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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



According to the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, (Vol. 85, No. 3, 

 Jan. 19, 1914) the German syndicate has fixed the schedule of whole- 

 sale prices (per ton of 2,000 lbs. net) for 1914 as follows: 



Muriate of potash, 80 to 85 per cent. — 80 per cent, |39 . 07 



Muriate of potash, min, 95 per cent. — 80 per cent., 40 . 75 



Muriate of potash, min. 98 per cent. — 80 per cent., 41 , 65 



Sulphate of potash, 90@95 per cent. — 90 per cent., 47.57 



Sulphate of potash, min. 96 per cent. — 90 per cent., 48.14 



Double manure salt, 48@ 58 per cent. — 48 per cent., 25.04 



Manure salt, min. 20 per cent., actual potash in bulk, .... 13 . 58 

 In bags of 200 lbs. net; no charge for bags. 



Hardsalt, min. 16 per cent., actual potash in bulk, 10.87 



Kainit, min, 12.4 per cent., actual potash in bulk, 4.36 



Potash Imports: The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce states that the potash salt imports for 1912 and 1913 were as 

 follows : 



Muriate (lbs.) 



Sulphate (lbs.) 



Kainit (tons), 



Manure salts (tons), 



483,744,601 



99,626,582 



485,132 



192,738 



1913. 



450,731,995 



95,748,145 



466.795 



171.802 



Composition of Kav\' Materials. — In order to form a correct idea of 

 the cost per pound of the fertilizer constituents of these materials, 

 it is needful to determine their composition or, in other words, the 

 quantities of valuable constituents each contains. The following 

 table shows the composition of raw materials used in the manufacture 

 of fertilizers. Few analyses of these materials, with the exception 

 of ground bone and dissolved rock, have been made in Pennsylvania. 

 The figures in the following table include the averages of the results 

 of analyses made in Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts 

 during the past year, except in the case of ground bone and dissolved 

 rock phosphates, where Pennsylvania results alone are included. 



Composition of Non- Acidulated Fertilizer Ingredients, (Per Cent.) 



Substance. 



Sulphate of ammonia 



Nitrate of soda, 



Dried blood 



Ground bone 



Tankage, 



Ground flsh 



Cottonseed meal, 



Sulphate of potash 



Muriate of potash 



Kainit 



Double sulphate of potash and magnesia. 



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Si 



22.86 

 14.25 

 6.496 



