FERTILIZER VALUATIONS. 



Wholesale quotations on fertilizer chemicals and unmixed crude stock 

 materials have, with the exception of nitrate of soda and cottonseed meal, 

 shown a material decrease as compared with the previous season. Among 

 the ammoniates this has been more noticable in case of organic animal pro- 

 ducts than with ammonium sulfate. For the six months preceding March 1, 

 1924, tankage was quoted $8.00 per ton and fish $11.34 per ton less than for 

 the same period in 1923. Acid phosphate and bone showed a little falling off, 

 and the potash salts were quoted a little over $4.00 per ton less than for the 

 previous season. Data secured from wholesale quotations in the Oil, Paint 

 and Drug Reporter and Drug and Chemical Markets are given below in 

 comparison with quotations for a similar period and from the same source 

 for 1923. 



Wholesale Quotations on Chemicals and Raw Materials 



Material 



Average Price per Ton 



for Six Mouths Preceding 



March 1 



1923 



1924 



Ammoniuni sulfate 



Nitrate of soda 



Dried iilood (15% ammonia) 

 Tankage (11-6.86 grade) 

 Dry ground fish (11-6.87 grade) . 

 Cottonseed meal (7 ammonia) 

 Ground steamed bone (3-22.88 grade) 

 Acid pliosphate (16%) .... 

 Muriate of potash (.50.54 K20) 

 High-grade sulfate of potash (48.65 KiO) 

 Kainit (14-16 K2O) .... 



«65 35 

 49 96 

 69 40 

 45 82 

 64 54 

 38 73 

 37 30 



8 81 

 35 38 

 44 56 



7 84 



$61 15 

 49 39 

 61 32 

 37 82 

 53 20 

 40 61 

 31 57 



8 14 

 31 10 

 40 37 



7 34 



The Massachusetts fertilizer control adopted the following schedule of 

 fertilizer trade values for 1924. As is customary, these are based on average 

 wholesale cash quotations in centers of distribution in New England, New 

 York, and New Jersey, as furnished in reliable trade journals. Twenty per 

 cent overhead was added to all wholesale quotations before calculating the 

 trade values. 



Fertilizer Trade Values for 1924. 



Form of Plant Food 



Value per 

 Pound 



Unit Value 



Nitrogen 



in fish, blood and meat 

 n fine! bone and tankage 

 n coarsei bone and tankage 

 n mixed fertilizers . 



In ammonia salts 



In nitrates 



Organic nitrogen 



Organic nitrogen 



Organic nitrogen 



Organic nitrogen 



Organic nitrogen in cottonseed meal, castor pomace, etc. 



Phosphoric Acid 



Soluble in water 



Reverted- 



In fine' bone and tankage and in fish .... 

 In coarse' bone and tankage and in ashes ... 

 In cottonseed meal and other vegetable meals . 

 Insoluble in mixed fertilizers 



Potash 



As sulfate 



As muriate 



In ashes and organic vegetable products 



185 



185 



34 



30 



24 



28 



38 



06 

 05 

 05 

 04 

 04 

 02 



055 



04 



04 



$3 70 



3 70 

 6 80 



6 00 



4 SO 



5 60 



7 60 



1 20 



1 00 



1 00 



80 



80 



40 



10 

 80 

 80 



^Fine bone and tankage refers to particles which will pass through a sieve having circular openings 1-50 

 of an inch in diameter. Coarse bone and tankage refers to particles which will not pass through the sieve. 



2 Dissolved by a neutral solution of ammonium citrate, specific gravity 1.09, in accordance with method 

 adopted by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 



