No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 915 



Comparison of Selling Price and Valuation, 1899 — 1902. 



Complete fertilizers: 



1S99, Spring 



Fall 



1900, Spring 



Fall 



1901, Spring 



Fall 



in02. Spring 



Dissolved bone: 



1S&9, Spring 



Fall 



1900, Spring 



Fall 



1901, Spring 



Fall 



1902, Spring 



Rock and potash: 



lSi)9, Spring 



Fall 



1900, Spring 



Fall 



1901, Spring, 



Fall 



1902, Spring, 



Dissolved rock: 



1S'J9, Spring, 



Fall 



1900, Spring 



Fall 



1901, Spring 



Fall 



1902, Spring 



Ground bone: 



1S99. Spring 



Fall 



1900, Spring 



Fall 



1901, Spring 



Fall 



1902, Spring 



$23. 

 22. 

 25. 

 23. 

 23. 

 22. 

 24. 



21. 

 19. 

 26. 

 23. 

 28. 

 23. 

 16. 



16. 

 17. 

 17. 

 18. 

 16. 

 16. 

 16. 



13. 

 12. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 



26. 

 24. 

 28. 

 2S. 

 27. 

 25. 

 28. 



a 



o 



a 



03 



(U 0) 



o > 

 X O 



$1.10 

 .44 



— .77 

 .62 

 .84 



1.47 

 1.23 



.06 



2.12 



4.87 



—.76 



1.00 



—.65 



.85 



—1.67 

 —2.75 

 —2.64 

 —3.48 

 —1.60 

 — 1.S6 

 —1.40 



.67 



.49 



—.09 



— .85 



— .39 

 .64 



—.24 



1.44 



2.25 



—2.51 



— l.t^fi 



1.12 



1.75 



—1.78 



The schedule of valuation adopted for use this year has given 

 valuations agreeing well with the market prices of the spring trade; 

 the only exceptions is in the case of ground bone in which the average 

 valuation appears about as far below the average selling price, as it 

 was above the latter under the schedule of 1901. The true relation 

 can be ascertained only by taking into account the average freight 

 to points of sale from which samples were taken this year. Rock- 

 and-potash selling prices are always high in comparison with those 

 of complete fertilizers, but the disparity seems to be diminishing. 



The results of the United States Census relative to manufactures 

 being now available, some facts of especial interest respecting the 

 fertilizer trade appear. Prior to the consideration of these data, a 

 comparison of the average composition of the complete fertilizers 

 analyzed by this Control in 1890 and 1900 is g^ven: 



