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Commercial Fertilizers
in Kentucky, 1958 p
Including a Report on OHicial Fertilizer
Samples Analyzed
]uly-December, 1958
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University of Kentucky
Agricultural Experiment Station
Lexington

 
 FEED ANI) FERTILIZER DEPARTMENT I
KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ;
Bruce Poundstone, Head of Department
Robert Mathews, Asst. Adm. & Chief Inspector
Guy P. Zickefoose, Auditor-Inspector
David M. Daugherty, Registration Inspector
FIELD INSPECTION ~
M. M. Davis Neville Hulette Noel J. Howard
O. R. Wheeler W. M. Routt
IABORATORY
Harry R. Allen J. A. Shrader Lelah Gault
Valva Midkiff Gary R. Leslie Norma Holbrook
J. T. Adair Dewey H. Newman, Jr. Robert N. Price
Paul R. Caudill Jo Ann Dawson
CONTENTS
Page
Tonnage of Fertilizer Sold ................................................... 4
Plant Food or Nutrients ...................................................... 4
Fertilizer Grade ..... . ....................................................... 4
Number of Grades Needed in Kentucky .......................................... 4
Refunds ...................................................................... 5
Farmers' Samples ............................................................. 5
Fertilizer Guaranty .......... . ...... . ........................................ 6
Penalties for Violating Fertilizer I.aws ...................................... 6
Distribution of Fertilizer Sales in Kentucky by Counties ..................... 6
Explanationof "Standing of Manufacturers" .................................... 6
Standing of Manufacturers .................................................... 7
Companies Represented by Samples Reported in this Bulletin ................... 9
Tonnage of Mixed Fertilizer, Table A ......................................... l0
Tonnage of Fertilizer Materials, Table B .... . ................................ ll V
Summary of All Fertilizer Sold from January l thru December 3l, 1958,
Table C ......... . ...................................... . ................ ll
Explanation of Tables l, 2 and 3 ............................... . ............. l2
Explanation of Tables 4, 5 and 6 ............................................. 12
Analyses of Inspection Samples of Mixed Fertilizer, Superphosphates, and
Fertilizer Salts, Table l ......................... . .... . .............. .. l3
Analyses of Inspection Samples of Rock Phosphate, Basic Slag, Fused
Tricalcium Phosphate, Table 2 ........................................... 33
Analyses of Inspection Samples of Bones, Dried Manures, etc., Table 3 ........ 33
Analyses of Boron in Fertilizer Reported, Table 4 ............................ 34
Analyses of Sulfate of Potash where Guarantee was not met, Table 5 ........... 34
Analyses of Insecticides in Fertilizers Reported, Table 6 .... . ............... 34
This report compiled and prepared by David M. Daugherty and Bruce Poundstone
Analytical data by the Laboratory Staff

 4 REGULATORY BULLETIN 153
This bulletin contains results of analyses of official samples of commercial fertilizers
made during the period July 1 through December 31, 1958. The form of tables 1, Z and 3 have
been altered, somewhat, to provide a more readable presentation of the information. The name
of the dealer where each sample was secured has been omitted from this table.
Separate tables are provided for the results of analyses of boron and pesticides contained
in some fertilizers. A separate table is also provided to indicate the excess muriate of potas
equivalent where sulfate of potash was guaranteed but not met.
TONNAGE OF FERTILIZER SOLD
The tonnage of mixed fertilizer sold in 1958 was over 534,000 tons. This represents a
slight decline of about 5,000 tons from sales of commercial fertilizer in 1957. This slight
reduction in total tonnage was largely due to a drop in the sale of mixed materials of about
6,000 tons. The tonnage of mixed fertilizers in 1957 and 1958 were nearly equal.
Full details regarding the tonnage of commercial fertilizer sold during 1958 as reported
by manufacturersare given in Tables A, B and C.
PLANT FOODS OR NUTRIENTS
The minimum percentages of guaranteed plant foods, or nutrients, present in com ercial
fertilizers are printed on the bag as nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, and potash. These
are the nutrients needed by plants in largest amounts and also those in which the soil is
most likely deficient. The element corresponding to phosphoric acid is phosphorus and the
element corresponding to potash is potassium. Boron and zinc may also be guaranteed under
certain conditions.
FERTILIZER GRADE
A grade designates the minimum percentage of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, and
potash, in the fertilizer. A 5-10-15 grade means that the fertilizer contains 5 percent
nitrogen, 10 percent available phosphoric acid, and 15 percent potash. The nutrients are
always listed in this order. A O-Z0-0 grade refers to a superphosphate fertilizer containing
20 percent available phosphoric acid. A 0-0-60 grade refers to a potash fertilizer containing
60 percent potash
NUMBER OF GRADES NEEDED IN KENTUCKY
The Departments of Agronomy and Horticulture of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment
Station consider that nine ratios and minimum grades of mixed fertilizer, together with super-
phosphate, nitrogen and potash salts will answer the present needs of Kentucky agriculture.
A list of the nine ratios and minimum grades and corresponding higher analysis grades
recommended for field crops are shown below.
Ratio Minimum Grade Higher Analysis Grade
0-1-1 0-20-20 0-24-24, 0-30-30
0-1-2 0-10-20 0-20-40
0-2-1 0-16-8 0-20-10
1-1-1 10-10-10 12-12-12, 14-14-14
1-1-3 6-6-18
1-2-2 5-10-10 6-12-12, 8-16-16, 10-20-20
l-2-3 5-10-15 6-12-18, 9-18-27
1-3-2 4-12-8 8-24-16,*10-30-20
1-4-4 3-12-12 4-16-16, 5-20-20
* Temporarily discontinued in 1959.

 COM ERCIAL FERTILIZER IN KENTUCKY, FALL SEASON 1958 5
Higher grades of any ratio also are both recommended and encouraged. None of the recom- ·
mended minimu  grades of mixed fertilizer contain less than 20 units of plant food. Low grade
fertilizers are less economical because costs of mixing, bags, freight and other incidental
costs are the same per bag regardless of analysis.
There also is a distinct advantage to the manufacturer to hold the number of grades to a
minimum, since a smaller number of grades can be mixed and distributed more economically.
The Agronomy Department suggests grades in the following ratios for tobacco: 1-2-3,
l-2-2, l-l-3. Apply needed potash as sulfate of potash for tobacco. The other ratios listed
are for general field crops, meadows and pastures.
More detailed suggestions for fertilizing field crops, using the above ratios and grades,
are contained in Miscellaneous Circular 10 from this Station.
REFUNDS
When a sample of fertilizer is below the guaranteed analysis more than 0.8 units of
nitrogen, l.O units of available phosphoric acid or l.5 units of potash, or the combined rela-
tive value index shows the product deficient more than 2.00 units, the manufacturer of the
fertilizer and the dealer from whom the sample was obtained are given a special notice.
It is suggested to the manufacturer that a proportionate refund be made to all purchasers
of the stock of fertilizer whose names can be obtained from the dealer. If names of purchasers
cannot be obtained, the refund may be made to charity in the county where the fertilizer was
sold.
lf the shipment has not been sold at the time the notice is received, it must be either
relabeled so as to show the correct analysis or returned to the manufacturer for reworking.
A deficiency in one element as outlined above may not be offset by an overage in another element
in determining whether or not a refund, relabeling or reworking is required.
FARM RS' SAM LES
Anyone in Kentucky who buys a com ercial fertilizer for his own use may submit samples
for free analysis to the Department of Feed and Fertilizer, Agricultural Experiment Station,
Lexington 29, Kentucky.
1. Samples taken according to provisions of K. R. S. No. 250-360 through No. 250.480
{Kentucky Fertilizer Law.] - To make the sample official it should be taken according to
Section No. 250.440 of the statute referred to above. This section of the statute requires
that witnesses be present when the sample is taken. Copies of the statute may be obtained from
the Department of Feed and Fertilizer. _
2. Unofficial samples. - If an analysis is wanted for the purchaser's information only,
samples of fertilizer may be taken in the following manner:
Take portions (each about a handful) from 10 percent of the bags, unless this requires
portions from more than 20 bags. If there are less than l0 bags, sample all. Take samples
from as far down in the bags as possible. Place all portions on a clean paper and mix well.
Place about one quart in a tight container, mark the container with name and address of the
sender and send to the Department of Feed and Fertilizer, Agricultural Experiment Station,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
State in a letter the amount of fertilizer on hand, the number of bags sampled, and the
reason for wanting analysis. If analysis is materially below guaranty, a representative of the
Feed and Fertilizer Department may be sent to take an inspector's sample.

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FERTILIZER GUARANTY
Before a manufacturer can sell fertilizer in Kentucky, he must register each brand or
grade he proposes to sell with the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station in a manner
prescribed by the Director. This registration is the guaranty of the manufacturer. This
information must be printed on each bag of fertilizer offered for sale in Kentucky or on a
label attached to each bag supplied by the manufacturer. The information is as follows:
Brand name of fertilizer
Name and address of manufacturer •
Guaranteed analysis showing:
Nitrogen, percent
Available phosphoric acid, percent
Potash, from muriate or sulfate, percent
Total phosphoric acid is guaranteed in bone, dried manures and basic slag. Both total
and available phosphoric acid are guaranteed in rock phosphate and in fused tricalcium
phosphate.
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE FERTILIZER LAW
Any manufacturer, firm, dealer, or vendor who sells or exposes for sale in Kentucky 4
commercial fertilizer without complying with the provisions of the fertilizer law is subject
to a fine of from $100.00 to $500.00 for each offense. Furthermore, if a fertilizer is
short in net weight or short in the essential plant-food nutrients, a manufacturer, firm or I
dealer may not only be fined $100.00 to $500.00 for violating the fertilizer law, but "shall
be liable forreasonable damages sustained by the purchaser of such fertilizer."
DISTRIBUTION OF FERTILIZER SALES IN KENTUCKY BY COUNTIES
Reports showing sales of fertilizer by grades by counties are now available for six
months periods beginning July l, 1954. These data were compiled from copies of invoices
supplied by shippers of fertilizer. Copies may be had by writing to the Department of Feed
and Fertilizer, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.
EXPLANATION OF "STANDING OF MANUFACTURERS"
The standings of manufacturers as determined by the results of analysis of official
samples are given on pages 7 and 8. Purchasers of fertilizer can learn through a study of
this how well any manufacturer met his guarantee on the samples analyzed.
It should be noted that the first three columns of figures refer to nu ber of samples
and that the last three col mns refer to number of analysis of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. Attention is directed to the third column of figures which gives for each manufacturm
the percentage of samples which are equal to guaranty in all respect; and to colu n 6, which
gives the percentage of analysis which are equal to guaranty or within the tolerance. This
tolerance is on a sliding scale varying with the guarantee as follows:
‘ Percent Guarantee in Nitrogen,
Phosphoric Acid or Potash Tolerance
0- 9 0.2
l0-19 0.3
20-25 0.h
26-34 0.5
35-39 0.6
40-A9 0.7
50-59 0.8
60 or more 0.9

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COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER IN KENTUCKY, FALL SEASON 1958 7
Standing of Manufacturers, Based on Samples Equal to Guaranty in All Respects
and Analyses Within Tolerance — 1958
Analyses of
Sam les ,_ •;· • .1 ;  horic acid and  otash .
COMPANY Equal to guaranty Equal to guaranty or
Total in all res ects Total within tolerance**
Number Number Percent* Number Number Percent*
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. 14 12 86 18 18 100
American Agricultural Chemical 139 82 59 452 401 89
American Cyanamid 8 8 100 8 8 100
Amour Fertilizer Works 573 278 49 ' . 1,730 1,487 86
Louisville Fertilizer Co. 6 2 33 17 15 88
Tennessee Chemical 12 6 50 33 29 88
Associated Cooperative 36 25 ~ 69 72 66 92
Bartlett & O'Bryan Fertilizer Co. 40 9 23 115 69 60 ‘
Bluegrass Plant Food 126 55 44 403 341 85
The Borden Company l 1 -- 1 1 --
Buhner Fertilizer Company 8 6 75 26 24 92
Bunton Seed Company 6 3 50 18 15 B3 `
Burley Belt Plant Food Works 47 18 33 152 131 86
California Spray Chemical 2 2 —— 6 6 -—
Chilean Nitrate Sales Corporation 1 1 -- 1 1 —— '
Comercial Solvents 10 8 80 10 10 100
Coxmnonwealth Fertilizer Company 52 19 37 146 119 82
Consolidated Chemical Company
(See Price Chemical Company)
Cooperative Fertilizer Service 449 280 62 1,260 1,127 90
Cooperative Seed 8 Farm Supply
Service 3 3 -- 7 7 ——
Darling & Company 50 18 36 144 115 80
Davison Chemical Company 255 69 26 754 565 75
E. I. DuPont DeNem. 6; Company 1 l ·— 1 l -—
E'Town Anhydrous Ammonia 6 1 17 17 8 47
E'Town Fertilizer Company 19 7 37 61 53 8/
Farmers Fertilizer Company 13 6 46 40 34 85
Faesey S: Bestoff 1 l —- 3 3 -·-
Federal Chemical Company 421 147 35 1,274 1,003  
Hawthorne Laboratories 1 l -- 3 3 ·
Grace Chemical Company 5 5 100 5 5 110
Hillenmeyer Nurseries 1 1 -- 3 3 -·—
Hutson Chemical Company 32 17 53 84 70 83
Hydroponir: Chemical Company 1 l -- 3 3 ··-
International Min. & Chem. Corp. 229 87 38 708 568 AJ
Kentucky Fertilizer Works 45 19 42 141 121 86
Knoxville Fertilizer Company 177 97 55 535 465 87
Lan-0-Nan Warehouse 24 ll 46 65 47 72
Louisville Fertilizer Company -- 1 1 ——
(See Amour Fertilizer Works)
Mathieson Chemical Corporation 1 1 -— 1 l —-
Midsouth Chemical Company ll ll 100 ll ll 100
Mississippi Chemical Corporation 4 3 -· 4 4 —-
Mississippi River Chemical Corp. 2 2 —- 2 2 —-
Missouri Plant Food 17 13 76 45 43 96
Monsanto Chemical Company 4 4 —- 4 4 --
Morrison Farm Service l l -— 3 3 --
North American Fertilizer Co. 125 60 48 378 333 88
Ohio Valley Fertilizer Corp. 43 19 44 136 108 79
Phillips Petroleum Company 1 1 —- 1 l --
Price Chemical Company 72 47 65 233 216 93
Consolidated Chemical 15 9 60 50 46 92
Ra-Pid-Gro Corporation l —— -- 3 2 —-
Robin Jones Phosphate Company 3 l ——· 6 5 -—
Rottgering Distributing Company 1 —- —· 3 2 --
F. S. Royster Company 1 1 —· 3 3 —-

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Standing of Manufacturers, Based on Samples Equal to Guaranty in All Respects
and Anal ses Nithin Tolerance - 1958
Analyses of
Sam les nitro en  hos horic acid and  otas 
COMPANY Equal to guaranty Equal to guaranty or
Total in all res ects Total within to1erance**
Number Number Percent* Number Number Percent*
Schrock Fertilizer Service 2 2 -- 2 2 --
O. M. Scott & Sons 4 2 -- 12 ll —-
Sewerage Commission of Milwaukee l -- —— 2 2 --
The Smith Agricultural Chem. Co. 4 4 -- 12 12 --
Southern States
(See Cooperative Fertilizer Serv.)
Spencer Chemical Company 6 6 100 6 6 100
Stinson Farm Supply l —- ··- 2 1 --
Swift & Company 58 31 53 184 159 86
Tennessee Chemical Company
(See Amour Fertilizer Works)
Tennessee Corporation 114 65 57 343 304 89
Tri—State Chemical Company 36 14 39 96 77 80
U. S. Phosphoric, Div. Tenn. Corp. 1 1 -- 1 1 —-
U. S. Steel Corporation 1 1 -- 1 1 -—
Valley Counties of Kentucky 56 23 41 118 88 75
Victor Chemical Works 2 2 -- 6 6 -—
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. 211 124 59 629 562 89 ’
West Kentucky Liquid Fertilizer 43 7 16 119 85 71
TOTAL 3,656 1,762 48 10,732 9,053 84
A comparison of the totals in the above table with those for the year 1957 follows:
1957 1958
Number of samples, Total 3,610 3,656
Samples equal to guaranty in all respects 1,907 1,762
Percent 53 48
Analyses, Total 10,594 10,732
Equal to guaranty or within tolerance 9,016 9,053
Percent » 85 B4
* Percent is not indicated when number of samples is less than 5
** See "Tolerance Scale" on page 6

 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER IN KENTUCKY, FALL SEASON 1958 9
COMPANIES REPRESENTED BY SAMPLES REPORTED IN THIS BULLETIN
Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation International Minerals & Chemical Corp.
Nitrogen Division ·Lockland Station, Cincinnati, Ohio
40 Rector St., New York, New York
Kentucky Fertilizer Works
American Agricultural Chemical Company Winchester, Kentucky
50 Church St., New York, New York
Knoxville Fertilizer Company
American Cyanamid Company Knoxville, Tennessee
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y.
Land 0 Nan warehouse ·
Armour Fertilizer Works Sturgis, Kentucky
350 Hart Bldg., Atlanta, Georgia
Louisville Fertilizer Company
Associated Cooperative, Inc. Box 1088, Nashville, Tennessee .
312 Montgomery Avenue _
Sheffield, Alabama Mississippi Chemical Company
Yazoo City, Mississippi
Bartlett & O'Bryan Fertilizer Company
108 River Road, Owensboro, Kentucky Missouri Plant Food
Sikeston, Missouri
Bluegrass Plant Foods, Inc.
Cynthiana, Kentucky North American Fertilizer Company
Preston St. at Bergman, Louisville, Ky.
Burley Belt Plant Food Works
Lexington, Kentucky Price Chemical Company
Millers Lane, Louisville, Kentucky
California Spray Chemical Corporation
Lucas & Ortho Way Robin Jones Phosphate Company
Richmond, California 804 Church St., Nashville, Tennessee
Commercial Solvents Corporation 0. M. Scott & Sons Company
Sterlington, Louisiana Marysville, Ohio
Commonwealth Fertilizer Company, I¤¢· Schrock Fertilizer Service
Morgantown Rd., Russellville, Ky. Congerville, Illinois
Consolidated Chemicals Sewerage Commission
Millers Lane, Louisville, Kentucky Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cooperative Fertilizer Service Spencer Chemical Company
S. S. Bldg., Richmond, Virginia Box 604, Pittsburg, Kansas
Darling & Company Swift & Company
Chicago, Illinois Union Stock Yards, Illinois
Davison Chemical Corporation Tennessee Corporation
Baltimore, Maryland Lockland Station, Cincinnati, Ohio
E'Town Anhydrous A monia Company Tri-State Chemical Company
Elizabethtown, Kentucky Henderson, Kentucky
E'Town Fertilizer Company Valley Counties of Kentucky
Elizabethtown, Kentucky Box 35l, Murray, Kentucky
Faesey & Besthoff Virginia—Carolina Chemical Corporation
25 E. 26th St. Richmond
New York, New York Virginia
Farmers Fertilizer Company West Kentucky Liquid Fertilizer Company
Smiths Grove, Kentucky Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Federal Chemical Company
Starks Building, Louisville, Ky.
Hutson Chemical Company
Murray, Kentucky

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TABLE A. - Mixed Fertilizer Sales by Grades, Calendar Year, January 1 thru December 31, 1958, '
Kentucky. (Based on tonnage reports from manufacturers.)
 
January 1 thru July 1 thru
Grade June 30, 1958 December 31, 1958 Total _
(Tons) (Tons) (Tons)
0-10-20 209 32 241
0-12-12 342 49 391
0-20-10 65 3 68
0-20-20 6,282 2,115 8,397
0-25-25 383 45 428
0-30-30 1,615 386 2,001
2-12- 6 5,359 897 6,256
3- 9- 6 9,590 563 10,153
3- 9-18 300 55 355
3-12- 6 7,379 832 8,211
3-12-12 24,076 6,943 31,019
4- 8-12 195 119 314
4-12- 4 494 50 544
4-12- 8 58,112 23,032 81,144
4-16-16 3,920 888 4,808 .
1-10- 5 2,062 197 2,259
5-10-10 13,378 1,591 14,969
3-10-15 100,218 5,114 105,332
5-20-20 14,046 7,044 21,090 _
6- 6-18 11,827 861 12,688
6- 8- 6 20,987 1,209 22,196
6-10- 4 616 15 631
6-12-12 23,565 6,725 30,290
6-12-18 4,772 322 5,094
6-24-24 410 98 508
8- 8- 8 282 4 286
S-24-16 1,690 753 2,443
10-10-10 35,578 4,684 40,262
10-20-20 347 122 469
I0-30-20 1,160 1,183 2,343
12-12-12 4,171 998 5,169
14-14-14 1,330 64 1,394
>*Misce11aneous 11,778 4,517 16,295
TOTAL MIXED 366,538 71,510 438,048
*Grades registered by fewer than three companies and misoe11aneous grades with 1ow tonnage.

 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER IN KENTUCKY, FALL SEASON 1958 ll
TABLE B. - Fertilizer Sold as Straight Materials and Miscellaneous Products by Types,
Calendar Year, January 1 thru December 31, 1958, Kentucky. (Based on tonnage
reports from manufacturers.)
January 1 thru July 1 thru
Material June 30, 1958 December 31, 1958 Total
(Tons) (Tons) (Tons)
Nitrate of Soda 1,457 266 1,723
Ammonium Nitrate Lime, 20.57, 2 -- 2 '
Ammonium Sulfate, 20-217, 501 115 616
Cyanamid 365 1,274 1,639
Nitrogen Solutions, 24-49% 1,405 379 1,784
Ammonium Nitrate, 32.5-33.57. 23,726 10,755 34,481
Anhydrous Ammonia, 827. 2,300 613 2,913
Urea 163 30 193
Total Nitrogen Material 29,919 13,432 43,351
Soft Phosphate, 207, Total 869 447 1,316
Ground Rock Phosphate, 30-33% Total 3,467 4,783 8,250
Basic Slag, 8'Z. Total 120 -- 120
Superphosphate, 18-207, Available 16,845 3,298 20,143
Triple Superphosphate, 45-50% Available 978 199 1,177
Calcium Metaphosphate, 60-63% Available 4,141 2,838 6,979
Total Phosphate Material 26,420 11,565 ` 37,985
Sulfate of Potash Magnesia, 20.5-227, 733 115 S48
Sulfate of Potash, 48-522 5,101 187 5,288
Muriate of Potash, 60-62% 5,945 2,444 8,389
Total Potash Material 11,779 2,746 14,525
Dried Manures 248 99 347
Bone Meal 32 17 49
Sewage Sludge 29 58 87
Miscellaneous 58 33 91
Total Miscellaneous 367 207 574
TOTAL MATERIALS 68,485 27,950 96,435
TABLE C. - Summary of all fertilizer sold in Kentucky from January 1 thru December 31, 1958
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January 1 thru July 1 thru
Type June 30, 1958 D cember 31, 1958 Total
(Tons) (Tons) (Tons)
Mixed Fertilizers 366,538 71,510 438,04I.`
Straight Materials 68,485 27,950 96,435
TOTAL 435,023 99,460 534 4QS

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THE EXPLANATION OF TABLES l, 2 AND 3
The information given in Tables 1, 2 and 3 should be useful to farmers, agricultural work-
ers and company representatives in determining how closely a given manufacturer is meeting the
chemical guarantee printed on the bag for specific fertilizers. This may be done by comparing
the guarantee shown at the beginning of each listing of samples with the actual analysis in
the columns at the right, in terms of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid and potash.
The results of analyses of all inspection samples are given in Tables 1, 2 and 3. If an
analysis shows a deficiency of more than the allowable tolerance in the amount claimed for
nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potash, the result is indicated in the tables by an asterisk. An
additional means of comparing guarantees with the analysis of samples is in the percent of
relative value found, shown in the extreme right hand colu n of the tables. The following
examples illustrate how this relative value is calculated.
A 5-10-15 sulfate fertilizer is guaranteed to contain 5 units of nitrogen, l0 units of
available phosphoric acid and 15 units of potash. Factors for computing the relative values
of these plant foods are: 1 for potash, 2 for available phosphoric acid and 3 for nitrogen.
Thus the combined guaranteed value of the product represented is calculated by multiplying each
of the guaranteed percentages by their respective values; 5 times 3 for nitrogen, 10 times 2
for phosphoric acid, etc. Adding these products, it is found that a 5-10-15 fertilizer has a
value of 50.
The same procedure is followed for "found values." Assuming a sample of 5-10-15 was
found to contain 5.1 units of nitrogen, 10.2 units of available phosphoric acid and 15.1 units
of potash. The relative found value is computed by multiplying the found percent of nitrogen
by 3; that for phosphoric acid by 2 and potash by l. The sum of these products gives a computed
value of this sample of 50.8, which is divided by the value guaranteed (50) and multiplied by ’
100. This gives, as the percent of relative value found, 101.6. In the table, if the percent
of the relative value is 98 or less, this result is indicated by an asterisk.
In some samples a deficiency in one nutrient is accompanied by an over—run in another
nutrient. This is evidence if improper mixing or weighing by the manufacturer. Extreme varia-
tions of this kind cannot be attributed to separation of materials (segregmiu0, although this
may be a minor factor. Excess of one nutrient cannot compensate for deficiency of another
nutrient. The purchaser is entitled to receive the full guarantee in all nutrients as express-
ed by the manufacturers guarantee.
THE EXPLANATION OF TABLES 4, S, AND 6
The following tables show the analyses of fertilizer ingredients other than nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash. Table 4 provides information regarding the analysis of boron in
fertilizers. In Table 1 all fertilizers containing boron are footnoted. By referring to the
particular company involved in Table 4, the specific analysis for boron can be found for any
sample indicated by the sample number. Found values which are deficient below tolerance are
indicated by an underline.
In as much as it is necessary to indicate the source of potash for all fertilizers sold
in Kentucky, chemical analyses are made to determine whether the guarantee for sulphate of
potash is met. In Table l where sulphate of potash is guaranteed but not met, it is indicated
by a footnote and the percentage of the guarantee, equivalent to excess muriate of potash is
shown in Table 5.
Table 6 shows the results of analyses of pesticides contained in fertilizers. Fertilizer-
insecticide mixtures are footnoted in Table 1 and analyses can be fcund in Table 6. Analyses
below tolerance are underlined.

 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZEK IN KENTUCKY, FALL SEASON 1958 13
TABLE l.— Analyses of Inspection Samples of Mixed Fertilizers, Superphosphute, and Fertilizer S¤lts,July—December, l95B
Analyses deficient mare than ane»faurth of one percent and relative values at 98 percent or less indicated by asterisk. ‘
Mcnufccmre, _ Available Percent at
Grade N'"°9E" Phcsphcric P°l°Sl" Relative
Sample Number Acid Value Found
(Percent) (Percent) (Percent)
ALLIED CHEM l DYE CORP NIT DIV
AHMONI UH NI TRA TE
746 7 33.7 1 0 I
758 0 33.9 1 0 1
7589 33.9 1 O I V
764 7 332 99
971 1 33.9 1 O1
9732 33.8 1 01
AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL C0
O 20 20M
2004 20.4 19.3• 100
9653 20.6 1 8.5 • 1 0 0
— 9991 19.4• 21.7 101
O 20 20M HI TH 5 LB BDRAX PER 100(U
9655 20.1 15.4• 93•
3 12 1 2M
2006 3.1 1 3.0 1 23 1 06
695 0 3.4 1 2.9 1 2.2 1 0 7
7527 3.0 12.7 12.4 104
7528 3.1 123 12.9 104
9654 3.1 12.7 122 104
4 12 8M
2 005 42 1 3.1 6.2 10 7
695 1 4.1 1 2.7 8.5 1 05
969 7 43 1 2.6 8.0 1 05
9728 4.1 12.8 8.6 1 06
9905 4.1 12.1 8.7 1 03
9992 4.1 12.5 82 1 03
4 1 6 1 6M _
7530 42 162 15.7 101
7531 4.0 16.1 15.4• 99
6 1 2 1 2M
7529 62 12.0 12.7 102
9656 5.5• 123 12.1 99
1 O 6 4M
9 70 1 9.9 6.8 4.6 I 06
10 1 O I OM
9651 9.5• 10.5 10.0 99
SUPERPHOSPHATE
9652 1 8.0 I 0 0
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY
CALCIUM CYANAMID
698 4 2 1 .0 1 0 0
7 79 1 2 1 .0 1 0 0
996 0 2 1 2 1 0 1
AMMONIUM NITRATE
7699 3.3.9 1 01
9706 33.4 1 00
(1) SEE TABLE ·’~ FOR BORON ANALYSIS

 14 REGULATORY BULLETIN 153 l
TABLE l.- Analyses of Inspection Samples of Mixed Fertilizers, Superphosphute, and Fertilizer S¤lts,Ju|y-December, l958
Analyses deficient more than one-fourth ot one percent cmd relative values of 98 percent or less indicated by asterisk.
Munuyccmrgr V Available Percent of
Grade N"'°9E" Phasphoric P°*°$l" Relutrve
Snmple Number Acid Value Found
ARMOUR FER TIL I ZER WORKS (Percent) (Percent) (Percent)
 
0 20 20M
6932 20.1 193• 99
7566 20.0 20.7 101
O 20 2OH HITH 5 LB BOHAX PER 100(U
6931 19.8 21.0 101
7348 1 9.8 20.8 1 0 1
7405 22.0 23.5 1 13
0 25 25M
7660 21.9• 27.0 940
9658 26.7 22.5• 101
9671 23.8• 24.4• 960
0 25 25M HITH 5 LB BORAX PER 100(U
7661 21.6U 25.0 91 U
2 12 6M
7439 2.0 12.0 6.1 100
3 12 6H .
7466 3.1 12.6 6.6 105
9781 32 11.5• 72 103
3 12 12M
7437 3.1 11.9 12.7 102
7535 3.0 12.0 12.1 100
7543 2.9 12.0 12.0 99
9657 3.2 12.1 11.9 102
9666 3.4 12.0 11.9 102
9668 3.2 11.7 122 100
9699 32 11.9 12.7 102
9771 3.0 12.3 12.5 102
4 12 BH
6982 4.0 12.0 8.0 100
7370 4.0 12.1 8.8 102
7386 4.0 123 8.0 101
7406 4.1 12.0 8.1 101 .
7429 3.8 12.9 8.0 103
7444 3.9 1 1.8 82 99
74 78 3.5 13.0 82 104
7504 3.9 12.4 9.0 103
7565 3.8 12.0 92 101
7628 3.9 12.7 8.0 103
7645 42 1 1 .9 8.7 1 03
7665 3.9 12.4 8.0 101
7670 3.7t 12.8 7.9 101
7696 3.9 12.0 7.7• 99
7785 4.0 12.1 8.4 101
7797 43 1 1 .9 8.5 1 03
9660 42 12.0 82 102
966 4 42 1 1 .9 8.7 1 03
9670 42 12.0 8.5 103
9694 4.0 122 8.5 102
9772 3.8 13.0 9.0 105
9780 42 12.7 92 107
9929 4.1 122 8.4 103
9989 3.8 12.2 8.1 100
5 1 0 SH
9700 · 52 9.5 5.5 102
5 10 10H
6964 4.9 10.0 10.9 101
6976 52 10.1 103 102
7369 5.3 11.1 10.0 107
7371 5.0 103 10.1 102
7415 4.9 102 10.8 102
7666 4.8 9.9 10.1 98i
 
fl) QEE “l`¤\Bl.E 5 FOR BORON .\§L\LYSIS

 CO!lMERCL\L FERTILIZER IN KENTUCKY, FALL SMSON 1958 IS
TABLE l.— Analyses of Inspection Samples of Mixed Fertilizers, Superphospliute, und Fertilizer S¤|ts,Ju|y-December, l958
Analyses deficient mare than ane—laurth al ane percent and relative values of 98 percent or less indicated by asterisk.
Manufacturer _ Available Percent of
Grade N·*r<>g¢¤ Phaspharic Pcmsl" Relative
Sample Number Acid Value Found
(Percent) (Percent) (Percent)
ARMOUR FERTILIZER WORKS CONTINUED
5 10 10M CONTINUED
7671 4.9 1 03 9.40 99
96614 5.1 102 10.7 103
5 20 20M
7.351 5.0 1850 17.50 93•
7359 5.2 20.0 202 101
7446 5.1 1950 18.00 960
7662 52 19.00 202 98•
y 9714 4.7• 20.0 21.0 100
· 9761 4.70 19.50 21.1 99
9928 5.1 202 20.0 101
9934 5.0 1920 19.9 980
9974 5.1 19.7 19.9 99
9984 4.70 19.7 212 100
9990 4.7a 1950 19.10 960
5 20 _20M HITH 3 LB BORAX PER 100(l)
7.152 4.8 1 9.6 20.1 980
6 12 12M
6963 6.0 122 125 102
7387 6.0 13.0 102• 100
7428 550 12.6 125 100
7438 5.6• 11.40 13.0 970
7445 7.8 12.6 12.0 112
74 76 5.60 12.0 12.0 100
7629 5.9 122 12.7 101
9692 550 122 13.0 100
9693 5.70 11.9 12.9 100
8 24 1 6M
6988 79 23.9 162 100
6989 79 23.9 16.9 100
6990 7.60 22.7• 16.6 960
7567 7.9 24.0 17.1 101
7608 8.1 22.80 17.1 99
7667 7.8 23.6 16.4 99
7672 7.8 24.4 16.4 101
7673 7.9 23.7 16.7 100
9760 7.9 23.50 16.4 99
9797 7.60 22.90 165 97•
9971 7.8 24.0 165 100
1 0 1 0 1 OM
6975 8.60 1 0.7 9.8 9S•
7536 9.1• 1 0.4 9.9 97•
7544 10.0 112 10.0 104
7693 9,5• 1 0.1 10.0 980
965¤ 9.50 1 0..1 10.0 99
1 2 12 1 2M
7615 11.50 12.6 125 100
7680 11.60 12.0 13.0 100
SUPERPHOSPHA TE
6978 19.40 970
6981 203 102
7503 1 9.40 970
7664 20.5 103
7695 202 1 01
7764 21.1 105
/ 9665 1 920 960
9698 1 9.1 0 95 0
9773 1 9.40 970
99 72 19.9 100
HURIATE OF POTASH
7521 60.0 100
 
(I) SEE TABLE !• FOR BORON \N\l/{SIS

 16 REGUIATORY BULLETIN 153
TABLE l.- Analyses of Inspection Samples of Mixed Fertilizers, Superphnsphate, and Fertilizer Salts,July-December, 1958
Analyses deficient more than one-fourth of one percent and relative values af 98 percent or less indicated by asterisk. ·
M f I _ Available Percent at
Gnu Gcélbze N‘l'°9°" Phaspharic P°l°sl" Relative
Sample Number Acid Value Found
(Percent) (Percent) (Percent)
ASSOCIATED COOPERATIVE INC
1 4 1 4 1 4M
7613 143 14.0 13.50 100
9903 14.0 13.9 13.7 99
15 15 15M
9712 15.0 14.40 152 99
AMMONIUM NITRATE .
7584 33.5 100
7631 33.4 100
7690 33.3 99
9650 33.4 100
CALCIUM METAPHOSPHATE
7491 62.6 101 ·
7657 632 102
7691 61.8 100
9707 63.4 101
BARTLETT ( 0 BRYAN FERTILIZER CO
4 1 2 1 2M LIQUID
7775 2.7• 7.7• 9.1 • 68•
8 24 0 L1 GUID
7777 6.6• 19.5• 62•
10 1010M LIQUID
7776 8.9• 9.D• @.6• B9•
BLUEGRASS PLANT FOODS INC _
3 12 12M
7358 3.0 11.3• 143 102
4 12 SH
7610 4.0 12.1 8.0 100
999Q 4.0 11..9 8.6 101
5 20 20M
9976 4.9 18.B• 195• 96•
12 12 12M
2011 10.90 12.3 11.5O 96•
9975 1 O.8• 12.0 13.1 97•
BUNTON SEED COMPANY
6 12 sn ‘
7463 $.9 13.7 7.7 1 1 0
10 12 6H
7464 9s• 122* 7.4 101

 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER [N KENTUCKY, FALL SEASON 1958 17
TABLE l.- Analyses of Inspection Samples of Mixed Fertilizers, Superpltasphate, and Fertilizer Sa|ts,Ju|y»December, l958
Analyses deficient more than one-fourth at one percent and relative values of 98 percent or less indicated by asterisk. 1
Manufacturer _ Available Percent of
Grade N'"°9°" Phosphoric pcmsh Relative
Sample Number Acid Value Found
suiuey B1-:1. 1 PLANT raoa uamrs <"¤r¤¢¤*> (P¤r¢¤¤•¤ 
5 10 15S
9730 45 113 1310 101
10 1 O 10M .
9729 9.50 10.9 10.7 102
SUPERPHOSPHA TE
9647 20.7 103
CALIFORNIA SPRAY CHEMICAL CORP
1 O 5 5 LI GU ID
6933 1 O2 5.3 52 103
COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORPORATION
AMMONIUM NITRATE
7402 33.6 100
7571 33.5 100
758 I 33.7 101