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quired, and the manufacturer would have to charge 



(1) for nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, - $35.00 



(2) mixing, handling, bagging, etc., 3 tons @ $7.15 - 15.00 



Total, $50.00 



or an advance on cost of raw materials of over forty 

 per cent, and in most cases still more. Besides this 

 you find your own labor in drawing, handling and 

 application increased to Just double the amount 

 needed for the other. I think this will show you 

 plain enough that your only safety lies in the use 

 of high-grade manures if you buy any of them. 

 The cheap goods are too dear, after all. 



Manufacturers in eastern states are legally re. 



quired to print on each bag or barrel a guaranteed 



analysis of the goods contained in it, if 



Safeguards they Sell at a higher price than ten dol- 



imposition. lars per ton. Usually fertilizers come 



fully up to the guaranteed standard, 



and often they go above it. 



Before we purchase any fertilizer, we should 

 know its real value. Suppose we have a brand 

 offered us under the following guaranteed analysis, 

 as printed on the bags or barrels: 



Nitrogen in ammonia, - - - 3 to 4 per cent. 



Soluble phosphoric acid, - - 6 to 8 " " 



Insoluble " " - - - 3 to 3 " " 



Total " " - - 8 to 11 •' " 



Potash (sulphate), - - - 8 to 10 " " 



Taking the lower figures as a basis for our calcu- 

 lation, we find in each 100 pounds of fertilizer: 

 3 pounds nitrogen @ 18i cents, - - - 55i 



6 " soluble phosphoric acid @ 8 cents, - 48 



2 " insoluble " " @ 2 cents, - 4 



8 " potash, @ 5i cents, - - - - 44 



Total, $1.5H 



or in one ton (2000 pounds) twenty times $1.51i, or 



