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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



For reasons often stated in previous reports, conditions in Penn- 

 sylvania require a separate valuation of dissolved rock and ground 

 bone from that obtained in neighboring states. On comparing the 

 valuations of these two classes of goods with these selling prices 

 during the past fall, and also in consideration of the steadiness of 

 their wholesale quotations, the 1905 rate of valuations will be con- 

 tinued for 1906. 



Schedule of Values for Fertilizer Ingredients, 1906. 



Nitrogen: 



In ammonia salts, 



In nitrates 



In meat, dried blood and mixed fertilizers, 



In cotton seed meal and castor pomace 



In fine ground bone and tankage 



In coarse bone and tankage 



Phosphoric acid: 



Soluble in water. In bone fertilizers 



Soluble in water, in rock fertilizers 



Soluble in ammonium citrate, in bone fertilizers 



Soluble in ammonium citrate, in rock fertilizers, 



Insoluble in ammonium citrate, in bone fertilizers, .. 

 Insoluble in ammonium citrate, in rock fertilizers, .. 



In fine bone, tankage and fish 



In coarse bone and tankage 



In cotton seed meal, castor pomace and wood ashes. 



Potash : 



In high grade sulphate or in forms free from muriate 

 As muriate, 



Cents 

 p«r pound. 



17% 



18% 



18% 



16% 



14 



12 



4% 



3 



4 



2% 



2 



1% 



3 



2% 



4 



5 



4H 



Potash in excess of that equivalent to the chlorin present, will be 

 valued as sulphate, and the remainder as muriate. 



Nitrogen in mixed fertilizers will be valued as derived from the 

 best sources of organic nitrogen, unless clear evidence to the con- 

 trary is obtained. 



Phosphoric acid in mixed fertilizers is valued at bone phosphoric 

 acid prices, unless clearly found to be derived from rock phosphate. 



Bone is sifted into two grades of fineness : Fine, less than 1-50 inch 

 in diameter; coarse, over 1.50 inch in diameter. 



The result obtained by the use of this schedule does not cover the 

 items of mixing, bagging, freight and agents' commission. To cover 

 these, allowances are made as follows: 



For freight, an allowance of |2.00 per ton on all fertilizers. 



For bagging, an allowance of f 1.00 per ton on all fertilizers, ex- 

 cept when sold in original packages. 



For mixing, an allowance of $1.00 per ton on complete fertilizers 

 and rock-and-potash goods. 



For agents^ commission, an allowance of 20 per cent, is added to 

 the cash value of the goods ready for shipment. 



