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ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



The general tendencies of the wholesale market may be judged 

 from the following comparative statement, obtained from the 

 weekly reports of the Oil, Paint and Drug Eeporter, of New York 

 City, showing the average wholesale prices of fertilizer raw ma- 

 terials from September 1, 1904 to March 1, 1905, and from Septem- 

 ber 1, 1905, to ]March 1, 190G. 



Wholesale Prices of Fertilizer Ingredients, New York, Oil, Paint 



and Drug Eeporter. 



Substance. 



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Sulphate of ammonia 



Nitrate of soda 



Dried blood. H. G 



Concentrated tankage 



Rough bone 



Bone meal 



Fish guano, dry 



Fish guano, acid 



Refuse bone blacl<, oil 



Refuse bone black, sugar, . 

 Pho.=rhate rock, ChRrli-ston 

 Phosphate rock, Tennessee, 



Acid phosphate 



Double manure salts 



Sulphate of potash 



Kainit 



Muriate of potash 



Sulphuric acid, 66 Deg. B., 



Cwt., 



Ovt., 



Unit 



Unit 



Ton, 



Ton, 



Unit 



Unit 



Ton, 



Ton, 



Ton.. 



Ton, 



Unit 



Cwt., 



Cwt. , 



Ton, 



Cwt., 



Cwt., 



(20 lbs.), 

 (20 lbs.), 



(20 lbs.), 

 (20 lbs.). 



(20 lbs.), 



3.1367 



2.3116 

 2.0H33 

 2.3376 

 16.25 

 22.S75 

 *2.543 

 t2.20 

 13.65 



6. GO 

 3.75 



.6375 

 1.134 

 2.12S8 

 9.21 

 1.9006 

 1.346 



♦Bone phosphate of lime 10 cents per unit. 

 tBone phosphate of lime 35 cents per unit. 



In ammoniates such as dried blood and fish guano, the unit is of 

 ammonia, of which S2.35 per cent, is nitrogen; in acid phosphates, 

 the unit is of phosphoric acid (phosphorus pentoxid). 



With the exception of dried blood and fish guano which have ad- 

 vanced in price, the nitrogenous materials show a decrease from last 

 year's prices. 



The most marked changes occur in case of concentrated tankage 

 and nitrate of soda. 



The following data are from the monthly reports of Thos. J. 

 White & Co., fertilizer brokers, Baltimore, Md., giving wholesale 

 quotations upon ammoniates. 



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