. Regulatory Series, Bulletin No. 34 June, 1943 I
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station _
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ‘
THOMAS P. COOPER, Director
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. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS IN KENTUCKY
IN 1942
By J. D. TURNER, H. R. ALLEN and LELAH GAULT
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_ Sales by grades, Table 1 ...... 2 Points a dealer should con-
Grades of mixed fertilizer slder -—----·---------------·-----··-------- 8
used in Kentucky in 1943 2 Points a manufacturer
I ’ Use high-grade fertilizers. 3 should consider ................ 9 ’
" Fel`mel"s guide -------—··----·-·--· 3 Explanation of tables .......... 10
Grew mere legumes and Standing of manufacturers,
save farm byproducts ........ 4 Table 2 ________________________________ 11
Function of plant nutrients 5 Analyses Of inspection Sam:
Farmers samples -----—-—-··-----·— 6 ples of mixed fertilizers, »—
Information and guaranty superphosphate, and fer-
tag ........................................ 6 tilizer salts, Table 3 ..,......... 12
Penalties for violating the Analyses of inspection sem-
lerllllzer Iew --·---—---—--··-··--·- 7 ples of bone, rock phos-
V Points a farmer should con- phate, and basic slag,
sider in buying fertilizer 8 Table 4 ................................ 54 ·
· This bulletin contains the results of inspection and analyses
of eonnnercial fertilizers sold in Kentucky during 1942 and t
other information and suggestions relative to the purchasing and
use of fertilizers. Estimated from the license tags issued,
146,400 tons of fertilizer were sold, an increase of about 20 per-
‘ cent over the tonnage for 1941. About 59 percent of this was s ‘
mixed fertilizer, 38 percent was superphosphate, and the
l _ remainder fertilizer salts and other materials.
_ In addition, 192,109 tons of 20-percent supcrphosphate
were distributed to Kentucky farmers by the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration of the United States Department of
Agriculture.