HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



lliiy Fertilizer Keoiiomieally 



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mixing, bagging, shipping, collecting, etc., 

 is not buying what tlie faimer wants. 

 What he wants is plant food, and inevi- 

 table high-grade goods supply more plant 

 food for a dollar than low-grade goods. ; 

 Definite and irrevocable separation of 

 the sheep from the goats is not possible 

 but there is a general agreement that 

 goods carrying less than 14 per cent of 

 plant food are low-grade goods, and goods 

 carrying 14 per cent or more of plant 

 food are high-grade goods. Thus, a 

 2-8-2 fertilizer ,carrying a total of 12 

 per cent of plant food, is a low-grade 

 goods, and a 3-12-3 fertilizer, carrying 

 a total of 18 per cent of plant food, is 

 a high-giade goods. One ton of the 

 3-12-3 feitilizer is exactly equal to 3,000 

 pounds of the 2-8-2 fertilizer, but carries 

 only two-thirds as much overhead charge. 

 It is only fair to the trade to say that 

 manufacturers prefer to sell the more 

 economical high-grade goods and put out 

 low-grade goods only to meet the demand 

 for a cheap price per ton. Price per ton 

 melius nothing. Price per pound of plant 

 food in the true measure of value and 

 eeono'ini/. 



A List of Standardized Grades of 

 Mixed Fertilizers 



There is no experimental evidence 

 which warrants the existence of scores 

 of different grades of fertilizer. Agrono- 

 mists are agreed on that point. The mul- 

 tiplicity of different grades is an evil 

 which has grown up in the trade little 

 by little, one new grade added to meet 

 a special request, another to meet com- 

 petition, etc. The laige number of grades 

 entails a manufacturing cost which does 

 no one any good. 



In an attempt to correct this evil, the 

 New England agronomists and the fer- 

 tilizer manufacturers got together in 

 December ,1922, and agreed upon a list 

 of nine grades which, together with the 

 standard unmixed materials, are believed 

 to be adequate to meet all the soil and 

 crop needs of New England, so far as 

 our present knowledge goes. An im- 

 portant saving in cost will be effected if 

 farmers will limit their demands to the 

 standard unmixed materials and "The 

 New England Standard Nine" grades of 

 fertilizer. 



The above statements are from Ex- 

 tension Leaflet 74. Lack of space pre- 

 vents us from publishing the whole ar- 

 ticle here. Write to your County Agent j 

 for a copy. It is not only free, but it is 

 worth reading! 



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CHASE MOTOR COMPANY 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



24 Center Street 



Telephone 470 



The automobile depnj'tment ha.s all the students it can 

 teach this year. 



If you are thinking of taking- this course next year, apply 

 early. 



A young farmer just brought his tractor and truck to the 

 school for repairs. He wants to bring his auto. He is a 

 graduate of the Agricultural department. This means he is 

 up-to-date in his farm machinery and farming methods. 



Have you evei' visited the 



SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, 



NORTHAMPTON ? 



