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Potash Salts. — Analyses. 



Potash (potassium oxide), 



Equivalent to pure Sulphate, 



Chlorine, — -- 



Potash guaranteed or implied in 

 brand, - 



Sulphate guaranteed, - 



Sulphate. 



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Cost per ton, 



Calculated value per ton, 



Cost of Potash per 100 lbs., | $7.52 



43.23 



79.95 



0.88 



43.81 



81.00 



$65.00 



$64.85 



571 



12.51 

 23.20 

 27.23 

 11.90 



to 

 14.06 



20.00 



13.75 



8.00 



Kainite. 



659 



12.08 



664 



12.68 

 26.08 

 13.00 



18.00 



13.95 



7.10 



Nitrate of Soda. 



642. Nitrate of Soda, imported by The Mapes Formula & Pe 

 ruvian Guano Co., New York and Hartford ; sent by J. W. Hem 

 ingway, Plainville, Ct. 



675. Cargo sample, analyzed for private parties. 



Analyses. 642 675 



Nitrate of Soda, -- 95.90 95.21 



Moisture, 3.00 2.73 



Salt, J 1.19 



Undetermined matters, f 1.10 .87 



100.00 100.00 

 Nitrogen in nitrate, 15.79 15.68 



Cost of 642 in New York, $12.75 per 300 lbs., or $4.25 per 

 100 lbs. 



Cost of Nitrogen in 642 per lb., 26.9 cents. 



The ruling vjholesale prices in New York are $3.12 to $3.25 per 

 100 lbs. The latter corresponds to 21 cts. per lb. for Nitrogen. 



Salt. 

 670. Salt, manufactured by the Onondaga Salt Co., Syracuse, 

 N. Y. ; sold by Bronson & Fitzgerald, Hartford ; sampled by C. 

 E. Bunce. 



Pure Salt (Chloride of Sodium), 93.60 



Moisture and impurities, — 6.40 



100.00 

 Cost per ton, $10.00 



