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ANALYSES OF OFFICIAL
  FERTILIZER SAMPLES
by the
FEED AND FERTILIZER DEPARTMENT
KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Semi-Annual Report
Spring Season
January-June, 1955
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

 FE ED AND FERTILIZER DEPARTMENT
KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Bruce Poundstone, Head of Department
FIELD INSPECTION
Robert Mathews Otis R. Wheeler Noel J. Howard
Neville Hulette Robert B. Simon JosiahE. Anderson
LABORATORY
Harry R. Allen J. A. Shrader Lelah Gault
Valva Midkiff Joan Ryan Thelma S. Anderson
Louise Jett Charles Broaddus Robert N. Price
CONTENTS
Page
Explanation of Tables ............................ 3
Companies Represented by Samples Reported in This Bulletin ______ 4
Table l, - Analyses of Inspection Samples of Mixed Fertilizer, Super- _
phosphate and Fertilizer Salts, January-June 1955 .......... 6
Table 2, - Analyses of Inspection Samples of Rock Phosphate, Basic Slag,
Fused Tricalcium Phosphate, January-June 1955 ........... 53
Table 3, - Analyses of Inspection Samples of Bone, Dried Manures etc. , n
January-June 1955 ........................... 54

 Commercial Fertilizer in Kentucky, Spring Season l955
This bulletin contains analyses of official samples of commercial fertilizers offered for
sale in Kentucky between January 1, 1955 and June 30, 1955.
As in the last two bulletins, Tables 1, 2 and 3 of this bulletin are somewhat more con-
densed. The names of the manufacturers are abbreviated. Also the name of the dealer
is indicated but the town has been omitted. lt is hoped, however, that sufficient infor-
mation is given to indicate clearly the company, the fertilizer plant, and the dealer
responsible for every sample. The fu.1.l names and addresses of all companies represented
by samples in this report are given on Page 4 and 5. Anyone desiring the full address of a
dealer from whose warehouse a sample was taken may secure this information by writing
to the Departmelnt of Feed and Fertilizer.
EXPLANATION OF TABLES
The information given should be useful to farmers, agricultural workers, and company
representatives to determine how closely a given manufacturer is meeting the chemical
guarantee printed on the bag for all or specific fertilizers. This may be done by com-
paring the guarantee shown at the beginning of each listing of sample with the actual
analysis in the columns at the right in terms of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, and
potash.
An additional means of comparing guarantees with the analysis of samples is in the per-
cent of relative value found, shown in the extreme right-hand column. The following
examples illustrate how this relative value is calculated:
A 5-10-15 Sulfate fertilizer is guaranteed to contain 5 units of nitrogen, 10 units
of available phosphoric acid, and 15 units of potash. Factors for computing the
relative values of these plant foods are: 1 for potash, Z for available phosphoric
acid and 3 for nitrogen. Thus the combined guaranteed value of the product
represented is calculated:
l 5. O units of Nitrogen X 3 . 15. 0
10. 0 units of Available Phosphoric Acid X 2 = Z0. 0
15.0 units of Potash X 1 = 15.0
Total computed guaranteed value 50. 0
The same procedure is followed for "found values". Assuming a sample of 5-10-15
was found to contain 5. 1 units of nitrogen, l0. Z units of available phosphoric acid and
15.1 units of potash. The relative found value is computed:
5.1 units of Nitrogen X 3 . 15. 3
10. 2 units of Available Phosphoric Acid X Z . 20. 4
15.1 units of Potash X l . 15.1
Total computed value 50. 8
50. 8 (computed value of sample) divided by 50. 0 (computed guaranteed value)
times 100 (to arrive at percentage) gives 101. 6 as the percent of relative
value found.

 4 REGULATORY BULLETIN 124
COMPANIES REPRESENTED BY SAMPLES REPORTED IN THIS BULLETIN
Allied Chemical& Dye Corporation Darling & Co.
Nitrogen Division 4Z0lS.Ashla.ndAve. , Chicago 9, Ill.
40 Rector St. , New York, N.Y.
Davison Chemical Corporation
AmericanAgriculturalChemlCal C0. Box 1009, 54thAvenue, North
50 ChurchSt. , New York, N.Y. Nashville, Tennessee
American Cyanamid Co. Box 350, W. 10th St.
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y. New Albany, Indiana
American Liquid Fertilizer Co. Elizabethtown Fertilizer Co.
ZndSt.& St. Clair, Marietta, Ohio 716 East Dixie Avenue
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Armour Fertilizer Works
350 HartBldg. , Atlanta, Georgia .1. H. Erbrich Products Co.
East 32nd & Monon R. R.
Bartow, Florida Indianapolis 7, Indiana
St. Bernardsta. , Cincinnati l7,0hio Th€E•TOwn Anhydrous Ammonia C0_
_ First Hardin National Bank Bldg.
14th & Watt St. , Jeffersonville, Ind. Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Box 1088, Nashville, Tennessee Federal Chemical CO.
_ _ Columbus, Ohio
Associated Cooperatives Inc.
312 MontgomeryAve. ,Sheffield, Ala. Henderson. Kentucky
Bartlett It O'Bryan Fertilizer Co. Humboltl Temwssee
108 River Road, Owensboro, Ky.
Starks Bldg. , Louisville, Ky.
Bluegrass Plant Foods Inc.
Cynthiana, Kentucky Nashville 9, Tennessee
Danville. Keml-1ckY Hutson Chemical Co.
Murray, Kentucky
The Buhner Fertilizer Co. , Inc.
Seymour, Indiana International Minerals Lz Chemical Corp.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Bunton Seed Co. V
300-312 E. Jefferson Street Box 224, Greenville, Tennessee
Louisville, Kentucky
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, lll.
Burley Belt Plant Food Works _ _ _
Route *4, Lexington, Kentucky Lockland Sta. , Cincirmati 15, O.
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Chilean Nitrate Sales Corporation Ox 69' C1"’k“"‘"° Tennessee
120 Broadway, NewYork 5, N.Y. somgrsen Kentucky
Commercial Solvents Corporation Kentucky Fertilizer Works
260 MadisonAve. , New York 16, N.Y. 222 Cook Ave. , Winchester, Ky.
Commonwealth Fertilizer Co. , Inc. KHUXVUIG Féfiililvf C0.
Morgantown Rd. , Russellville, Ky. Box 274. L¤¤d¤¤. Kentucky
Consolidated Chemical co. K¤¤>