6 

 FERTILIZER TONNAGE. 



The tonnage of mixed and unmLxed fertilizers sold in Massachusetts from July 1, 

 1922, to July 1, 1923, as compared with the tormage sold during the same period for 

 the previous year, -was as follows : 



The fertilizer sold during the season was 2,277 tons less than for 1922. Of this 

 amount, 1,343 tons represented mixed and 934 tons unmixed materials. 



The following table shows the tonnage of each grade of mixed fertilizer sold, the 

 grades having been grouped to show high and low analysis mixtures. 



(a) Mixed Fertilizers. 



Complete Fertilizers. 



High-Analysis (14 Per Cent or over of 

 Available Plant Food). 



Grade. 



4-8-4 



5-4-5 



3-8-4 



5-8-7 



4-8-7 



4-6-10 



3-9-2 



6-6-4 



4-8-6 



3-8-3 



5-8-5 



7-3-5 



7-6-5 



6-8-10 . 



10-3-8 . 



6-8-7 



7-3-7 



3-8-8 



4-10-6 



3-10-3 . 



7-6-6 



5-10-5 



3-12-3 . 



3-6-10 



2-12-4 



3-8-6 



7-4^ 



7.5-2-10.5 



6-4-7 



7-8-3 



4.5-9-5 . 



6-4-4 



6-8-5 



7-5-2 



6-6-3 



4-7-5 



3-10-4 



2-8-4 



5-4-15 



6-3-5 



2-8-10 



1-10-3 



8-6-6 



5.5-5-5.5 



3-10-6 



4-8-2 



Tonnage. 



,992 

 ,653 

 ,386 



:,376 

 821 

 792 

 608' 

 495 

 486 

 442 

 433 

 398 

 385 

 317 

 317 

 284 

 271 

 251 

 211 

 211 

 209 

 195 

 195 

 188 

 185 

 180 

 178 

 156 

 154 

 148 

 148 

 147 

 142 

 133 

 132 

 132 

 119 

 110 

 97 

 95 

 92 

 83 

 82 

 75 



Brands. * 



Low-Analysis (less than 14 Per Cent of 

 Available Plant Food). 



Grade. 



5-3-5 . 



2-8-2 . 



2-8-3 . 



1-8-2 . 

 5-4-4 



3-6-4 . 



5-6-1 . 



4-4-4 . 



3-8-2 . 

 Miscellaneous 



Tonnage. 



2,201 



1,518 



1,407 



335 



165 



61 



52 



37 



21 



65 



Brands. ' 



1 The number of brands is omitted where it is less than five. 



