CONTROL SERIES No. 45 

 Wholesale Quotations on Chemicals and Raw Materials. 



Nature of Material. 



Average Price per Ton 

 FOR Six Months Pre- 

 ceding March 1. 



Ammonium sulfate (double bags f. a. s. New York) 



Nitrate of soda (15.69; nitrogen) bags 



Calcium nitrate (15.5 nitrogen 28 lime) bags northern ports . 



Ammonium sulfate-nitrate (26% nitrogen) bags northern ports 



Dried blood (12.34% nitrogen) f. o. b. New York 



Tankage (8.23% nitrogen, 6.86% P2O5) bulk New York 



Dry ground fish (9.05% nitrogen, 6.867c P2O5) bags f. o. b. Baltimore 



Cottonseed meal (5.76% nitrogen) f. o. b. mills, bags 



Ground steamed bone {2A7% nitrogen, 22.88%; P2O5) f. o. b. New 



York 



Superphosphate (16^; P2O5) f. o. b. Baltimore, bulk 

 Muriate of potash (50.54 KoO) in bags 

 High grade sulfate of potash(48.65% KoO) in bags 

 Potash-magnesia sulfate (25.94% K2O) in bags 

 Kainit (14% KoO) in bags .... 



The following fertilizer trade values were adopted for 1928 by the Massa- 

 chusetts Fertilizer Control. They are based on average wholesale quotations 

 for the six months ending March 1, 1928, plus 20 per cent for overhead, proper 

 allowance being made for bags and labor where bulk quotations are given and 

 for freight where shipping point is outside of New England or New York. 



Fertilizer Trade Values for 1928. 



« Fine bone and tankage refers to particles which without further grinding will pass through a 

 sieve having circular openings 1/50 of an inch in diameter. Coarse bone and tankage refers to 

 that portion which will not pass through the sieve. 



