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COMPARATIVE COST OF FERTILIZER CHEMICALS AND UNMIXED 

 FERTILIZER PRODUCTS. 



The following table gives average quotations taken from the Oil, Paint and 

 Drug Reporter and Chemical Markets. 



Wholesale Quotations on Chemicals and Unmixed Materials. 



The mineral forms of nitrogen have registered a decline in price during 1933 

 as compared with the previous year, and up to October 1 the only partial recovery 

 noted in this class of ammoniates was confined to ammonium sulfate which had 

 advanced SI. 42 over the six months' average ending March 1. The nitrate 

 forms have continued to decline as will be noted from the above tabulated data; 

 on October 30, however, a slight increase in price was noted over the low prices 

 previously recorded for this form of nitrogen salt. 



The cost of most of the organic ammoniates for the si.\ months ending March 1, 

 1933, was less than for the corresponding period in 1932. The price recovery of 

 most of these products, however, has been quite marked during the early fall 

 (September 25), ranging from in case of synthetic urea to S8.70 in case of 

 animal tankage and hoof meal. During the month of October, however, a 

 decline in price is noted for most of these products as compared with quotations 

 listed as of .September 25; these price declines vary with the different commodities; 

 for blood it was $1.60 per ton, for hoof meal S3. 32, for animal tankage 50 cents, 

 for cottonseed meal $2.50, while for fish and castor pomace no change was noted. 

 Synthetic urea was advanced in price during October to $90 per ton, registering 

 an advance of S7.40 over September 25. 



Superphosphate showed an advance of 21 cents per ton over the six months' 

 average and during October advanced another 50 cents to $8 per ton, making 

 an actual gain over the six months' average of 71 cents. 



Judging from this review of the market, any increase in the cost of mi.xed 

 fertilizers for 1934 should be due largely to the normal increase in cost of manu- 

 facture through the adoption of the N. R. A. code. 



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