Trade Values of Fertilizing Ingredients in Raw Materials and 



Chemicals. Season of 1895. 



Frequent inquiries lead us to believe that the following informa- 

 tion is timely : 



1895. 1894. 



Cents Cents 



per pound, per pound. 



Nitrogeu in ammonia salts 18|^ 19 



If itrogen in nitrates 15 14^ 



Organic nitrogen in dry and fine ground fish, meat, blood, and 



in high-grade mixed fertilizers 16^ 18^ 



Organic nitrogen in cotton-seed meal 12 15 



Organic nitrogen in fine ground bone and tankage 16 16^ 



Organic nitrogen in fine ground medium bone and tankage 14 15 



Organic nitrogen in medium bone and tankage 11 12 



Organic nitrogen in coarse bone and tankage 5 7 



Organic nitrogen in hair, horn shavings, and coarse fish scraps. 5 7 



Phosphoric acid soluble in water 6 6 



Phosphoric acid soluble in ammonium citrate 5|^ 5^ 



Phosphoric acid in fine boue and tankage 5^ 5J- 



Phosphoric acid in fine medium bone and tankage 4^ 4^ 



Phosphoric acid in medium bone and tankage 3 3 



Phosphoric acid in coarse bone and tankage 2 2 



Phosphoric acid in fine ground fish, cotton-seed meal, and wood 



ashes 5 5 



Phosphoric acid insoluble (in am. cit.) in mixed fertilizers 2 2 



Potash as high grade sulphate, and in mixtures free from 



muriate 5J 5 



Potash as muriate ii 4i 



The manurial constituents contained in feedstuffs are valued as 

 follows : 



Organic nitrogen 15 15 



Phosphoric acid 5 5 



Potash 5i 5 



In applying the foregoing prices to the guaranteed analysis of a 

 commercial fertilizer it should be remembered that no allowance 

 has been made for mixing the fertilizer, commission or freight to 

 interior points, as the prices given are the average wholesale prices 



