New York AGRICULTURAL. EXPERIMENT STATION. 401 
having the composition indicated in the preceding table, could 
be purchased for cash at retail at the seaboard. Knowing the 
retail prices at which these goods were offered for sale, we can 
also readily estimate the difference between the actual selling 
price of the mixed goods and the retail cash cost of the unmixed 
materials; the difference covers the cost of mixing, freight, profits, 
etc. We present these data in the following table: 
COMMERCIAL VALUATION AND SELLING PRICE OF COMPLETE FER- 
TILIZERS. 
ComMMERCIAL VALUATION OF |SELLING PRICE OF ONE TON OF Average in- 
COMPLETE FERTILIZERS. CoMPLETE FERTILIZER. creased cost of 
mixed materials 
over unmixed 
materials for one 
Average. Lowest. | Highest. | Average. ton, 
$19.85 $17 $45 $27 56 $7 71 
Cost oF ONE PouND or PLANT-FOOD IN FERTILIZORS AS PURCHASED 
BY CONSUMERS. 
In the table below we present figures showing the average cost 
to the purchaser of one pound of plant-food in different forms in 
mixed fertilizers. 
AVERAGE Cost oF ONE PouND or PLANT-FOOD TO CONSUMERS IN 
Mixep FErrIviZers. 
“TSE OSs 1 SM Deiat ih io) 5 sae Fear SEPT eee ace ee eo 24.30 cents. 
Phosphorte acids (available) oil. 02 le sce pends © as 5.90 cents. 
SOR SUSEIEE orcs seen Encik ee A auld sal) SEED voherienan th nila ioe % oS acars 6.25 cents. 
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS WHO HAVE PAID LICENSE 
FEES AND FILED STATEMENTS. 
Manufacturers to the number of 70 have, since the first of 
December, and up to May 14th, 1904, paid license fees and filed 
statements in compliance with the provisions of the law. These 
manufacturers put on the market 585 different brands of fertil- 
izers, including mixed and unmixed goods. 
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