Public Documents of Massachusetts, Issue 33

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Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1892 - Massachusetts

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Page 253 - SEC. 2. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered for sale, the manufacturer, importer or party who causes it to be sold or offered for sale within the state of...
Page 277 - Keep the mixture in a warm place for several days, or until a portion heated to 40° C. deposits no yellow precipitate of ammonium phospho-molybdate. Decant the solution from any sediment, and preserve in glass-stoppered vessels.
Page 253 - ... a plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of fertilizer in the package, the name, brand or trademark under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the...
Page 253 - SEC. 2. Before any commercial fertilizer, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, is sold, offered or exposed for sale, the importer, manufacturer or party who causes it to be sold, or...
Page 250 - ... phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash, which they contain. To ascertain by this mode of valuation the approximate market value of a fertilizer (ie, the money worth of its essential fertilizing ingredients), we multiply the pounds per ton of nitrogen, etc., by the trade value per pound; the same course is adopted with reference to the various forms of phosphoric acid and of potassium oxide. We thus get the values per ton of the several ingredients, and, adding them together, we obtain the total...
Page 88 - ... substances with reference to its special wants, as far as the absolute and relative quantity of the three essential groups of food constituents are concerned. The peculiar character of our home-raised fodder articles is apt to conceal their special deficiency for the various purposes they are used for in a general farm management. They all contain the three essential food constituents, yet in widely varying proportions, and they ought, therefore, to be supplemented in different directions, to...
Page 249 - The approximate market value of the different brands of fertilizers obtained by the current mode of valuation does not express their respective agricultural value, ie, their crop-producing value ; for the higher or lower market price of different brands of fertilizers does not necessarily stand in a direct relation to their particular fitness, without any reference to the particular condition of the soil to be treated and the special wants of the crops to be raised by their assistance.
Page 250 - ... such proportions as will best meet existing circumstances and special wants. In some cases it may be mainly either phosphoric acid or nitrogen or potash, in others, two of them, and in others again, all three. A remunerative use of commercial fertilizers can only be secured by attending carefully to the above stated considerations.
Page 253 - ... manufacturer or importer, the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stating the percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia, of potash soluble in distilled water and reverted, as well as the total phosphoric acid . In the case of those fertilizers which consist of other and cheaper materials said label shall give a correct general statement of the composition and ingredients of the fertilizer it accompanies.
Page 250 - ... valuation, are once more stated within a few subsequent pages. The hitherto customary valuation of manurial substances is based on the average trade value of the essential fertilizing elements specified by analysis. The money value of the higher grades of agricultural chemicals and of the higherpriced compound fertilizers depends, in the majority of cases, on the amount and the particular form of two or three essential articles of plant food, ie, phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash, which they...

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