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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



The following statement from the weekly reports of the Oil, Paint and Drug 

 Reporter, of New York City, shows the average wholesale prices of fertilizers 

 raw materials from September 1, 1905, to March 1, 1906, and from September 1, 

 1906, to March 1, 1907: 



Wholesale Prices of Fertilizer Ingredients, New York Oil, Paint and Drug 



Reporter. 



Sulphate of ammonia 



Nitrate of soda 



Dried blood, H. G 



Concentrated tanliage 



Rough bone, 



Bone meal 



Fish guano, dry 



Fish guano, acid 



Refuse bone black, oil 



Refuse bone black, sugar. 

 Phosphate rock, Charleston, 

 Phosphate rock, Tennessee, 



Acid phosphate 



Double manure salt, 



Sulphate of potash 



Kainit. 



Muriate of potash 



Sulphuric acid, 66 D. G. B., 



Cwt 



Cwt., 



Unit (20 lbs.) 

 Unit (20 lbs.), 



Ton, 



Ton 



Unit (20 lbs.). 

 Unit (20 lbs.) 



Ton, 



Ton 



Ton 



Ton 



Unit (20 lbs.), 



Cwt 



Cwt 



Ton 



Cwt 



Cwt., 



12.53 

 .2278 

 .6538 

 .2161 

 .96 

 .57 



536 

 .331 



00 

 .00 



125 



87 



6375 

 .18 



20 



50 



965 



20 



3.1152 

 2.5524 

 2.7561 

 2. 4463 



15.50 



23.00 



*2.59 



t2,34 



14.00 



IS. CO 

 6.358 

 5.825 

 .6375 

 1.18 

 2.20 

 8.50 

 1.965 

 1.25 



99.7 

 114.5 



103.4 

 110.3 

 97.1 

 101.9 

 101.4 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 124.1 

 1G0.5 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 lOO 



too 



104.2 



*Bone phosphate of lime 10 cents per unit. 

 tBone phosphate of lime 35 cents per unit. 



In ammonia.tes, such as dried blood and fish guano, the unit is of ammonia, 

 of which 82.35 per cent, is nitrogen; in acid phosphate, the unit is of phosphoric 

 acid (phosphorus pentoxid). 



Except in the case of sulphate of ammonia and rough bone, the prices of 

 ammoniates have advanced, the increase being especially marked in case of 

 nitrate of soda and concentrated tankage. 



The following data are from the monthly reports of Thos. J. White & Co.. 

 fertilizer brokers, Baltimore, Md. , giving wholesale quotations upon am- 

 moniates, and confirm the figures previously given: 



Wholesale Prices of Ammoniates: Reports of Thos. J. 



Md. 



White & Co., Baltimore, 



Sulphate of ammonia, per cwt | 3.125 



Nitrate of soda j 2.203 



Ground blood, f. o. b. Chicago, per unit of ammonia f 2.1S93 



Concentrated tankage, f. o. b. Missouri River, per unit of ammonia ! 2.2125 



Unground tankage, 120 per cent, ammonia; 20 per cent, bone phosphate, ' 



Ground tankage, f. o. b. Chicago, per unit of ammonia: ! 



il per cent, ammonia: 15 per cent, bone phosphate t2.312 



12 per cent, ammonia; 12 per cent, bone phosphate ■ 



•October quotations only. 



tBone phosphate of lime 10 cents. 



4) 



II 



1 



3.0775 

 2.502 

 2.5925 

 2.39 

 t»2.30 



t2.52 

 2..'i25 



