. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. Purchasing Fertilizers in New Hampshire 5 Hillsborough county used the most (2623 tons) and Sullivan county the smallest amount (538 tons) of lime under the 1943 Soil Conservation program. The av-erage amount used per operator was tons and ranged from tons in Belknap county to 4 tons in Coos countv. (See Appendix, Table A-).) The average tonnage a year for the 1938-1943 period for each count)' is shown in Figure 5. Reports from 195 producers* in three counties (Coos, Hillsborough, and Rockingham) indicated that 76 per cent of the farmers used A
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. Purchasing Fertilizers in New Hampshire 5 Hillsborough county used the most (2623 tons) and Sullivan county the smallest amount (538 tons) of lime under the 1943 Soil Conservation program. The av-erage amount used per operator was tons and ranged from tons in Belknap county to 4 tons in Coos countv. (See Appendix, Table A-).) The average tonnage a year for the 1938-1943 period for each count)' is shown in Figure 5. Reports from 195 producers* in three counties (Coos, Hillsborough, and Rockingham) indicated that 76 per cent of the farmers used AAA lime and took 68 per cent of their total tonnage from AAA. An aver- age of tons was used per farm. Those who reported acres treated (140 farms) showed tons used an acre and treatment of an average of acres a farm. (See Appendix, Table A-6.). 1943 1944 Figure 2.—Superphosphates consumed in New Hampshire Tons in terms of 20 per cent superphosphate Mixed Fertilizer Furnished by AAA In 1943, AAA furnished fertilizer of 0-14-14 analysis to New Hamp shire farmers. The 1943 program may be summarized as follow: No. operators Tons received Deduct 2624 2358 per ton $ Average Assoc. cost per ton $ Sum of deductions $73,252 This deduction of $ is considerably less than the average price paid for 0-14-14 from dealers. The average quotation of five companies for southern New Hampshire was $ at warehouse (included deliv- ery in certain cases). One company quoted a car door price of $ * Only those who took cash payments in addition to conservation materials are included in this Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
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