No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



671 



It is of itnereste to note how closely the series of valuations based 

 upon the wholesale price of raw materials in the principal markets 

 during the most important buying season and upon certain average 

 allowances for expenses and profits on the part of the mixer and 

 jobber coincides with the retail prices later ascertained. A compari- 

 son for several seasons past is given below: 



COMPARISON OF SELLING PRICE AND VALUATION, 1906-1911. 



o 



a 

 o 



<a 



>u 



Complete fertilizers: 



1906, Spring. ... 

 Fall, 



1907, Spring, ... 

 PaU, 



1908, Spring, ... 

 Fall, 



1909, Spring, _.. 

 Fall, 



1910, Spring, ... 

 FaU 



1911, Spring. -.. 



Dissolved bone: 



1905, Spring, ... 

 Fall, 



1906, Spring, ... 

 Fall, 



1907, Spring, ... 

 FaU, 



1908, Spring, — 

 Fall, 



1909, Spring, ... 

 Fall. 



1910, Spring, ... 

 Fall, - 



1911, Spring. ... 



Rock and potash: 

 1906, Spring, ... 

 Fall, - 



1906, Spring, ... 

 Fall, 



1907, Spring, ... 

 FaU, 



1908, Spring, ... 

 FaU, 



1909, Spring, ... 

 FaU, 



1910, Spring, ... 

 FaU, 



1911, Spring. ... 



Dissolved rock: 



1905, String, ... 

 Fall, 



1906, Spring, ... 

 FaU, 



1907, Spring, ... 

 FaU, 



1908, Spring, ... 

 FaU 



1909, Spring, ... 

 FaU, 



1910, Spring, ... 

 FaU. 



1911, Spring, ... 



1.21 

 1.12 

 2.24 



1.88 

 .54 



1.54 

 .43 

 .14 



1.43 

 .48 



-1.13 

 1.11 



—1.75 

 3.27 

 2.80 

 4.92 

 1.98 

 3., 57 



— .68 

 —1.65 



—.70 



— .10 

 S.49 



— .62 

 —.97 

 —.98 

 —.70 



— .41 



— .76 



— .6a 

 —.26 



1.04 



— .00 

 —1.08 



—.04 

 —1.06 



.22 

 1.30 



—.77 



— .46 

 .68 

 .51 

 .20 

 ..55 



-1.41 

 .16 



—..56 

 .14 



-1.58 



