INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS 



Made for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



This bulletin reports the analysis of 178 official samples of commercial fertilizers 

 and fertilizer materials submitted for analysis during the year ending June 30, 1958. 



The inspection of commercial fertilizers was made under the direction of the Honor- 

 able Perley f. Fitts, Commissioner of Agriculture. The samples were collected by Mr. 

 George H. Laramie, Fertilizer Control Supervisor. 



All questions relating to the New Hampshire Fertilizer Law and the registration 

 of fertilizers or fertilizer materials prior to sale in the state, should be directed to the 

 attention of the Fertilizer Control Supervisor, State House, Concord, New Hampshire. 

 This laboratory is responsible for the analysis only of official samples as submitted. 



The general character of the fertilizer and fertilizer materials sampled is shown by 

 the following classification. 



Complete fertilizer 115 



(Of these, 31 also carried a total Magnesium Oxide guar- 

 antee and 19 specified water-soluble Magnesium Oxide.) 



Phosphoric acid and potash 20 



(Of these 5 carried a boron guarantee in addition) 



Nitrogen 2 



Nitrogen and phosphoric acid 6 



Superphosphate 6 



Ammonium Nitrate 2 



Milorganite 



Urea 1 



Ground Bone 5 



Manure 17 



Cyanamid 1 



Muriate of Potash 2 



THE FERTILIZER LAW 



All persons concerned with the manufacture, distribution or use of commercial 

 fertilizers should acquaint themselves with the New Hampshire Commercial Fertilizer 

 Law. A booklet titled "New Hampshire Fertilizer Law and Rules and Regulations," may 

 be obtained by writing the State Department of Agriculture, State House, Concord, New 

 Hampshire. 



Quotation from the law concerning registration, guarantee and labeling of Commer- 

 cial Fertilizers in New Hampshire Follows: 



Sec. 4: Registration, (a) Each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer shall be 

 registered before being offered for sale, sold or distributed in this state. The application 

 for registration shall be submitted to the commissioner on forms furnished by the com- 

 missioner, and shall be accompanied by a fee, per brand, as follows: ten dollars for the 

 phosphoric acid, ten dollars for the nitrogen, ten dollars for the potash, and ten dollars 

 for the magnesium oxide, or other plant food elements, compounds or classes of com- 

 pounds; contained or claimed to be in the said brand of fertilizer; but the fee for any 

 brand shall not exceed twenty-five dollars. All registrations expire on or before January 

 1, annually. The application shall include the following information in the following 

 order: (1) The name and address of the person guaranteeing the fertilizer. (2) The 

 brand and grade. (3) The guaranteed analysis showing the minimum percentage of 



plant food claimed in the following order and form: Total nitrogen per cent; 



available phosphoric acid per cent; soluble potash per cent; unacidu- 



laied mineral phosphoric acid, and the degree of fineness. In the case of bone, tankage, 

 and other natural organic phosphate materials, only the total phosphoric acid need be 

 guaranteed. Additional plant food elements, determinable by chemical methods, may be 

 guaranteed only by permission of the commissioner by and with the advice of the director 

 of the agricultural experiment station. When any such additional plant foods are claimed, 

 they shall be included in the guarantee, and shall be subject to inspection and analysis 

 in accordance with the methods and regulations that may be prescribed by the com- 

 missioner. 



(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of commercial fer- 

 lilizer which is already registered hereunder by another person. 



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