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* Cottonseed meal guaranteed 6.17% nitrogen was offered in September, 

 1916, for $33.50; October 1, 1917, for $52.00 cash. 



At a meeting of Experiment Station representatives of the New 

 England States, New York and New Jersey, held last March, it was 

 voted that on account of the widely fluctuating prices which had pre- 

 vailed, it would not be possible to establish a satisfactory schedule 

 of trade values. This is quite evident to any one who has studied the 

 above table. 



GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING REGISTERED 

 RAW PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS. Ground Bone. Thirty- 

 two samples have been inspected during the season, necessitating 

 23 analyses. Ground bone has averaged 3.01 per cent of nitrogen 

 and 24.68 per cent of phosphoric acid. The average retail cash price 

 has been $40.95. On the whole the guarantees on ground bone have 

 been well maintained. Only three samples show a commercial 

 shortage. They are as follows: 



Coe-Mortimer Co. E. Frank Coe's Fine Ground Bone, No. 854. 

 Nitrogen found 2.12%, guaranteed 2.47%; phosphoric acid found 

 23.42%, guaranteed 22.98%. 



Rogers & Hubbard Co. Hubbard's Pure Raw Knuckle Bone 

 Flour, No. 612. Nitrogen found 3.82%, guaranteed 3.82%; phos- 

 phoric acid found 22.98%, guaranteed 24.70%. 



