nlshing Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash.)
 For the Fertilizer which furnishes the
 largest quantity, at the lowest price per pound, ot Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and
 Potash; Gold Medal. . No. 2. Fertilizers, the most valuable
 ingredient of which is Nitrogen( (Ammonia.) c. Fish manures; Silver Medal Q. Animal Refuse, Slaughter House
 Products, Meat Scraps, Dried Blood, &c. Silver Medal.
 c. Other Nitrogenous Fertilizers; Silver
 Medal. a .t. No. 3. Fertilizers whose mos. important
 ingredient is Phosphoric Acid:
 e. SuperphOsphate without Nitrogen; Silver Medal.
 Q. Bone manure; Silver Medal. No. 4. Fertilizers, other than the above characterized bv their contents of Phos. phoric Acid and Nitrogen, with or with out Potash. C. Guano; Silver Medal. Q. Nitrogenous Superphosphate; Silver Medal.
 No. 5. Potash Salt; Silver Medal.
 Our duty has therefor been to examine and report from the analyses of commeT- Snl 1A nk kl.A Station, for which purpose the full tables, furnished Prof. W. Q. Atwater, director of the station, have been used. The fol. lowing awards are recommended, the qness ton of the payment of those given to the articles in the tables and used in the Re" port of the Station in which the analyses and other facts concerning the mannres will be published.
 Glass No. l. Fertilizer furnishing Nj. tFogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash in the best form, and at the lowest cost per pound: n.
 No. 1. Peruvian Guano, Rectifed, Sta tion numbers 57 and 136, Hobson, Hurt ado & Co.,, N. Y. Gold Medal.
 The committee will here add that they
 find Stockbridge Fertilizers, manucfac- tured by w. H. Bowker & Co.,, the analy- ses of which show the composition to be Iu1Iy HS'ROOu AS ClHlmo0.
 We also find several samples of theMat. field Fertilizers, of which the analyses are fully equal to the guarantees.
 Class No. 2. Fertilizers whose most val- uable ingredient is Nitrogen.
 q. Fish Manures.
 Dry Ground Fish. Nos. 100, 40, and 172, Quinnipiac Fertilizer O., New Ha- ven; Silver Medal.
 b. Animal Refuse.
 Acidulated Animal Fertilizer, from Ab. battoir, No, 154, N. Jackson & Son'a Boston: Silver Medal.
 Other Nitrogeneous Fertilizers belonging to this class. We find analyses of Sui. phate of Ammonia No. and No. l61. also of Nitrate of Soda, No. 163, all ex- ceflent articles and furnishing Nitrogen in the most available form practicable and at low cost per pound. The actual samples analysed however represented only small quantities of the material sold. hence we prefer not to reccOmend any award. .-...
 Glass No. 3. Fertilizers whose most valuable ingredient is Phosphoric Acid.
 e. Superphosphate without Nitrogen: Superphoshate, No. 159, H. J. Baker & Bro N. Y.;. Silver Madal. ra5,s .., -5... Q, Bone Manures. ,s.. ....
 The analysis show, that that the sam. ples from the following makers, to wit: H. J.. Baker & Rro', J. A. Byrnes, O. V. Mapes, Peck Bros, P. w. Bonnet and G. w. Miller are pure and as they pur. port to be-. But all the terms of the com. petition and of the State law. as we are informed, have not been complied with. / lots having been sold in many cases with. out analyses attached We believe this to be techcical violation without wrong intent. arising from the fact that sone farmers prefer to buy bone mannres in bulk to save the cost of bags, and in such cases, the aftixing of labels is practically opitted, reliance being placed on the good name of the manufuctarers.
 Glass No. 4. Other Fertilizers furnish. ing Nitrogen and Phosphoric Acid.
 Q. duano. ' ean-ge. e- ---s .
 No prize IS recommended under under class 4, as the chief prize has been al. ready recommended 0 the "Rectified. We will take occasion here to say that we deem the plan adopted in the preparatiou and sale of PeaNvian guanos, particularly the "Rectified" and "Guaranteed" branda worthy of special commendation, in that the prices at which they are sold are based upon the analyses as guaranteed upon each package, each pound of the valuable ingredients being rated at a certain price, instead of the usual Way of selling by the gross weight irrespective of the relatiVeg proportions of the valua. q ble and comparatively worthless, ingredi- ents. It is both fortunate and suRQes- tive that the plan which is the most ra. tional and just one for the sale of com mercIal fertilizers should have been Q, adopted for an article, of such leading importance in our agriculture.
 Q, Ammoniated Bone Snpernhoanhaka Nos, 128. 135, and TO, Russell Coe' Linden. N. J.; Silver Medal.
 Glass No. 5. Potash Salts. ..5..f
 The samples of German Potash Salts analysed represent small quantities sold. and the composition. has in some eases. through no fault of the i'm. oorters and sellers in this country). been somewhat inferior to that claimed. We therefore feel that wa cannot insall;ose,,k