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with instructions in regard to the proper method of using same. 

 All samples procured in this way will be analyzed and reported as 

 soon as circumstances permit, and wherever the analysis falls below 

 the guarantee, in case a request is made, commercial shortages will 

 be figured and reported with the analysis. These may be used as a 

 basis for settlement. 



During the season of 1914, 135 towns were visited, 1,307 samples, 

 representing 606 distinct brands, were drawn from stock found in 

 the possession of 365 different agents. This represents 8 more sam- 

 ples and 35 more brands than were taken during the previous year. 



Seven hundred and eighty-one analyses, (603 dis- 

 Fertilizers tinct brands) have been made during the year's in- 



Analyzed, spection. They are as follows: 



Complete Fertilizers 453 



Fertilizers furnishing phosphoric acid and potash 18 



Ground bone, tankage and dry ground fish 79 



Nitrogen compounds 105 



Potash compounds 43 



Phosphoric acid compounds 40 



Lime compounds 43 



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 The following table of trade values represents the 

 Trade Values average cost per pound at retail for the six months 

 of Fertilizing preceding March 1, 1914, of nitrogen, potash 

 Ingredients. and phosphoric acid, as furnished by high grade chem- 

 icals and standard unmixed fertilizing material in the 

 large markets in New York and New England. They represent the 

 average wholesale quotations on chemicals and raw products which 

 appeared in the various trade journals from September 1, 1913 to 

 March 1, 1914, plus about 20 per cent. These trade values were 

 adopted at a meeting of representatives of experiment stations of 

 New England, New York and New Jersey held during the first week 

 in March, 1914. These values have served as a basis of valuing the 

 fertilizers and crude stock materials reported in this bulletin. 



Cents per pound. 

 Nitrogen. 1913 1914 



In ammonia salts 18.5 16.5 



In nitrates 18 . 5 16.5 



Organic nitrogen in dry and fine ground fish, 



blood and meat 20. 22.5 



Organic nitrogen in fine* bone and tankage 19. 21.5 



Organic nitrogen in coarse*bone and tankage 15. 17.5 



Organic nitrogen in mixed fertilizers 19. 19.5 



Organic nitrogen in cottonseed meal, castor pom- 

 ace, linseed meal, etc 20. 22.5 



