Station Bulletin 362 



Figure 3. — Superphosphates furnished New Hampshire counties by AAA - 1943 



The actual average, direct cash cost to the farmer of the 0-14-14 from 

 AAA was $3.07 a ton ($3.00 southern New Hampshire and $3.20 north- 

 ern New Hampshire). 



Size of Fertilizer Purchases Made by Farmers 



The majority of New Hampshire farmers buy less than five tons of 

 fertilizer per year. Reports from 137 farmers who bought 338 tons in 

 representative areas, in 1941, indicated that 86 per cent bought less than 

 five tons per year. Over half hauled their own. 



Table 1. — Fertilizer Purchases by N. H. Farmers in 1941 



% farms in each size group 

 % tonnage in each size 



group 

 % farmers hauling own in 



each size group 

 % tonnage hauled by farmers 



in each group 

 % season's supply delivered 



at one time 



In data obtained in 1943 from several hundred farmers who took both ma- 

 terials and cash payments under the Soil Conservation program, it was found 

 that almost two-thirds of the farmers bought superphosphate and 0-14-14 in 

 lots of one ton or more, but under five tons. 



