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Variations in Wholesale Ton Quotations during the Six Months from 

 September 1, 1918, to March 1, 1919, taken from the "Oil, Paint and 

 Drug Reporter." 



Name of Material. 



Price per Ton. 



Ammonium sulfate, 

 Nitrate of soda, 

 Tankage (9 and 20), 

 Dried blood. 



Ground bone 



Acid phosphate (16 per cent), 

 Sulfate of potash, 



$93 00 to $125 00 



88 00 to 93 20 



48 17 to 64 00 



70 80 to 88 20 



32 00 to 37 00 



17 00 to 18 00 



275 00 to 325 00 



In compliance with section 7, chapter 388, Acts of 1911, commercial valua- 

 tions of fertilizers have been computed and will be found in a column in the 

 tables of analyses. As a general rule, they represent the average wholesale 

 quotations for cash as given in the trade journals for the six months pre- 

 ceding March 1 of unmixed standard raw materials, plus 20 per cent. 



The following table of trade values is used in computing the valuations, 

 the unit price, as well as the pound price, being given in each instance: — 



Table of Fertilizer Trade Values for 1919. 



Price per 

 Pound. 



Unit Price. 



Nitrogen. 



In ammonia salts, 



In nitrates, .............. 



Organic nitrogen in fish, blood and meat, 



Organic nitrogen in fine bone and tankage, ....... 



Organic nitrogen in coarse bone and tankage 



Organic nitrogen in mixed fertilizers, ......... 



Organic nitrogen in cottonseed meal, castor pomace, linseed and rapeseed meal, 



Phosphoric Acid. 



Soluble in water, 



Reverted 



In fine bone and tankage 



In coarse bone, tankage and ashes, ......... 



In cottonseed meal, castor pomace, etc., ........ 



Insoluble in mixed fertilizers, .......... 



Potash. 

 In any form soluble in water, 



$6 00 

 6 40 



10 00 

 9 00 



8 00 



9 00 

 10 00 



1 80 

 1 60 

 1 40 

 1 20 

 1 20 

 60 



6 00 



GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING REGISTERED RAW 

 PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS. 

 Ground Bone. — Thirty-eight samples have been inspected during the 

 season, necessitating 24 analyses. They have tested on an average 3.28 per 

 cent of nitrogen and 23.28 per cent of phosphoric acid. The average retail 

 cash price per ton has been $57.61, and the average commercial valuation, 

 159.50. None of the brands has shown a commercial shortage. 



