DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bulletin No. 203 TABULATED ANALYSES OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS From Samples Selected in Accordance with Act of May 1, 1909 BY THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE From August 1 to December 31, 1910 HARRISBURG: O. E. AUGHINBAUGH, PRINTER TO THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA CONTENTS Chemist's Letter of Transmittal, Fertilizer Analyses, August 1 to December 31, 1910, Summary of Instances of Deficiency from Guaranty, Average Composition and Guaranty Compared, 1906-10, Analyses of Complete Fertilizers, Analyses of Rock and Potash Fertilizers, Analyses of Dissolved Bone Fertilizers, Analyses of Ground Bone Fertilizers, Analyses of Miscellaneous Fertilizers, Page. 11 14 14 15 16 17 19 20 50 64 66 70 74 The Act of 1st May, 1909, Commonly Referred to as "The New Fertilizer Law" is as Follows: No. 205. AN ACT To regulate the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers; prescribing penalties for its violation, and repealing an act, entitled "An act to regulate the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers; providing for its enforcement, and prescribing penalties for its violation," approved the twenty-fifth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That every package of commercial fertilizer sold, offered, or exposed for sale, for manurial purposes within this Commonwealth, except the dung of domestic animals, lime, marl, and wood-ashes, shall have plainly stamped thereon the name and address of the manufacturer or importer and his place of business, the net weight of the contents of the package, the brand or trade name of the fertilizer the package contains, and an analysis stating the percentage such fertilizer contains of nitrogen in an available form, of potash soluble in water, of soluble and reverted phosphoric acid, and of insoluble phosphoric acid. Section 2. Every manufacturer or importer of commercial fertilizers, as specified in section one of this act, shall, on or before the first day of January of each year, or before offering them for sale in this Commonwealth, file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture a statement of the names and number of brands of such commercial fertilizers, having distinct trade-names, that he shall offer for sale during the next ensuing year, and a copy of the analysis of each one of such brands of commercial fertilizers, as required by section one of this act. Section 3. In addition to the statement required by section two of this act, every manufacturer or importer of commercial fertilizers shall, on or before the first day of January of each year, or before offering them for sale in this Commonwealth, file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture an affidavit showing the amount of each brand of fertilizer, having a distinct trade-name, sold within the Commonwealth during the last preceding year; and if the said amount shall be one hundred tons or less, he or they shall pay or cause to be paid to the Secretary of Agriculture the sum of fifteen dollars for each and every brand of such commercial fertilizer, having a distinct trade name sold within the State during the last preceding year; and if the said amount shall exceed one hundred tons, |