No. 7. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Wholesale Prices of Ammoniates: Keports of Tbos, 



Baltimore, Md. : 



747 



J. White & Co., 



J3 



a) =3 



Sulfate of ammonia per cent., 



Nitrate of soda, .- 



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



Concentrated tankage, f. o. b., Chicago, per unit of ammonia. 

 Crushed tankage, c. a. f., Baltimore, per unit of ammonia: 



9 per cent, ammonia, 20 per cent, bone phosphate 



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



11 per cent, ammonia, 15 per cent, bone phosphate, 



10 per cent, ammonia, 15 per cent, bone phosphate 



6 per "cent, ammonia, 25 per cent, bone phosphate per ton, .. 



Hoof meal, f. o. b., Chicago, per unit of ammonia 



tl4.75 

 •*2.1G 



§3.11 

 2.125 

 2.4925 

 2.2188 



2.5792 



t2.3063 

 *2.25 

 15.17 

 2.279 



♦Quotations for January lacking. 



t January and February quotations only. 



IQuotations for January and February only. 



§c. i. f. , Baltimore and New York. 



♦•Quotations for September and October lacking. 



These quotations, like the previous figures, indicate a marked in- 

 crease in the price of ammoniates over last year. 



The Engineering and Mining Journal, of New. York City, gives 

 quotations of nitrate of soda for January, 1903, futures |l.85 to 

 $1,975; spot 11.975 to $2.05. In February, $1.91 for futures and $1.99 

 for spot; March, $1.93 and $2.18 respectively; April, $1.89 and $2.05; 

 May, $1.98 and $2.05; June, $2.00 and $2.11; July, $1.90 and $2.03; 

 August, $2.04 and $2.16; September, $2.06 and $2.17; October, $2.03 

 aad $2.16; November, $2.04 and $2.12; December, $2.04 and $2.22; 

 making an average for the year of $1.98 for futures and $2.20 for 

 spot. 



Sulphate of ammonia production and consumption have increased 

 and quotations in New York were for imported, $3,025 to $3.30; do- 

 mestic, $3.00 to $3.15 for futures, and "spot'' at about 5 cents in- 

 crease. 



The following summary from the Engineering and Mining Journal 

 outlines the prices of rock phosphates: 



