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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Ruling Market-Prices for the Year 1878-79. 



Price per pound, 

 in cents. 



I. Nitrogen. In form of ammonia and nitric acid . 



In form of dried ground meat and blood, finely-pulver- 

 ized steamed bones, finely-ground fish-guano, Peru- 

 vian guano, urates, poudrettes, and artificial guano . 



In form of finely-ground bones, fine-ground horn, wool- 

 d.ust, bat-guano, &c . 



In jfc/r of coarsely-ground bones, horn-shavings,- and 

 woollen rags, human excretions and barnyard-ma- 

 nure, fish-scraps, animal refuse-matter from glue 

 factories and tanneries, &c. 



II. Phosphoric Acid soluble in water. As contained in alkaline 



phosphates and superphosphates .... 



In Peruvian guano and urates ..... 



In form of so-called reduced or reverted acid 



In precipitated bone-phosphate, steamed fine bones, fish- 

 guano, according to size and disintegration, from 



In form of bone-black waste, wood-ash, Caribbean 

 guano, ground bone-ash, coarsely-ground bones, 

 poudrette, barnyard-manm-e, &c . . . . 



In form of finely-ground South- Carolina and Nevassa 

 phosphates ........ 



in. Potassium Oxide. In form of muriate of potash or clilo- 

 ride of potassium ....... 



In form of sulphate of potassa in natural and artificial 

 kainits ......... 



In form of higher grades of sulphaite of potassa . 



24 



20 



18 



15 



12.5 

 9 

 9 



6 to 7 



3.5 



4.5 



to 0.5 

 5 to 9 



II. 



NAME OF MATERIAL. 



Price per ton 



of 

 2,000 pounds, 



in dollars. 



Price per pound 

 in case of from 

 100 to 200 pounds, 



in cents. 



Sulphate of Ammonia, containing from 24 to 25 

 per cent of ammonia .... 



Nitrate of Soda (Chili saltpetre), containing 

 95 per cent of that compound . 



Nitrate of Potassa, containing 94 to 96 per 

 cent of that compound .... 



Dried Blood, yielding from : — 



(a) 12 to 14 per cent of ammonia . 



(b) 10 to 12 per cent of ammonia . 

 Dried Meat, yielding from 14 to 15 per cent 



of ammonia . . . . . 



90-95 



75-78 



165-170 



50 

 45 



50 



4-5 



4-4.5 



9-9.5 



2.5-3 



2.8 



