EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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Potash Salts. 



The muriates, with but two exceptions, are equal or superior to 

 guarantee, and average 51 per cent, of potash, or 81 per cent, of 

 muriate. The average cost of potash is $4.14 per 100 lbs., but 

 the fluctuations of cost amount in the extreme to $1.06 per 100 

 lbs. The average cost is well within the Station valuation of 4|^ cts. 



The single sample of high grade sulphate cost within 15 cents of 

 the estimated value. In kainite, potash has been held as high as 

 in the 81 per cent, sulphate, kainite selling for $18 and $20 per 

 ton, while the wholesale quotations in New York have ranged 

 from $6.50 to $9. 



Potash Salts. 

 Muriates. 



Sulphate. 



559 [Mapes F. & P. G. Co. 



IMapes F. & P. G. Co.|C. E. Bunce. 



Kainite. 



* Private analysis. 



