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which these goods were offered for sale, we can also readily esti- 

 mate the difference between the actual selling price of the mixed 

 goods and the retail cash cost of the unmixed materials; the differ- 

 ence covers the. cost of mixing, freight, profits, etc. We present 

 these data in the following tables: 



Commercial Valuation and Selling Price of Complete Fertilizers. 



Commercial valuation of com- Selling price of one ton of complete Averaged increased 

 plete fertilizer. fertilizer. cost of mixed ma- 



_,_ terials over un- 



mixed material 



Average. Lowest. Highest. Average. for one ton. 



$18 52 $15 00 $45 00 $27 65 $9 13 



Commercial Valuation and Selling Price of Chemicals and Incomplete 



Fertilizers. 



Commercial valuation. Selling price. £-$ ® « 



, *- , , « , fcCOoD.2 



08 ® '£ & 5 

 u 2 ft? rt 



est. est. age est. est. age. r, «.S § > 



Low- High- Aver- Low- High- Aver- ® j> sm S 5 



Nitrate of soda $38 48 $40 40 $39 44 $38 75 $40 00 $39 38 *$0 06 



Sulphate of ammonia 56 95 60 00 3 05 



Dissolved phosphate. 10 25 26 65 12 97 1100 26 00 15 90 2 93 



Kainit 10 84 15 00 4 16 



Muriate of potash 42 67 40 00 *2 67 



Fish-scrap 18 05 30 14 25 67 14 00 26 00 2167 *4 00 



Bone-meal 1194 30 41 25 32 20 00 38 00 27 70 2 38 



Mixture containing 



phosphoric acid and 



potash 8 93 18 38 12 70 16 00 30 00 20 66 7 96 



Wood-ashes 3 03 8 37 5 77 9 00 12 00 10 30 4 53 



* Commercial valuation greater than selling price. 



COST OF ONE POUND OF PLANT FOOD IN FERTILIZERS AS PURCHASED 



BY CONSUMERS. 



In the table below we present figures showing the lowest, 

 highest and average cost to the purchaser of one pound of plant- 

 food in different forms. 



