Purchasing Fertilizers in New Hampshire 5 



Hillsborough county used the most (2623 tons) and Sullivan county 

 the smallest amount (538 tons) of lime under the 1943 Soil Conservation 

 program. The av-erage amount used per operator was 3.3 tons and 

 ranged from 2.7 tons in Belknap county to 4 tons in Coos countv. (See 

 Appendix, Table A-).) The average tonnage a year for the 1938-1943 

 period for each count)' is shown in Figure 5 . 



Reports from 195 producers* in three counties (Coos, Hillsborough, 

 and Rockingham) indicated that 76 per cent of the farmers used AAA 

 lime and took 68 per cent of their total tonnage from AAA. An aver- 

 age of 6.1 tons was used per farm. Those who reported acres treated 

 (140 farms) showed 1.2 tons used an acre and treatment of an average 

 of 4.1 acres a farm. (See Appendix, Table A-6.) 



2.500 



1943 



1944 



Figure 2. — Superphosphates consumed in New Hampshire 



Tons in terms of 20 per cent superphosphate 



Mixed Fertilizer Furnished by AAA 



In 1943, AAA furnished fertilizer of 0-14-14 analysis to New Hamp 

 shire farmers. The 1943 program may be summarized as follow: 



No. operators Tons received Deduct 



2624 



2358 



per ton 

 $31.06 



Average Assoc. 

 cost per ton 



$3.07 



Sum of 

 deductions 



$73,252 



This deduction of $31.06 is considerably less than the average price 

 paid for 0-14-14 from dealers. The average quotation of five companies 

 for southern New Hampshire was $40.51 at warehouse (included deliv- 

 ery in certain cases). One company quoted a car door price of $35.80. 



* Only those who took cash payments in addition to conservation materials are included in this 

 tabulation. 



