Oxford Democrat., 1884-09-02
STATE INSPECTION or FERTIL-
IZERS


tor says: The ralus Of Commercial
Ferfiliser comes from the ierilitins in
grediens contained therein. Practice
Ia. shown. and Il is nov universally &C.
esp,sd. by scientific su,bori,i,s and prse.
teal men alike. that in oriinsry fertiliE-
alton only three elements have to be sup
piled to the soil These are Nitrogen,
PAo,pl0ric Acid and Potash. IL is 10
bring to the sOil from source. independent
Of the barn. these three substances ,hs,
. resort is made by the farmer to com
mercial fertilizers The value. then, OF
these fertilizer. lies in their contents Of
nitrogen. phosPhorie acid and potash
II . farmer soc. into the msrks, tn buy
commercial msnure.. snd their beneh, to
him come. from the nitrogen, phcsphoric
aid and potash ~hioh J. found therein.
his o~n Intelligence q, once indicates ,ha,
il IL FOE his interest 10 know the percent.
ages Of these ingredients be found in the
fertilizers offered fof sale. Hence The
propristy Of the Lao requiring ,hs, al
such merchandise shall be- marked ~iih
eoaisn,. q nitrogen. Pho.PhOrie acid and
potash and hrnoe the necessity u an
examination that -ill dst'rmins sheihsr
the percentage. claimed .r so'ually 10
b. found Ia the Ariele "
lie u of the opinion ih., the ssriesl.
tsrsl value Of q commercial fertilizer is
indefinite. and never Can be actually
measured. on account, of the varying con-
di,ion Of the soils. the differen, methods
Of application. and the many influences
that surround q crop which are indsPend-
en-, Of any method Of fertilization. And
intimate. th., every purchaser mus, be
hi. o-n judge q their value TO him. by
the results effected on hi. o~n farm and
by his own method Of applying them.
Ia HI. rePor, he give. oaly the CONNER
eisl value. OF the actual oo., Of the Ia
srediehi. At the retail prices. or a. they
can BE- purchased by any farmer. The
wholesale prices are about ,-sniy per
cent. less. Thi. value !. compared -i,h
the guaranteed value -hieh Is marked
upon the packages. This guaranteed
value corresponds -i,h the guaranteed
eoa,enu.
lie also give. q table sho-ins the
trade value. Of the fer,iliIins ingredients
a. found ia different maternal. and IN
diferh, forms. perhsP. ,hi. may in
,ere., our readers, 30 -e give !, Ia full
Ct psrIb.
Sitrossn In Ammonia salts. "a
or..als nnr%s.a Ia dr,sa ami sroaDa
Dlto In gusao.. dried and zoe sroond
blood AM meat. u
Ditto IN cotton s.si. nassei meal AMI
Ditto IN hns Eruuni hone, u
In nns mc-iiun bone. -
On meiium tune. u.
IN coars. mssiium bone. 10
IN co.rss bone. horn shAsiass sni
rso-pboric .oii .olabls In -sisr. 10
Ditto -oiubie ammonium citrate,
~
ani In Zoe bone.
Ditto IN nns mciiam bone.
IN mssiium Done.
in csar-s mesiiam bonc a
in cssr.e bOne.
Ia nne sroand rocs phosphate.
Potash a. h,sh srsie salphsis. III.
rsiniis. 80
muTisis. al.
Il will be seen thu, the prices vary .
tn article. are soluble. for upon their
readiness to dissolve depends, in a great
measure. their fer,iliring value. Pho.-
phorie acid from the rock phosphate is
principally used. ~s believe. by msnufae-
,urr. on aeeogn, Of il ehespness.
We give below liz, Of fertilizers sam
pied. and in the ne,, issue will give the
tables .ho-ins the result. Of the several
analyses
Brsdleys NL.
Bowksr's HIN and DrilL
Bay State Fertilizer.
Bay state Bone sapsrphosphaie.
Buffalo Ammoniated saperphosphsts.
Common Sense FERTILIZER.
Cumberland SaperpnosPhAie.
Dirigo FERTILIZER.
Dissolved Bone.
DupgcsalI-
standard superphosphAts.
stoekbridgs Potato Special
sAgsiAhoe sgperphosphste.
solusbis Pscine Guano.
Red Beach Bone Phosphate.
Red Beach X. l.. c. X
Bone Meal. for Top Dressing
Bons Meal
Fine Ground Bone.
Lime Ashes
Bone Phosphate.
II Was ., frs, though, to get ,hese ,s-
bIes ready for farmers use ia season for
the sales Of 1884. But this Vas found
to be impossible on seeOun, Of no, being
able to obtain samples from dealers until
well along in the spring
WHEN TO TRIM GRAPES.
M. Editor:
These few lines are for the farmers col
umn. Az am wearing out, and fast ap-
.-...At.. a.. ta.-n.f.l hama ~ ali the