Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-25
ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS
Comprising List OF 81 Brands Inter-
esting Facts About Work at the Maine
Experiment Station.

Professor W. II. Jordan, director of the
Maine experiment station, has sent out the
first of the 1889 series of bulletins contain
ing partial statement of the analyses OF
fertilizers. As the fertilizer law in force in
Maine requires the annual analysis of three
samples of each brand of fertilizer sold in
the State, it is simply impossible, as Profess
sor Jordan SAYS, 10 secure and analyze so
many samples and publish results before
farmers purchase their fertile ger in the
spring. The suggestion might be worthy of
needing, that farmers file away these bullet
ins as received from the station, or as given
in the various papers of the State which pub
ish them. for reference another year A
large majority of the fertilizer manufacturers
continue to put their goods upon the Maine
market each year, and the comparisons of
relative contents of such vary but little (;
such variation arising mainly from difference
in prices of the raw materials and chemicals
of which the fertilizers are manufactured.
Values OF Raw Material and Chemicals.
The average trade values of retail cost per
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash are as
follows:
Nitrogen in ammonia salts. 10 cents; in
nitrates. II; organic nitrogen in dry and fine
ground fish. meat and blood, 10: in cotton
seed meal and castor pomace, 10; in fine
bone and tankage, Is l-2; in fine medium
bone and tankage, 10; in medium bone and
tanksge, 10 l-2 in coarser bone and tankage
s l-2; in hair, horn shavings, and coarse fish
scrap, 8.
Pbosphoric acid, soluble in water. cents
ammonium nitrate. l-2; dry ground fish
fine bone and tanksge, fine medium bone
aud tankage, s; medium bone and tank ,ge
; coarser bone and tankage, 4 fine ground
rock phosphate. 2.
Potash as high grade Sulpha,e and in
forms free from Muriate (or Chlordes) {
cents az kainit, l2; as muriate 4 l-2.
Analyses.
The list contains the analyst. of 27 brand,
Of fertilizers, as follows, with the results al
given
Aliens fertilizer gave in 100 pounds 20 41
moisture; IL nitrogen; phosphoric acid
"a soluble. LIZ reverted, 2 go in.oluble.
total of sos; potash, 800; valued at s2i /:
per ton.
Americus &mmoniated bone phosphat.
contained 1913 moisture; PSI nitrogen
totdI Oh pnosphOlic dtibt lUsJJ EDiasHs D. IL
valuation, s3049.
| Crocker's smmoniated bone superpho.
| phate Moisture, l2.86; nitrogen, 2s4
| phosphoric acid. total of 1929; potash, I.47
value. s2829
Bay State fertilizer: Moisture, 1910;
nitrogen, 2 81; total Of phosphate, 1867
potash. 2.34; value, s30.07.
| Bowker Hill and Drill Phosphate showed
moisture, 1914; nitrogen. 3 81 total o
! phosphoric acid. IL 50; potash, Ia; value
| 1863
Bay State suoerphosphate moisture
/ l5.02; nitrogen, 2.12; phosphoric acid, 9.s5
! potash, 2 "a; value, s29 80.
| Bradley's Potato Fertilizer: moisture
| 10 IS; Nitrogen 90 phosphoric acid, . G5
potash, 5.69; value, s29.+s.
Bradley's Eureka Seeding Down Fer
tiIizer moisture. 963; nitrogen. ! 81 tota
of phosphoric acid, ll.9s; potash, PSI
value, s23 81.
| Cleveland Potato Phosphate moisture
As; nitrogen, 80; total of phosphorit
acid, l2.72; potash, 3 s4; value. s27 .6s.
Cleveland Superphosphate moisture IA 20
nitrogen, 4.05; total of phosphoric acid
ll.54; potash, 2J5; value, s34 So
Cumberland Bone Superphospbate mois
ture, ll.24; nitrogen, 2.l3; total Of phos
phoric aeid, l5.33; potash. 2 10; value
S3l.24.
Cumberland Seeding Down Fertilizer
moisture, l0.l5; nitrogen, 2; total phos
phori, acid, 10 81 potash, 30; value, SIS. Q /
= Sagadahoc Dirigo Fertilizer: moisture