132 KePORT OF THE AcTING DIRECTOR AND ChEMIST OP THE 



adopted. Whenever in the following pages reference is made to 

 the price-list, consult the latest. 



1895. 

 Cents per lb. 



Nitrogen in ammonia salts 18 J^ 



Nitrogen in nitrates 15 



Organic nitrogen in dry and fine-ground fish, meat and blood, and 



in higb-grade mixed fertilizers 16^ 



Organic nitrogen in cottonseed-meal and castor-pomace 12 



Organic nitrogen iu fine-ground bone and tankage 16 



Organic nitrogen iu fine-ground medium bone and tankage.. 14 



Organic nitrogen in medium bone and tankage 11 



Organic nitrogen in coarse bone and tankage 5 



Organic nitrogen in hair, horn-sbavings and coarse fish-scraps 5 



Phosphoric acid, soluble in water 6 



Phosphoric acid, soluble in ammonium citrate 5}^ 



Phosphoric acid in fine bone and tankage _ 5}^ 



Phosphoric acid iu fine medium bone and tankage 43^ 



Phosphoric acid in medium bone and tankage 3 



Phosphoric acid in coarse bone and tankage 2 



Phosphoric acid in fine-ground fish, cottonseed-meal, castor, po- 

 mace and wood-ashes 5 



Phosphoric acid insoluble in ammonium citrate, iu mixed fertil- 

 izers 2 



Potash as high-grade sulphate, in forms free from muriates (chlor- 

 ides) in ashes, etc 51^ 



Potasbin muriate 4J4 



Valuation of Fertilizing Ingredients in Foods. 



Organic nitrogen 15 



Phosphoric acid 5 



Potash 5 



In mixed fertilizers, organic nitrogen is reckoned at 16|- cents a 

 pound, the price of nitrogen in raw materials of the best quality, 

 insoluhle phosphoric acid is reckoned at 2 cents; potash is rated at 

 4|- cents, if sufficient chlorine be present in the fertilizer to combine 

 with it to make muriate ; if there is more potash present than will 

 combine with the chlorine, then this excess of potash is reckoned at 

 5^ cents per pound. 



Valuation and Cost of Fertilizers. — The total cost (to the 

 farmer) of a ton of commercial fertilizer may be regarded as con- 

 sisting of the following elements : (1) lietail cash cost, in the 

 market, of unmixed trade materials ; (2) cost of mixing ; (3) 

 cost of transportation ; (4) storage, commissions to agents and 

 dealers, selling on long credit, bad debts, etc. While the total 



