Bulletin - Mississippi State College, Agricultural Experiment Station, Issue 49Agricultural Experiment Station, 1898 |
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66 Threefoot Bros acid in unmixed ACID PHOSPHATE con'd adulterated fertilizer Agricultural and Mechanical Atkinson-Bacot Average Guarantee B. B. AND POTASH Birmingham Bonner Bros Brand and Manufac bulletin Centreville cents For citrate-soluble certificate of analysis Citrate Soluble Collected commercial fertilizers Crystal Sp Guarantee Crystal Spr's Crystal Springs Ellisville Fertilizer Company Ford Bros Gallman Gloster GUANO Guarantee Lotterhos&Huber Hattiesburg Hazlehurst HORTICULTURIST Hymon I. M. Eagan Insoluble J. H. Eddleman KAINIT Laboratory Number Moisture-Per M. E. Gilbert Magnolia manufacturer or producer McCool Mechanical College Meridian MISSISSIPPI Myers & Egger Name of Brand Newton Nitrogen Nitrogen-Per Cent Number Moisture-Per Cent number of tags Osyka OX BRAND percentage Phosphoric Acid-Per Cent Potash-Per Cent Relative Value Sandersville season Seward & Fancher sold Summit T. J. Bostic T. M. Heidelberg tilizer turer University of California valuable elements W. B. MONTGOMERY W. H. Barron&Co W. L. HUTCHINSON W. L. Wellman Water Soluble water-soluble phosphoric acid Wesson
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Page 7 - ... in an available form, of potash soluble. in water, and of phosphoric acid, in an available form (soluble or reverted) as well as the total phosphoric acid.
Page 8 - ... who shall use one not sold to him by the State chemist, or who shall use one a second time, shall be guilty of forgery. SEC. 2072. The State chemist shall charge and collect for the analysis of each brand of fertilizer the sum of $15, and for enough tags for one ton of fertilizer 30 cents. SEC. 2073. The fees received by the State chemist shall be deposited with the treasurer of the agricultural and mechanical college, and shall be expended under the direction of the board of trustees in defraying...
Page 7 - The State chemist shall also analyze all fair samples of fertilizers properly certified and prepared which may be furnished to him by farmers and other purchasers for use free of charge, and shall give a certificate thereof.
Page 8 - ... with the year of sale, number of the tag, and a facsimile of his signature. Any person who shall counterfeit a fertilizer tag, or who shall use one not sold to him by the State chemist, or who shall use one a second time, shall be guilty of forgery.
Page 6 - Several analyses are given of most of the brands, together with the dealers selling: them, and under the analyses will be found the average of all analyses made, and the guarantees made by the manufacturer. A comparison of the analyses and average analysis with guarantee will show how well the goods sold agree with the claims made for them. FERTILIZER LAW. The fertilizer law is published here for the information of those who may not be familiar with it and is taken from Chapter 48, Annotated Code...
Page 6 - ' fertilizer," as used herein, includes all substances, chemicals, and compounds commonly known as commercial fertilizers, and all manures, except animal excrement, cotton seed, and unmixed cotton-seed products, whether natural or artificial products. SEC.
Page 7 - State chemist, and all fertilizers shall be analyzed by him; and his certificate of analysis, stating the percentage therein of nitrogen in an available form, of potash soluble in water, and of phosphoric acid in an available form, soluble or reverted, and of insoluble phosphoric acid, shall be posted, and kept posted in a conspicuous manner at every place where fertilizers are sold.
Page 7 - SEC. 2071. The State chemist shall have prepared a sufficient number of tags, of suitable material and form, with proper fastenings for attaching to packages, and having printed thereon the word "guaranteed...
Page 8 - The State chemist shall have prepared a sufficient number of tags, of suitable material and form, with proper fastenings for attaching to packages, and having printed thereon the word "guaranteed," with the year of sale, number of the tag, and a facsimile of his signature. Any person who shall counterfeit a fertilizer tag, or who shall use one not sold to him by the State chemist, or who shall use one a second time, shall...
Page 4 - The fertilizer season just passed has been a successful and satisfactory one. The goods offered for sale and sold have been, as a rule, good, as will be seen by a comparison of the analyses in the bulletin with the guarantees made by manufacturers. TERMS USED IN ANALYSES. Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid, and Potash are the three constituents in a fertilizer which give to it its value. They do not make up all of a fertilizer — in fact in most fertilizers other constituents are present in larger quantities...