No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



829 



It is of interest to note how closely the system of valuations, 

 based upon the wholesale prices of raw materials in the principal 

 markets during the most important buying season and upon certain 

 average allowances for expenses and profit on the part of the mixer 

 and jobber, coincides with the retail prices later ascertained. A 

 comparison for several seasons past is given below: 



Comparison of Selling Price and Valuation, 1899-1905. 



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Complete fertilizers 



1SS9, Spring. ... 



Fall 



1900, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1901, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1902, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1903, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1904, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1905, Spring, ... 

 Fall, 



Dissolved bone: 



1899, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1900, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1901, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1902, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1903, Spring, ... 

 Fall, 



1904, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1905, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



Rock and potash: 

 1S99, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1900, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1901, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1902, Spring, . . . 

 Fall 



1903, Spring, ... 

 Fall, 



1904, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1905, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



Dissolved rock: 



1899, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1900, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1901, Spring, .., 

 Fall 



19J2, Spring, .., 

 Fall 



1903, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1904, Spring, ... 

 Fall 



1905, Spring, .., 

 Fall 



$1.10 



.44 



—.77 



.62 



.84 



1.47 



1.25 



1.48 



— .42 



.79 



.71 



.71 



.97 



.96 



.06 



2.12 



4.87 



—.76 



1.00 



—.55 



.85 



1.7S 



—.3) 



.90 



—3. OS 



2.83 



—1.13 



1.11 



-1.67 



—2.75 



—2.64 



— 3.4S 



—1.60 



— 1.S6 



—1.40 



—1.51 



-2.46 



-1.10 



—1.01 



—.97 



—.62 



-.97 



.67 

 .49 



— .09 



— .85 



— .85 

 .64 



— .2t 

 .12 



—1.79 

 -1.52 



— .54 

 .20 

 .22 



1.30 



