FERTILIZERS. 



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Cask retail cost per ponm<, of nitro'jen, phosphoric acid, and potash in Connecticut. 



[Spring mouths, 1896.] 



Xitro<jen. 



Nitrate of soda 



Sulphate of ammonia 



Prinio hulled cotton-seed meal 



TJnhiiUed cotton-seed meal 



LinS' ed meal 



Castor pomace 



Dry fish 



Available xiliosphoric acid. 



Dissolved boneblack 



Acid pliosishate 



Potaih noluble in water. 



Muriate of potash 



Hi^h-gi-ade sulphate 



Low-grade sulphate 



Cotton-lmll ashes 



Ground tobacco stems 



Minimum. 



Cents. 

 12.7 

 15.5 

 11.2 

 14.3 

 12.3 

 15.5 

 11. -i 



5.9 

 4.2 



3.9 

 4.9 

 4.9 

 3.8 

 5.7 



Maximum. 



Ceitts. 

 15.0 

 16.8 

 15.5 

 16.8 

 13.7 

 18.2 

 16.6 



7.4 

 6.6 



4.3 

 5.2 

 6.3 

 10.9 



Average. 



Cents. 

 14.20 

 16.20 

 12.70 

 15.50 

 12. 90 

 17.00 

 14.50 



6.60 

 4.80 



4.16 

 5.10 

 5.60 

 6.60 

 7.30 



Wisconsin's fertilizer law, W. A. Henry ( Wiscoiisin Sfa. Bui. 47, 

 pp. ()'). — The text of the huv which was passed by the legislature of 

 1895 and which went into effect December 1, 1895, is given, with notes 

 on the value and importance of commercial fertilizers and the need 

 and advantages of State supervision and control of the industry. 



The principal provisions of the law are as follows: All goods selling 

 for $10 or moie per ton are subject to the law; each package must bear 

 besides tlie usual statement of weight, name of brand, name of manu- 

 facturer, etc., a guaranty of " the percentage of nitrogen in an available 

 form, the percentage of potash soluble in water, and the percentage of 

 available i^hosphoric acid, soluble and reverted, as well as total phos- 

 piioric acid 5" a sealed sample of not less than 1 lb. sworn to " correspond 

 within reasonable limits to the fertilizers which it represents," and 

 accompanied by a copy of the statements to be used on each package 

 is to be sent to the Director of the Wisconsin Experiment Station 

 between December 1 and 31, who is to analyze these samples, and 

 report the results in a station pnbli<'ation on or before April 1 follow- 

 ing; the director's certificate of compliance with the provisions of the 

 law constitutes a license for sale, and for this the manufacturer or 

 dealer must pay into the station treasury an annual fee of $25 for each 

 brand put on the market. The sale of additional brands, may be pro- 

 vided for during the year by tiling samjjles, aflklavits, etc., as above, 

 1 month before the fertilizers are put on the market and by paying" 

 a fee of $50. The director, or his deputy, is authorized to take sam- 

 ples, under the usual restrictions, of any fertilizers offered for sale in 

 the State, and to analyze them and report the results; and he is also 

 duly empowered to enforce the provisions of the act and prosecute 

 violations of the same. 



