UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS By GEORGE ROBERTS. BULLETIN No. 157 (Berkeley, Cal., April, 1904.) SACRAMENTO : W. W. SHANNON, - - - SUPERINTENDENT STATE PRINTING. 1904. BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, Ph.D., LL.D., President of the University. EXPERIMENT STATION STAFF. E. W. HILGAPvD, Ph.D., LL.D., Director and Chemist. E. J. WICKSON, M.A., Horticulturist, and Superintendent, of Central Station Grounds. W. A. SETCHELL, Ph.D., Botanist. ELWOOD MEAD, M.S., C.E., Irrigation Engineer. R. H. LOUGHRIDGE, Ph.D., Agricultural Geologist and Soil Physicist. (Soils and Alkali.) C. W. WOODWORTH, M.S., Entomologist. M. E. JAFFA, M.S., Assistant Chemist. (Foods, Nutrition.) G. W. SHAW, M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Chemist. (Starches, Oils, Beet-Sugar.) GEORGE E. COLBY, M.S., Assistant Chemist. (Fruits, Waters, Insecticides.) RALPH E. SMITH, B.S., Plant Pathologist. A. R. WARD, B.S.A., D.V.M., Veterinarian, Bacteriologist. E. H. TWIGHT, B.Sc, Diploma E.A.M., Viticulturist. E. W. MAJOR, B.Agr., Animal Industry. A. V. STUBENRAUCH, M.S., Assistant Horticulturist, in charge of Substations. H. J. QUAYLE, A.B., Assistant Entomologist. WARREN T. CLARKE, B.S., Assistant Field Entomologist. H. M. HALL, M.S., Assistant Botanist. GEORGE ROBERTS, M.S., Assistant Chemist, in charge Fertilizer Control. C. A. TRIEBEL, Ph.G., Assistant in Agricultural Laboratory. C. A. COLMORE, B.S., Clerk to the Director. EMIL KELLNER, Foreman of Central Station Grounds. JOHN TUOHY, Patron, ) l r Tulare Substation, Tulare. JULIUS FORRER, Foreman, ) J. E. McCOMAS, Patron, Pomona, \ J. W. MILLS, Superintendent, Ontario, >■ Southern California Substation. JOHN H. BARBER, Assistant Superintendent, Ontario, ) A. A. KNOWLTON, Patron, ) „ M . „ y University Forestry Station, Chico. J. H. OOLEY, Workman in charge, ) ROY JONES, Patron, ) y University Forestry Station, Santa Monica. WM. SHUTT, Foreman, \ H. O. WOODWORTH, M.S., Foreman of Poultry Station, Petaluma. The Station publications (Reports and Bulletins), so long as avail- able, will be sent to any citizen of the State on application. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. By GEORGE ROBERTS. At the session of 1903 the State Legislature passed the following act to regulate the sale of commercial fertilizers: •CHAPTER CCXXV. — An act to regulate the sale of commercial fertilizers or materials used for manurial purposes, and to provide penalties for the infraction thereof, and means for the enforcement of the act. [Approved March 20, 1903.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Every lot, parcel, or package of commercial fertilizers or materials to be used for manurial purposes (excepting the dung of domestic animals), sold, offered, or exposed for sale, within this State, shall be accompanied by a plainly printed label, stating the name, brand, and trade mark, if any there be, under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer, importer, or dealer, the place of manu- facture, and a chemical analysis, stating the percentages claimed to be therein ; of nitrogen, specifying the form or forms in which it is present; of phosphoric acid, avail- able and insoluble ; and of potash, soluble in distilled water, and the materials from which all of said constituents are derived. All analyses are to be made according to the methods agreed upon by the American Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. In the case of those fertilizers, the selling price of which is less than eight dollars ($8) per ton, said label need only give a correct general statement of the nature and com- position of the fertilizer it accompanies. Sec. 2. No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale in this State, any pulverized leather, hair, ground hoofs, horns, or wool waste, raw, steamed, roasted, or in any form as a fertilizer, or as an ingredient of a fertilizer or manure, without an explicit statement of the fact; said statement to be conspicuously affixed to every package of such fertilizer or manure, and to accompany and go with every lot, parcel, or package of the same. Sec 3. The manufacturer, importer, agent of, or dealer in any commercial fertilizers, or materials used for manurial purposes, the selling price of which to the consumer is eight ($8) dollars or more per ton, shall, before the same is offered for sale, obtain a cer- tificate of registration from the Secretary of the Board of Regents of the University of California, countersigned by the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the said University, authorizing the sale of fertilizers in this State, and shall securely fix to each lot, parcel or package of fertilizer the word " registered " with the number of reg- istry. The manufacturer, importer, agent, or dealer, obtaining such registry, shall pay to the said Secretary the sum of fifty ($50) dollars, to be applied as provided in section nine of this act; such registration shall expire on the thirtieth day of June of the fiscal year for which it was given ; provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any agent whose principals shall have obtained a certificate of registration as herein 4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — EXPERIMENT STATION. provided. Every such manufacturer, importer, agent, or dealer, who makes or sells, or offers for sale, any such substances, under a name or brand, shall file, on or before the first day of July, in each year, a statement, under oath, with said Director, stating such name or brand, and stating the component parts in accordance with the provisions of section one of this act, of the substances to be sold, or offered for sale, or manufactured under each such name or brand. Sec. 4. The said Director shall annually, on or before the first day of September, take samples in accordance with the provisions of section five hereof of the substance made, sold, or offered for sale, under every such name or brand, and cause analyses to be made thereof in accordance with the provisions of section one hereof, and said analyses may include such other determinations as said Director may at any time deem advisable. Dealers in, or manufacturers of fertilizers, must give free access to the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, or his duly authorized deputy, to all the materials which they may place on the market for sale in California. Whenever the analysis certified by the said Director shall show a deficiency of not more than one fourth of one per cent of nitrogen, or one per cent of soluble or available phosphoric acid, or one half of one per cent of potash soluble in distilled water, the statement of the manufacturer or importer, as required in section one of this act, shall not be deemed to be false in the meaning of this act; provided, that this act shall not apply to sales of fer- tilizing materials made to a registered manufacturer of fertilizers, or to sales for export outside of this State ; provided further, that the said Director of the Agricultural Experi- ment Station of the University of California shall, upon the receipt of a sample of fer- tilizer, accompanied with a nominal fee of two ($2) dollars, furnish to the user of said commercial fertilizer, such examination or analysis of the sample as will substantially establish the conformity or non-conformity of the said fertilizer to the guarantee under which it was sold. Sec. 5. The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Cali- fornia, in person or by deputy, is hereby authorized to take a sample not exceeding two pounds in weight for analysis by the said Director, or his deputies, from any lot, parcel, or package of fertilizer, or material, or mixture of materials used for manurial purposes, which may be in the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent, or dealer, but said sample shall be drawn in the presence of said party or parties in interest, or their representatives. In lots of five tons or less, samples shall be drawn from at least ten packages, or, if less than ten packages are present, all shall be sampled; in lots of over five tons, not less than twenty packages shall be sampled. The samples so drawn shall be thoroughly mixed, and from it two equal samples shall be drawn and placed in glass vessels, carefully sealed, and a label placed on each, stating the name or brand of the fertilizer or material sampled, the name of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn, and the time and place of drawing; and said label shall also be signed by the said Director or his deputy making such inspection, and by the party or parties in interest, or their representatives present at the drawing and sealing of said samples. One of said duplicate samples shall be retained by the party whose stock was sampled, and the other by the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California. Sec 6. The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California shall publish in bulletin form, from time to time, at least annually, the results of the analysis hereinbefore provided, with such additional information as cir- cumstances may advise. Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated for the use of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California at Berkeley, Alameda County, as set forth in this act, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars for the equipment of a laboratory, with the chemicals and apparatus, and other incidentals necessary to the successful prosecution of the work. Sec. 8. In order to further provide for the necessary expenses of this work, there shall be paid by the manufacturer, importer, agent, or dealer, twenty-five cents for every ton of fertilizer sold, the selling price of which to the consumer is eight ($8) dollars or more per ton. A statement sworn to by the manufacturer, importer, agent, or dealer, of such sales, shall be rendered quarterly to the Secretary of the Board of Regents of COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 5 the University of California, accompanied by the corresponding amount of the special license fee as above specified ; provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the special license fee herein required, for any person acting as agent or seller for such manufacturer or importer, such agent or seller shall not be required to pay the special license fee named in this section. On receipt of said special license fee and statement, the said Secretary shall issue to the manufacturer, importer, agent, or dealer, a certificate of compliance with this section. Sec 9. All moneys, whether received from registry and analytical fees or special license fees, shall be paid to the Secretary of the Board of Regents of the University of California, for the use of said board in carrying out the provisions of this act. Sec. 10. Any party selling, offering, or exposing for sale, any commercial fertilizer without the statement required by section one of this act, or with a label stating that said fertilizer contains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents men- tioned in said section than is actually contained therein, except as provided for in section four, or respecting the sale of which all the provisions of this act have not been fully complied with, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty ($50) dollars and costs of action for the first offense, and one hundred ($100) dollars and costs of the action for each subsequent offense. Said fines to be paid into the school fund of the county in which conviction is had. Sec. 11. In any action, civil or criminal, in any court in this State, a certificate under the hand of said Director, and the seal of said University, stating the results of any analysis, purporting to have been made under the provisions of this act, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the sample or samples mentioned in said analysis or certificate were properly analyzed as in this act provided ; that such samples were taken as in this act provided ; that the substances analyzed contained the component parts stated in such certificate and analysis ; and that the samples were taken from the parcels or packages or lots mentioned or described in said certificate. Sec 12. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July first, nineteen hundred and three. The following is a list of dealers and manufacturers who registered for the year ending June 30, 1904, together with the names or brands of the fertilizers and the fertilizing materials which they offered for sale. The star (*) preceding a brand signifies that the fertilizer inspector was unable to find a sample on the market: Agricultural Chemical Works, Los Angeles, Cal. Registration No. 8. *The Woodbridge Apricot. The Woodbridge Orange and Lemon for Bat Guano. Heavy Soil. The Woodbridge Berry. The Woodbridge Orange and Lemon for *Bird Guano. Light Soil. *Blood Meal. The Woodbridge Orange and Lemon for *Fine Ground Bone. Non-fruiting Trees. *The Woodbridge Grape. The Woodbridge Peach. The Woodbridge Lawn. *The Woodbridge Potato. *The Woodbridge Lemon No. 1. *The Woodbridge Prune. ^Muriate of Potash. *The Woodbridge Rose. Nitrate of Soda. *Sulphate of Potash. *The Woodbridge Nursery. Superphosphate. *The Woodbridge Olive. Tankage. The Woodbridge Orange and Lemon *The Woodbridge Vegetable. No. 1. *The Woodbridge Walnut and Almond. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. American Agricultural Chemical Co., California Works, Los Angeles, Cal. Registration No. 1. *Acid Phosphate. Bradley's California Vegetable. *Coarse Raw Bone. Bradley's Fruit and Vine. Bradley's Special Fruit and Vine. *Bradley's Walnut. Bradley's Lawn. ♦Nitrate of Soda. Bradley's Nursery Stock. Bradley's Orange and Lemon. ♦Sulphate of Potash. The Armour Fertilizer Works, Los Angeles, Cal. Registration No. 7. Armour's Bone, Blood and Potash. Armour's Bone Meal. Armour's Acidulated Bone Meal. ♦Armour's Concentrated Superphosphate. Dried Blood. Armour's Fruit Special. Armour's Fruit and Vine Fertilizer. Armour's Lawn and Garden Fertilizer. Nitrate of Soda. Armour's Orange Tree Manure. ♦Sulphate of Potash. *Tankage. 'Muriate of Potash. Nitrate of Soda. Balfour, Guthrie & Co., San Francisco, Cal. Registration No. 10. Sulphate of Potash. Thomas Phosphate Powder. *Bone Meal. Citrus Special A. *Citrus Special B. ♦Lemon. ♦Meat Meal. T. A. Blakely, San Bernardino, Cal. Registration No. 15. ♦Muriate of Potash. ♦Nitrate of Soda. ♦Sulphate of Potash. ♦Treated Bone and Potash. California Fertilizer Works, San Francisco, Cal. Registration No. 3. *Acid Phosphate. ♦Blood. ♦Fish Guano. Fruit and Vine. ♦Special Fruit and Vine. Fruit, Orange and Vine. High Grade Ammoniated Bone Super- phosphate. *High Grade Bone Meal. *Lemon Tree (A). ♦Lemon Tree (M). ♦Muriate of Potash. ♦Nitrate of Soda. Nursery Stock. Odorless Lawn Dressing. ♦Orange Tree. ♦Orange Tree (B). ♦Orange Tree (C). ♦Orange Tree (E). ♦Orange Tree (0). Special Orange Tree. Peach. ♦Sulphate of Ammonia. ♦Sulphate of Potash. ♦Tankage. ♦Thomas Phosphate Powder. Truck and Berry. Cudahy Packing Co., South, Omaha, Neb. Registration No. 16. *Cudahy's Regular Blood and Bone. Hardy's Tankage. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. Charles S. Hardy, San Diego, Cal. Registration No. 17. Hawaiian Fertilizer Co., Ltd., San Francisco, Cal. Registration No. 19. *(A). *Sulphate of Potash. *Nitrate of Soda. *Thomas Phosphate Powder. Thomas Lewis, Sacramento, Cal. Registration No. 18. The Lewis Fertilizer. The Maier Fertilizer Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Registration No. 6. AA (Two formulas under the same name). T (Two formulas under the same name). Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co., New York. Registration No. 12. Mapes Fruit and Vine Manure. Mapes Orange Tree Manure. *Mapes Vegetable Manure. Mohr & Yoerk Packing Co., Sacramento, Cal. Registration No. 21. *Tankage, Slaughter House Refuse and Bones. S. M. Neely, San Diego, Cal. Registration No. 20. Bird Guano. N. Ohlandt & Co., San Francisco, Cal. Registration No. 4. *Bone Meal. *Ohlandt's Lawn Dressing. *Dissolved Bone Meal. *Orange and Lemon (N). *Double Manure Salt. *Orange and Lemon (NN). *Double Superphosphate. Peach, Almond and Prune (0). *Dried Blood. *Sulphate of Ammonia. Grape Fertilizer (00). Sulphate of Potash. Kainit. Superphosphate. *Muriate of Potash. Thomas Phosphate Powder. Nitrate of Soda. Vegetable Grower (000). Pacific Bone, Coal and Fertilizing Co., San Francisco, Cal. Registration No. 14. *AA. *Muriate of Potash. * Acidulated Bone Meal. *Nitrate of Soda. *B. Pure Bone Meal. *C. *Sulphate of Potash. *Double Superphosphate. *Thomas Phosphate Powder. EE. *S\vift's Diamond "A" Fertilizer. *Swift's Diamond ' -t Of? 3. o P Guaranteed as Derived From. CO s? >-3 o E 87 5.51 4.00 6.62 6.00 4.11 5.21 5.00 0.26 1.00 2.17 2.00 4.57 4.08 5.00 5.77 5.00 8.79 8.00 8.68 9.29 10.00 2.65 2.01 3.64 8.30 5.00 2.59 2.50 3.17 3.49 2.50 0.89 1.00 120 0.59 2.00 Nit.VBY.7Bn. " N _ it","Bl.rBn." 3.18 2.50 4.84 6.00 "3.38 0.92 6 7 0.55 0.54 2.62 2.95 3.02 8 16.00 15.50 0.85 1.15 1.71 1.75 11 12 88 89 5.15 4.40 5.72 6.58 5.00 4.64 4.41 6.52 6.00 6.47 5.48 5.79 6.00 7.52 7.50 4.54 6.00 6.04 6.00 7.35 6.93 6.00 18.91 17.00 13.33 1 4.85 5.32 3.96 2.92 5.00 5.87 5.21 5.05 4.00 3.05 4.29 3.47 2.00 5.44 4.50 8.37 6.00 2.39 2.00 1.24 1.29 2.00 0.92 1.10 2.542 10.00 9.72 9.68 9.50 10.00 10.51 9.62 11.57 10.00 9.52 9.77 9.26 8.00 12.96 12.00 12 91 12.00 8.43 8.00 8.59 8.22 8.00 19.83 18.10 15.87 12.00 3.94 2.90 2.94 2.86 4.79 4.05 4.65 4.61 4.00 3.32 3.85 2.98 3.00 3.18 3.12 3.14 3.00 2.92 2.50 2.91 2.50 2.67 2.50 3.19 3.14 3.00 11, 12— Nit., BL, Bn. 88, 89— Nit., BL, Bn.,BatG. "3.33 5.60 1.57 4.61 5.02 5.00 3.01 0.66 3.32 3.00 3.94 3.59 3.47 4.00 1.28 3.00 3.24 3.00 1.66 1.50 4.73 4.46 5.00 "4.90 "2.51 - 2.88 1.04 2.56 0.80 0.68 9 92 93 1.29 1.27 0.81 2.03 2.58 2.17 9— Nit., BL, Bn. 92, 93— Nit., BL, Bn., BatG. "Y.85 0.66 1.42 0.74 90 91 138 1.32 1.21 1.79 1.86 1.91 1.35 90, 91— Nit., BL, Bn., BatG. 138— Nit.,Bl.,Bn. a60 135 1.19 1.73 1.60 1.24 Nit., BL, Bn. 10 0.20 2.71 Nit., BL, Bn. 121 0.67 2.00 0.68 Nit., BL, Bn. Nit.V"BL,"Bn." 116 118 0.97 0.98 2.22 2.16 0.64 0.64 17 M4 4.161 0.792 4.95 0.80 5.00 In fine Tankage. 2 In medium Tankage. 18 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. F fo cr o S3 r+ o -i «3 Armour's Fruit and Vine Fertilizer.- Guaranteed Producers' Fruit Co., Lodi _ 27.08 26.60 194 Armour's Lawn and Garden Fertilizer Guaranteed . Producers' Fruit Co., Lodi 24.38 23.20 34 Nitrate of Soda Philip Rausch, Redlands. 49.72 Guaranteed 46.50 35 Armour's Orange Tree Manure do _. H. B. Henderson, Riverside 24.86 10<> Manufacturers 28.14 125 do Producers' Fruit Co., Newcastle 27.48 25.10 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. 19 a 1 o Pounds per Hundred. >-t o H Phosphoric Acid. Nitrogen. Potash. pi 3 > < 2- a; CD 3 O h3 o h- 1 CTQ & S' E Guaranteed as Derived From. CD CD o 3 gD 27 28 8.00 8.60 8.00 7.49 7.62 7.00 6.92 7.00 9.02 9.00 8.32 8.34 9.27 8.96 9.00 8.86 9.14 8.34 8.64 8.06 8.00 6.20 8.00 16.27 1 1.58 1.15 1.00 1.24 0.70 1.00 0.76 1.00 1.79 1.00 2.04 3.18 1.37 1.71 1.00 3.10 2.17 2.33 1.91 2.22 1.00 2.70 2.00 11.55 2 9.58 9.75 9.00 8.73 8.32 8.00 7.68 8.00 10.81 ' 10.00 10.36 11.52 10.64 10.67 10.00 11.96 11.31 10.67 10.55 10.28 9.00 8.90 10.00 27.82 24.00 21.13 18.00 2.98 2.70 0.48 0.52 3.46 3.22 3.30 2.96 3.20 2.90 3.68 3.50 4.19 4.10 4.04 3.87 4.00 4.20 4.10 3.69 3.47 3.62 3.76 3.75 3.70 4.82 4.00 BL, Bn., T., Bat G., Fs. G., Nit. BL, Bn., T., Bat G.,Fs. G.,Nit. Bl.,Bn., T., Bat G.,Fs. G., Nit. Bl.,Bn., T., Bat G., Fs. G., Nit. BL, Bn., T., Bat G., Fs. G., Nit. 2.41 3.55 4.00 4.90 5.67 5.00 9.90 10.00 1.58 1.50 1.78 1.52 1.95 1.78 1.50 2.72 2,47 2.91 3.42 3.17 3.00 7.53 7.00 .... 18 19 2.08 2.51 :::::; 0.88 0.69 0.66 0.68 20 2.83 0.85 0.70 21 3.63 0.56 22 23 98 99 3.04 2.09 2.47 2.66 1.00 1.78 1.53 1.54 .... 24 ^5 3.05 2.87 2.87 3.06 2.86 ::::;: 0.64 0.60 0.75 0.70 0.89 ---- 26 100 101 BL, Bn., T., Bat G.,Fs. G., Nit. BL, Bn., T., Nit. - 29 2.25 2.57 0.72 30 1.371 0.97 2 2.34 2.50 2.31 1.50 31 15.87 15.00 5.26 3.00 32 13.95 13.00 2.54 1.82 1.83 1.50 2.12 2.00 3.85 4.00 83 6.93 7.00 8.00 8.00 6.34 6.00 4.19 4.00 3.02 3.14 2.68 2.00 0.64 2.00 0.70 1.00 9.95 10.14 10.68 10.00 6.98 8.00 4.89 5.00 1.02 0.46 0.30 1.52 1.36 1.53 3.74 4.36 4.90 0.80 5^00 10.06 10.00 4.98 4.00 4.54 2.88 85 122 Nit.,BL,Bn., T. Nit.,BL, Bn.,T. 3.60 3.80 123 0.22 1.90 1.84 124 trace 3.85 Nit., BL, Bn.,T. 34 16.04 15.00 1.30 1.64 2.35 0.78 35 8.47 8.34 9.24 8.00 1.75 3.13 2.07 2.00 10.22 11.47 11.31 10.00 ""d.28 1.63 2.02 0.84 2.93 3.66 3.47 3.00 3.69 4.11 3.67 4.00 102 125 0.80 Nit.,BL,Bn.,T. 1 111 fine Bom a In medium Bone. 20 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. f P C O P o B C Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. From Whom Obtained. < CD o 1?6 Balfour, Guthrie & Co., San Francisco. Nitrate of Soda Guaranteed _- ._ . ._ B., G. & Co. 's Warehouse.. 48.05 46.50 87 *Sulphate of Potash . Beckman & Beattie, Lodi_ 59.95 Guaranteed .... 58.32 ?, /Thomas Phosphate Powder Guaranteed .... H. F. Bracher, Cupertino 18.59 1?7 B., G. & Co.'s Warehouse _ 17.33 17.89 88 *Thomas Phosphate Powder _-._.. Salt Broth ers , Oroville -_. 15.92 Guaranteed .. . .. . 15.55 105 T. A. Blakely, San Bernardino, Cal. Citrus Special A Manufacturer - _ 36.73 Guaranteed .. _ 26.00 39 California Fertilizer Works, San Francisco, Cal. *Fruit and Vine _ _ _ . W. W. Gillett, Palermo 29.34 Guaranteed .. ._ 26.65 86 /"Fruit, Orange, and Vine Sunnyside Vineyard Co., Fresno Sam Meyer, Healdsburg. . 31.40 1?8 do _. ... . .. 31.33 Guaranteed 27.05 82 /High Grade Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate Geo. W. Hume, Los Gatos _. 30.27 Guaranteed . . . .. ._ 28.82 40 *Nursery Stock Jas. Feely, Red Bluff 30.24 Guaranteed. - . 22.80 139 Nursery Stock _. . - Geo. D. Kellogg, Newcastle 29.57 130 do - Sam Meyer, Healdsburg _ 30.12 Guaranteed - ._ . 26.50 131 Odorless Lawn Dressing __ _ Geo. D. Kellogg, Newcastle 22.71 Guaranteed _ 21.23 133 Special Orange Tree Geo. D. Kellogg, Newcastle. . 28.32 Guaranteed . 24.65 117 /Peach Frank Tupper , Newcastle Geo. D. Kellogg, Newcastle _. __ 30.61 119 do _ _ 31.41 Guaranteed - 26.45 134 Truck and Berry._ .. . Geo. D. Kellogg, Newcastle. . 30.60 Guaranteed : _. 24.09 133 Special Formula __ Geo. D. Kellogg, Newcastle. . 33.13 Guaranteed 27.85 137 /Special Formula Guaranteed E. Clemens Horst Co., Perkins 30.28 28.73 4? Chas. S. Hardy, San Diego, Cal. Hardy's Tankage . Guaranteed - Manufacturer 31.88 23.10 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. 21 o 4 Pounds per Hundred. O Phosphoric Acid. Nitrogen. Potash. o o 2 pa 3 c CD 4 > 2. a; p 3 OS o a; o S3 03 o arq 2 ©" H o Guaranteed as Derived From. CO It H o '•■ 126 1 i 15.50 15.00 | 37 49.96 5.52 48.60 2 127 16.23> 14.88 1 3.93 2 20.16 4.08 2 18.96 19.45 17.61 38 13.38 1 4.23 2 16.90 12.76 10.00 8.45 7.00 105 9.20 5.00 7.03 4.50 8.55 9.39 8.00 10.91 14.00 6.65 5.00 8.59 8.49 8.00 3.56 5.00 1.42 2.50 0.25 3.94 4.19 4.00 2.65 2.50 3.25 3.02 2.50 Nit"," Bl.V Bn." Nit., Animal matter _ 7.04 8.41 4.00 4.00 10.00 8.03 7.70 7.00 11.04 39 1.72 0.93 5.42 86 128 2.73 11.28 1.94 j 11.33 2.09 1.19 "6.65 1.16 1.18 Nit., Animal matter :;:::: 0.78 0.52 8? 8.36 19.27 4.07 3.07 5.13 4.00 4.52 4.72 4.15 matter 4.25 40 2.96 3.00 2.56 2.69 2.00 9.61 8.00 11.15 11.18 10.00 13. 53 3 10.00 11.18 9.00 9.45 10.74 9.00 12.84 11.00 12.14 10.00 7.04 7.00 20.63 2.06 5.22 • 2.00 2.88 2.88 2.00 1.89 1.50 6.23 6.00 8.72 7.66 7.50 3.98 2.00 10.34 10.00 129 130 2.45 2.67 0.74 0.72 1.33 1.33 Nit., Animal matter ____ 0.60 131 2.90 3.30 1.38 132 8.92 7.00 8.52 9.08 7.00 9.83 8.00 9.35 8.00 4.97 4.00 16.92* 2.26 2.00 0.93 1.66 2.00 3.01 3.00 2.79 2.00 2.07 3.00 3.715 0.49 0.94 2.81 2.50 2.89 3.22 2.50 3.91 3.30 2.45 1.65 3.41 3.25 Nit., Animal matter 0.74 117 119 1.24 1.45 0.59 0.68 1.06 1.09 Nit., Animal matter 1.72 1.06 134 1.99 0.62 1.30 Nit., Animal matter 0.84 133 0.35 0.79 1.31 Nit., Animal matter 0.90 137 1.34 0.20 1.87 Nit., Animal matter 12.26 12.00 12.48 42 3.65* 0.805 4.45 4.50 12.00 1 In fine Powder. 2 In medium Powder. 3 From Thomas Phosphate Powder. 4 Tn fine Tankage. 5 In medium Tankage. 22 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. From Whom Obtain kd 81 114 115 43 103 44 104 45 46 106 54 47 48 50 51 52 53 r>') 56 Thomas Lewis, Sacramento, Cal. /"The Lewis Fertilizer do . do Guaranteed T. Reeves, Sacramento . Manufacturer L. L. Crocker, Loomis . The Maier Fertilizer Co., Los Angeles, Cal. AA AA Guaranteed. Guaranteed Guaranteed . G. W. Dickson, Riverside. Manufacturers G. W. Dickson, Riverside. Manufacturers Guaranteed. Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co., New York. Mapes Fruit and Vine Manure ___ Guaranteed Mapes Orange Tree Manure Guaranteed J. J. Prendergast, Redlands J. J. Prendergast, Redlands S. M. Neely, San Diego, Cal. Bird Guano I S. M. Neely, San Diego Guaranteed i N. Ohlandt & Co., San Francisco, Cal. ♦Acidulated Bone Black Guaranteed ♦Steamed Bone Meal. Guaranteed •Grape Fertilizer (00). Guaranteed *Kainit Guaranteed *Nitrate of Soda Guaranteed ♦Peach, Almond and Prune (0) Guaranteed ♦Sulphate of Potash Guaranteed ♦Thomas Phosphate Powder Guaranteed ♦Vegetable Grower (000) . . Guaranteed . F. R. Cook, San Jose . F. R. Cook, San Jose F. R. Cook, San Jose F. R. Cook, San Jose" F. R. Cook, San Jose" F. R. Cook, San Jose" F. R. Cook, San Jose" F. R. Cook, San Jose" F. R. Cook, San Jose* 19.47 6.60 6.35 18.32 24.23 24.70 28.85 27.20 20.66 20.30 24.53 12.40 28.61 24.25 24.38 22.86 40.74 33.72 21.55 19.35 28.37 25.10 42.57 39.80 12.69 12.00 45.94 41.85 33.68 26.90 58.46 57.60 17.43 14.72 40.89 36.80 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. 23 f 9 Pounds per Hundred. 9 O •< Phosphoric Acid. Nitrogen. Potash. 2 < 2. 9 a; S3 O S3" H o E 3 3 " GOfci ST? O 5" E Guaranteed as Derived From. 9 CD QQ 9 3 81 114 115 3.98 1.80 2.01 0.40 , 6.58 7.00 7.49 7.00 2.96 3.50 9.63 4.00 5.42 5.00 5.27 6.00 11.66 8.86 12.10 12.00 14.741 1.25 0.32 0.27 6.60 1.98 2.00 4.21 4.00 1.81 2.00 4.29 2.00 3.06 2.00 4.94 3.00 1.06 1.10 12.40 12.38 10.68 2 5.23 2.12 2.28 7.00 8.56 9.00 11.70 11.00 4.77 5.50 13.92 6.00 8.48 7.00 10.21 9.00 12.72 9.96 24.50 24.38 25.42 22.00 17.15 12.00 0.57 0.97 1.54 1.05 0.98 3.50 7.60 0.62 0.74 0.42 2.75 Sewage, Bl.,Fs. "Bl.7Bn.7T.--" ~B1.7Bn.7T"--" 43 103 44 3.42 3.50 4.32 4.00 4.82 4.50 3.31 2.00 0.86 3.26 3.00 2.91 3.00 .... Bl.,Bn.,T 104 2.30 1.65 3.51 3.29 8.25 6.97 Bl.,Bn.,T. . 45 1.18 0.26 Nit., Animal matter Nit., Animal matter 11.14 10.00 4.01 3.00 "i."74 1.08 46 2.41 0.30 0.80 1.04 106 0.75 1.97 5.53 1.43 2.30 ,54 0.61 47 1.491 1.082 2.57 2.50 2.61 3.00 48 12.08 10.00 5.07 2.00 ~t"~~7"7777 12.69 12.00 14.31 14.00 0.64 50 31.86 51 14.82 13.50 2.95 3.00 52 8.25 7.00 5.82 2.00 14.07 9.00 0.36 3.31 Nit.777777 - — 9.23 7.00 48.72 48.00 0.52 53 1.90 55 15.943 2.49* 18.43 16.00 17.19 12.00 56 13.27 10.00 3.92 2.00 1.69 2.31 4.00 4.00 Nit,T. _"_"" 8.59 9.00 0.54 In fine Bone. 2 In medium Bone. 3 In fine Powder. * In medium Powder. 24 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. From Whom Obtained. Pacific Bone, Coal and Fertilizing Co., San Francisco, Cal. /EE Guaranteed. 136 57 107 58 108 59 109 60 3 61 63 62 64 110 111 67 112 113 Pure Bone Meal Guaranteed Southern California Fertilizer Co., Ontario, Cal. 'Lawn and Nursery Guaranteed Eggers Vineyard Co., San Francisco. Cox Seed Co., San Francisco ._. Lawn and Nursery Guaranteed-.. H. P. D. Kingsbury, Redlands Manufacturers Orange Guaranteed . Orange Guaranteed . H. P. D. Kingsbury, Redlands Manufacturers ♦Orange and Lemon Guaranteed Orange Special _ . Guaranteed. H. P. D. Kingsbury, Redlands Manufacturers Swift & Co., Chicago, 111. ♦Swift's Diamond "D" Fertilizer Guaranteed /♦Swift's Diamond "E" Fertilizer ... Guaranteed C. B. Smith, Redlands Sweetwater Fruit Co., Bonita ♦Swift's Diamond "E" Fertilizer Guaranteed ♦Swift's Diamond "G" Fertilizer Guaranteed ♦Swift's Ground Dried Blood _ Guaran teed C. B. Smith, Redlands. C. B. Smith, Redlands . C. B. Smith, Redlands. Union Fertilizer Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Blood Guaranteed Bone Meal Guaranteed . Fruiting Guaranteed J. F. Jackson, Riverside. Manufacturers . Manufacturers. Orange and Lemon do do Guaranteed. _. J. F. Jackson, Riverside J. W. Freeman, Upland Manufacturers . .. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. 25 r 1 ?o a" o Pounds PER ] Hundred. Phosphoric Acid. Nitrogen. Potash g as 1 4 III g, i g, o E 3 3' O 00. s n ►a E Guaranteed as Derived From. CG C E 83 10.09 6.00 10.763 4.39 6.00 13.69* 14.48 12.00 24.45 22.00 10.68 10.00 9.93 9.00 13.30 12.00 11.24 10.00 13.65 11.00 11.64 11.00 21.85 19.00 18.29 16.00 19.09 16.00 17.35 19.00 1.10 0.94 1.33 3.37 3.00 Bn., Nit., Am. Sul., T i 4.98 5.00 ' 136 1.373 1.75* 3.12 2.50 2.29 1 .... 57 7.83 8.00 8.21 8.00 11.42 10.00 9.52 9.00 12.20 8.00 9.75 10.00 12.56 1 2.85 2.00 1.72 1.00 1.88 2.00 1.72 1.00 1.45 3.00 1.89 1.00 9.29 2 ... 2.23 4.52 5.00 5.60 5.00 4.19 3.30 3.98 3.30 3.86 3.50 4.56 4.12 Bn.,T.,Bl.,Nit. Nit.VT."Bn. -\ Bn., Bl., T., Nit. N~it,~T~rBn7-- Bm,"T", _ BL/Nit." Nit.7T.rBn."." Bn.7Bl.~,~Meat! 8.45 1.78 1.00 2.22 1.00 2.82 2.00 2.72 2.00 2.93 3.50 4.28 3.00 ib.bd 0.52 107 2.29 3.31 0.66 58 1.62 2.57 .... 108 1.50 2.48 0.68 59 1.61 2.25 0.58 109 2.09 2.47 0.76 60 1.341 0.952 2.29 1.65 5.61 4.94 5.46 5.00 4.48 3.25 14.09 8.68 3 7.73 10.56 4.041 1.422 0.78 Animal matter tf1 14.13 1 4.96 2 0.64 BL, Bn. _ 63 9.20 1 8.152 2.371 2.112 ~BL~~Bn~~ T.lll 4.09 5.0b 4.48 62 _ .. _ _ _ 13.00 64 13.90 12.00 3.86 3.00 1.84 110 3.933 16.77* 20.70 22.00 12.15 12.00 10.02 11.97 11.51 10.00 0.733 3.13* 111 10.98 10.00 8.25 10.35 8.56 8.00 1 1.17 2.00 1.77 1.62 2.95 2.00 1.41 0.86 4.11 4.00 3.48 3.46 3.38 3.00 4.84 5.00 3.53 3.94 3.18 3.50 0.96 Nit., Guano. ._ 67 112 113 0.74 0.73 0.58 0.60 0.67 0.72 2.14 2.06 2.08 !. 18 0.86 0.76 Nit, T., Guano 1 In fine Bone and Tankage. 2 i n medium Bone and Tankage. 3 In fine Bone. * In medium Bone. 26 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. r c o p o s 1= B c «> H Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. From Whom Obtained. <3 Pi V a o 69 West Coast Fertilizer Works, Los Angeles, Cal. *Double Superphosphate Guaranteed D. C. Twogood, Riverside 55.15 57.60 70 *No. 3 D. C. Twogood, Riverside - 25.11 Guaranteed 24.25 71 ^Special _ __ . D. C. Twogood, Riverside 22.45 Guaranteed . _. 24.25 72 *Standard D. C. Twogood, Riverside 24.08 Guaranteed 26.80 4 /Special Formula . __ A. G. Hubbard, Redlands 23.08 Guaranteed 24.60 73 Western Meat Co., San Francisco, Cal. W. M. Co. Bone Meal Manufacturers . _ 31.08 Guaranteed 29.70 74 W. M. Co. Tankage Manufacturers . 36.43 84 / do W. H. Britton, Morgan Hill 37.49 Guaranteed 35.00 Miscellaneous Fertilizing Materials. Sheeji Manure. Sample No. 75, sent by W. E. Sprott, Porterville— Phosphoric acid 1-47% Nitrogen 1.99 Potash 1.51 Wool Waste. Sample No. 77, sent by Theodore Eder, Perkins — Phosphoric acid 0.76% Nitrogen 1.03 Potash 1.45 Street Sweepings. Sample No. 79, sent by J. E. Woodruff, Redlands — Phosphoric acid 0.51% Nitrogen 0.31 Potash 0.18 It will be seen from the foregoing tables that nearly all goods sold in the State are pretty well up to guarantee. Especially is this true of the goods put on the market after the law went into effect. In some instances a brand has been short in one or two ingredients, but has had COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. ANALYSES AND VALUATIONS— Continued. 27 c o Pounds per Hundred. SB o Phosphoric Acid. Nitrogen. Potash. a a 3 P s CD 4 > 2. SB p CO O P o jzj » ? o So P 5" h3 o r+ Guaranteed as Derived From. K P © 0Q ►3 o 3 69 45.96 48.00 6.96 8.00 9.62 12.00 7.51 10.00 10.92 13.00 9.25 1 0.32 46.28 70 2.49 1.00 10.37 1.00 2.44 1.00 1.20 15.762 9.45 9.00 19.99 13.00 9.95 11.00 12.12 13.00 25.01 24.00 9.53 8.88 10.00 1.89 0.50 2.39 2.50 1.83 2.50 3.96 4.00 0.34 Bn., B1.,T., Nit. Bn., B1.,T., Nit. Bn., Bl., T., Nit. 6.83 5.00 0.56 1.00 1.24 1.00 6.95 7.50 71 0.46 1.37 _... 72 2.89 1.07 0.86 4 73 1.55 1 2.642 4.19 3.50 8.99 9.55 9.00 74 84 7.623 6.97 3 1.91* 1.91* 7.19 3 7.50 3 1.80* 2.05* 1 --I-- 1 In fine Bone. 2 In medium Bone. 3 In fine Tankage. 4 In medium Tankage. a compensating excess in the other ingredient or ingredients, which made the value on the analysis equal to or greater than the value on the guarantee. This does not indicate any dishonesty on the part of the manufacturer, but indicates poor mixing. It is gratifying to note that, as a class, the manufacturers doing business in the State are meet- ing their guarantees, and to all such the fertilizer law is a protection. REPORT OF SALES. The reports of sales required by Section 8 of the law showed the fol- lowing for the first two quarters of the fiscal year: Quarter ending September 30, 1903 1,404 tons. Quarter ending December 31, 1903 1,451 tons. The reports for the third quarter are not all in as this report goes to press, but the indications are that the sales will be approximately 4,000 tons. As has already been suggested, the fertilizer dealers give two reasons for these small sales, namely, the prolonged drought in southern Cali- fornia, and the poor prices received for the orange crop. 28 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. ECONOMY IN THE USE OF HIGH-GKADE FERTILIZERS. Farmers are advised to use fertilizers containing a high percentage of ingredients, for the reason that they are cheaper. A comparison of the following formulas will show why this is true. Suppose, for exam- ple, a fertilizer of this low-grade composition is offered: Phosphoric acid 6% = 600 lbs. 20% superphosphate. Nitrogen 2% = 275 lbs. blood and nitrate of soda. Potash 3% = 125 lbs. sulfate of potash. Total materials used 1,000 lbs. Filler required to make out the ton_ 1,000 lbs. Another of this higher-grade composition is offered : Phosphoric acid 12% = 1,200 lbs. 20% superphosphate. Nitrogen 4% = 550 lbs. blood and nitrate of soda. Potash 6% = 250 lbs. sulfate of potash. Total materials used 2,000 lbs. No filler required. Supposing the second formula to cost twice as much as the first, money will be saved by buying the second ; because, for the same amount of plant-food, only one half of the second would be needed per acre, and this would require but one half of the freight charges and one half the time spent in handling. Nor is this all. The filler is worth- less to the farmer, but it costs the fertilizer manufacturer as much to mix and handle the filler as it does the fertilizing materials them- selves, and he charges for the expense. Farmers have been heard to exclaim in surprise and disgust that they have seen fertilizers that actually contained sawdust, cinders, sand, etc. No doubt they have. The manufacturer is at liberty to use anything for a filler he chooses, so long as it is not an injurious material. The farmer himself is responsible for low-grade goods. He demands a fertilizer at a low price per ton, and the filler is absolutely necessary, but he is paying a very high price for the actual plant-food contained. If the farmer wants high-grade goods the manufacturers will gladly make them. THE NEW FERTILIZER LAW. The California fertilizer law is fully abreast of the times in its pro- visions. Its distinguishing feature is the requirement that the sources of the ingredients be stated on the labels. The wonder is that all State laws have not required this, but as a matter of fact only a few have done so. But this feature is more important in California than in any other State having a fertilizer law. As was suggested in the discussion of nitrogen, the nature of the climate and soil here make it highly accessary that the farmer know just what materials he is using. The Fertilizer Control is endeavoring to require the manufacturer to state COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 21) not only the total percentage of nitrogen and the materials from which it is derived, but also the amount present each of- nitric, ammoniacal, and organic nitrogen. The law clearly warrants this construction, and it is what was speciallyantended by its framers. Whether or not the Fertilizer Control is successful in carrying out the requirement, the consumers of fertilizers should demand this knowledge. Opposition to the requirement has come from only a very limited riumber of manufacturers, and the chief objection urged is that it would require the manufacturer to give away his secrets. This is not true, however. It is only required that the manufacturer give the information on the manufactured goods, and does not require him to state a single fact as to the process of manu- facture. The statement has been made that the farmer does not care to know of what materials his goods are made, and that he, as a rule, wants to leave the matter of selecting fertilizers for his crops to the manu- facturer. There may be a few farmers so averse to thinking for themselves that they want to do this, but it is to be hoped that at least ninety-nine per cent of the farmers in California are progressive enough to want to know why they use this or that formula; and to know this, requires that they shall know the full composition of the fertilizer, and what part each component in the fertilizer plays. It would be a hopeless state of affairs if our farmers were willing to commit them- selves to that practice, no matter how honest the manufacturers may be, and settle down into a state of "blissful ignorance." Such a placid resignation of the exercise of judgment on the part of the farmers would preclude the necessity for a fertilizer law, and the principle carried to its logical conclusion would also render nugatory many of the other efforts of the Agricultural College and the Experiment Station to familiarize farmers with the principles of rational agriculture. The Station has not the slightest desire to array the farmer against the manufacturer. It is its purpose to see that both sides get fair treat- ment, and it will always stand on this ground. There should be confi- dence between the two, but it should be a confidence born of intelligence, and not of blind faith. THE LABELING OF FERTILIZER PACKAGES. To be properly labeled each bag or package of fertilizer should bear the following information, which may be upon a tag attached to the bag or it may be printed on the bag, provided it is plainly done: The name and address of the manufacturer, and place of manufacture. The name or brand of fertilizer. "Registered" No A chemical analysis, giving the percentages of essential ingredients. A statement of the materials from which the essential ingredients are derived. REPORTS AND BULLETINS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION. REPORTS. 1896. Report of the Viticultural Work during the seasons 1887-93, with data regarding the Vintages of 1894-95. 1897. Resistant Vines, their Selection, Adaptation, and Grafting. Appendix to Viti- cultural Report for 1896. 1898 # Partial Report of Work of Agricultural Experiment Station for the years 1895-96 and 1896-97. 1900. Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station for the year 1897-98. 1902. Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station for 1898-1901. BULLETINS. No. 121. The Conservation of Soil Moisture and Economy in the Use of Irrigation Water. 125. Australian Saltbush. 127. Bench-Grafting Resistant Vines. 128. Nature, Value, and Utilization of Alkali Lands. 129. Report of the Condition of Olive Culture in California. 131. The Phylloxera of the Vine. 132. Feeding of Farm Animals. 133. Tolerance of Alkali by Various Cultures. 134. Report of Condition of Vineyards in Portions of Santa Clara Valley. 135. The Potato-Worm in California. 136. Erinose of the Vine. 137. Pickling Ripe and Green Olives. 138. Citrus Fruit Culture. 139. Orange and Lemon Rot. 140. Lands of the Colorado Delta in Salton Basin, and Supplement. 141. Deciduous Fruits at Paso Robles. 142. Grasshoppers in California. 143. California Peach-Tree Borer. 144. The Peach-Worm. 145. The Red Spider of Citrus Trees. 146. New Methods of Grafting and Budding Vines. 147. Culture Work of the Substations. 148. Resistant Vines and their Hybrids. 149. California Sugar Industry. 150. The Value of Oak Leaves for Forage. 151. Arsenical Insecticides. 152. Fumigation Dosage. 153. Spraying with Distillates. 154. Sulfur Sprays for Red Spider. 155. Directions for Spraying for the Codling-Moth. 156. Fowl Cholera. CIRCULARS. No. 1. Texas Fever. No. 7. Remedies for Insects. 2. Blackleg. 8. Laboratory Method of Water 3. Hog Cholera. Analysis. 4. Anthrax. 9. Asparagus Rust. 5. Contagious Abortion in Cows. 10. Reading Course in Economic 6. Methods of Physical and Chem- Entomology. ical Soil Analysis. 11. Fumigation Practice. Copies may be had by application to the Director of the Experiment Station, Berkeley, California.