Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-04-20
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be OF Ausofuirs interest 10 our lAthluS
population. We give below the bulletin
without Abridsmen,:
NAiNE rxrTRINLNr STATION.
BULLETIN 40. sn.
The work of collecting and Analytlng
samples of The VArloes fertilizers sold 10
he state i well under wsy. and the re-
suits OF the analyses will De Published A.
rapidly A. l. consistent with the time re-
qulrcd 20 carry on such work In 4 careful
manner.
There will be sold In Maine durlng the
present season not FAR from twenty I've
brands Of whA, are known A. complete
Fertilizers, via. suPerphospha,es, contain.
lng nitrogen and potash; consequently Is
will be necessary % collect and anAlyfe
about seventy Eve samples In orter 10
comply with The requirements OF The law.
To 30 this will require neariy two months
Of sctlye work. Ani a. u IL impossible 10
secure samples of goods that are used In
the spring trade until some time In Msrch,
there seems 20 BE- no way OF placing before
the farming pabllc AL the results OF ferill'
lter analyses until the buying season Il
nearly pAst IL Is found on inquiry, that
many dealers have not yet received ihelr
stock for Ae spring trade.
ufE VALUATION oF TERriIIKEKs
The law establishing the station re-
qulrcs that three analyses shall bc made
annually of each brand OF fertilizer sold In
The State. with certain exceptions. and that
the average of these analyses shall be CON.
pared with The guaranteed composition of
The fertilizers examined.
This station. in common With AL Amer
lean Experiment Stations that stand In an
officlAl relation 10 the fertilizer trade, goes
fArihef than this AMI applies = schedule OF
trade values 10 the goods that IL inspccis.
BY means of these trade values there Il
cAiculated for each brand what has been
designated a. the " estimated value or
The "siatlon valuation" A. these esii-
mated values are not Intended 10 represen,
The proper selling price of mixed goods At
the p0lni OF consumption, and In order 10
prevent any possible Misrepresentation A.
10 their real meaning, the following ex.
plantations are oferei
I. These trade values represent very
closely The prices a. which pound OF nj
trogen, phos3hOrie acid and potash, In
their various forms can now be purchased
for cash AZ retail In our large markets
They are based mostly upon the ton prices
A. which certain classes OF goods are OF.
fcrcd 10 actual consumers, and correspond
also 10 " The average wholesale prices for
The six months ending March ist. plus
about twenty per cent In case OF those
goods for which We have wholesale quota
iions."
?. These trade values DO not include
the charges for transportation from The
market 20 the consumer, for storage, mix
log, commissions % agents and dealers,
selling OF long credit. bad debts, etc.
3. They are the prizes OF nitrogen,
phOsphorlc acid and potash. ready for use
by IA Grasr, when these Ingredients are
purchased under the sbove-nAmed condi-
lions, slugly aud not mixed. In ordinary
superphosphAies We rni these three ingre-
dlenis mixed, bat this Is not q necessary
condition OF their use.
An illustration may serve 10 make clear
the shove statements. A farmer wishes
ton OF fertidEer similar 10 the well known
brands sold In this State. II he purchases
for cash Ia New York or Boston sixteen
hundred a .eO0) pounds OF dissolved bone
black, three hundred (300) pounds OF sui.
phAte OF ammonia, and one hundred (lOO)
pounds OF murla.e OF potash, and mixes
these ingredients together, be will have q
complete fertilizer not essentially different
from many standard brands OF smmoniated
superphOsphaies. The cost OF the ton,
amer mixing. on the farmer prefers 10 mix
the Ingredients will be made up as fol-
lows;
a. Cost Of the materials In the markets.
D. Cost OF stransportAiiop.
C. Cost OF mixing.
The nrsi element entering Into the total
cost Is the only oue included In the "ssti.
mated vAlus." III there IL added 10 this
one element not only the charges for
transportation and mixing bat also the
expenses OF selling through agents and
dealers, long credits, bad debts, etc, We
have the factors involved In the cost OF
our ordinary superphosphstes when de-
| llyered a. or near the place OF consunp-
1 tion. As 10 TO be expected, the Station
yaluaiions OF superphosphaies fall below
their selling prices. Last year the aver
age difference In this State was $500 per
ton.
4. The Station valuations stand 10 no
direct or necessary relation TO the com.
parative pfonts which may be derived
from the use OF the various fertilizers by
individual farmers. These values have sn
almost purely commercial significance,
and are not designed 10 point out 10
farmer whether be shall use potash
which is q comparatively cheap Ingredient,
-or nitrogen, which Is comparatively
costly.
The following schedule OF trade values
10 De used In this State for 1885 Is the
one agreed upon by the Experiment
Stations OF Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
and New Jersey. after careful study
OF the prizes ruling In the large mar
kets OF New England and the Middle
States.
There Is scarcely any trade In raw ms
teriAls and chemicals In Maine from which
20 obtain data for the determination o
such values, bat quotations lately made te
Maine farmers by Boston and New forl
dealers are In accord with the prices giver
below.
For comparison. the trade values uset
IN 1856 are also giveni