REPORT OF ANALYSES OF SAMPLES OF COM- 

 MERCIAL FERTILIZERS COLLECTED BY THE 

 COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE DURING 

 1914.* 



There are presented in this bulletin the analyses of samples of 

 fertilizers collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture during 

 1914, and transmitted by him for analysis to the Director of the 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station, in accordance with 

 the provisions of Article 9 of the Agricultural Law. These analyses 

 and the accompanying information are published by said Director 

 in accordance with the provisions of Section 224 of said Law. 



Since many requests have been received for such data, it has 

 been deemed best to give figures showing the current values of 

 fertilizer ingredients, with an illustration of the method of apply- 

 ing these figures in determining the approximate commercial val- 

 uation of the different brands. 



TRADE-VALUES OF PLANT-FOOD ELEMENTS IN RAW MATERIALS AND 



CHEMICALS. 



The trade-values in the following schedule have been agreed 

 upon by the Experiment Stations of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

 Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Vermont, as a result of 

 study of the prices actually prevailing in the large markets of these 

 states. 



These trade-values represent, as nearly as can be estimated, the 

 average prices at which, during the six months preceding March, 

 the respective ingredients, in the form of unmixed raw materials, 

 could be bought at retail for cash in our large markets. These 

 prices also correspond (except in case of available phosphoric acid) 

 to the average wholesale prices for the six months preceding March, 

 plus about 20 per ct., in case of goods for which there are wholesale 

 quotations. 



♦Reprint of Bulletin No. 390, October. 



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