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Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid, and Potash Consumption in the United States, by Years and by States, with Preliminary Figures for 1944 1
Author(s) -
Mehring A. L.,
Wallace Hilda M.,
Drain Mildred
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1945.00021962003700080002x
Subject(s) - potash , administration (probate law) , fertilizer , phosphoric acid , agricultural economics , library science , agriculture , political science , archaeology , history , agricultural science , engineering , law , environmental science , chemistry , economics , computer science , metallurgy , materials science , organic chemistry
ARTIME demands for high food production and postwar W planning have both increased the need for more detailed information on plant food3 consumption than has been obtainable in the past. Such information is often of greatest value immediately after the close of the period covered. Figures on the consumption of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash have been published annually in recent years for California (4),4 Indiana (zI), Minnesota (g), Missouri (r7), Ohio (IS) , and Wisconsin (7) by state authorities, and for all states for 1941 by this office ( IS ) . Similar figures for all states have been published also for thefiscal yearsended June30, 1934 (14), 1939 ( 1 3 ) ~ and 1943 (11). No series of plant food consumption data for an extended period of years, however, has hitherto been available on a comparable basis, either for the United States or for most of the individual states. Although the number of tons of fertilizers distributed by Government agencies has been published ( I , 22) and the total PZOS disposed of in this way from 1935 to 1943 in each state was given in the August 1944 issue of the Fertilizer Review, the figures on the nitrogen and potash contents and those for Pz06 for individual years are not easily found. The purpose of this paper is to give data regarding the consumption of the three principal plant nutrients by states for a series of years in order to show trends in usage and the effects of the war. The data for 1944 are preliminary and subject to revision in later publications.