No. fi. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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Tlie schedule of valuation adopted lor use this ^ear has jjiveii 

 valuations which run below the selling prices in all grades of goods, 

 although the agreement between the computed value and selling 

 price in case of complete fertilizers is closer than for several sea 

 sons. The true relation can be ascertained only by taking into ac 

 count the average freight to points of sale from which samples were 

 taken this year. Kock-and-potash selling prices are always high 

 in comparison with those of complete fertilizers and the disparity 

 this spring is greater than for several seasons. The most striking 

 deficiency, in view of those observed in earlier seasons, is that in 

 dissolved rock goods. 



It has been thought that a study of the relation existing between 

 the valuations and selling prices of fertilizers offered for sale in 

 different sections of the State might prove of interest as affording 

 an idea of the effect of freight rates in these sections and also the 

 effect of remoteness from manufacturing centers. For this pur- 

 pose the State has been divided into sections as follows: (I) The 

 Southeastern section, bounded on the north by and including the 

 counties of Centre, Snyder, Dauphin, Schuylkill and Northampton, 

 and on the west by Huntingdon and Franklin. (II) The North- 

 eastera section, bounded on the south as above and on the west by 

 Tioga, Lycoming and Clinton counties. (Ill) The Southwestern 

 section, bounded on the east as stated and on the north by and 

 including Beaver, Allegheny, Indiana and Clearfield counties. (IV) 

 The Northwestern section, including the remaining counties of the 

 State. 



The following table shows the average valuation and selling price 

 on all grades of goods in each of these sections: 



It appears from these figures that in a large portion of the State 

 the agreement between the valuations and selling prices is quite 

 close. It is to be noted, however, that in case of Section IV there 

 is a marked difference. A perfect analysis is impossible without a 



