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Categories: PURCHASING PLANT-FOOD

Notwithstanding all that has been done by the state to

acquaint the buying public with the composition of fertilizers, many

purchasers are guided in selection by the brand name, and that usually

is fanciful in character, no matter whether it be "Farmers' Friend" or

"Jones' Potato Fertilizer." In either case it may be far from friendly

to soil or pocket-book, and widely at variance with the needs of the

soil for which i
is purchased. The pretense of making a fertilizer

peculiarly adapted to the potato, or to wheat, or to corn would not

attract a single buyer if the public would compare the analyses of

these special crop fertilizers offered by manufacturers and note their

dissimilarity of composition. Any kind of a mixture may be given any

kind of a name. It is the composition that counts. The farmer is in the

market for nitrogen and phosphoric acid and potash, singly or combined,

for a certain soil, and all he wants is to know the number of pounds he

is getting, its availability, and its price per pound. Any added detail

not required by law is an impertinence.



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