16 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Jan., 1916. 



The average price paid for the manure per ton was £4 7s. 6d., the 

 average value of the samples collected was found to he £4 7s. 3d., and the 

 average value calculated on the average guarantee £4 6s. 5d. 



The average price paid for the manure per ton was £5 10s. 3d., the 

 average value of the collected samples £4 19s. lOd., and the average 

 guaranteed value £4 12s. 6d. 



The average price paid per ton was £5 18s. 7d., the average value 

 of samples collected was found to be £5 8s., and the average value, 

 calculated on the average guarantee, £4 15s. 9d. 



Only one sample of " Dissolved Bone and Super." was collected. The 

 price charged was £5 10s. per ton, the value calculated on the analysis 

 of the sample was £4 15s. Id., and the value according to the guarantee 

 £4 9s. 4d. 



The single sample of " Mtro-Super.," sold at £5 10s. per ton, was 

 valued at £4 17s. 7d., whilst the calculated value on the result of the 

 analysis was found to be £5 15s. lOd. per ton. 



Three samples of " Blood and Bone Fertilizer " were sold at the 

 average price of £7 per ton, the guaranteed value was £6 lis., Avhilst 

 the average actual value (average analysis of collected samples) was 

 £7 4s. lid. 



In the single case of a complete or special fertilizer, viz., onion 

 manure, the price charged per ton was £6 7s. 6d., the guaranteed value 

 £5 10s. 2d., and the actual value calculated from the result of the 

 analysis £5 19s. 4d. 



The fanner should remember that the annual unit values are not 

 based on the agricultural value of the different fertilizers. The unit 

 values are distinctly and decidedly commercial, and they may be 

 controlled by the manufacturers. 



The Artificial Manures Act gives the procedure for calculating the 

 unit values, and briefly it is as follows: — The Chemist for Agriculture, 

 from the manufacturer's guarantee and declared prices as set out in the 



