CONTROL SERIES No. 95 



Wholesale Quotations on Chemicals and Unmixed Materials. 



Nature of Material. 



Ammonia sulfate (20.5% N), bulk, f.o.b. ports or ovens 



Nitrate of soda (16%), bags, ports 



Nitrate of lime (15%N), bags, northern ports, ex vessel 

 Nitrate of potash (13% N, 44% K 2 0), bags, c.i.f. ports 

 Urea (46%. N), car lots, bags, f.o.b. Atlantic port . 

 Cyanamid (21-22% N), bags, delivered .... 

 Dried blood (13.16% N), bags, f.o.b. New York . 

 Hoof meal (14.15% N), f.o.b. Chicago, bulk . 

 Animal tankage (8.23% N, 6.86% P2O5), ground, bulk 



New York 



Dry ground fish (9.02% N, 6.86% P 2 5 ), bags, Baltimore 

 Cottonseed meal (6.56% N), bags, Memphis exch. 

 Castor pomace (4.52% N), bags, car lots, f.o.b. works . 

 Ground bone (2.47% N, 22.88% P 2 5 ), bags, f.o.b. 



f Chicago 



Superphosphate (16% avail. P 2 5 ), bulk, f.o.b. Baltimore 

 Muriate of potash (50.54% K 2 0), bulk, c.i.f. ports 

 High grade sulfate of potash (48.65% K 2 0), bags, c.i.f. 



ports 



Potash-magnesia sulfate (25.94% K 2 0), bags . 

 Cotton hull ashes (25% K 2 0), bulk, delivered, car lots 



Average Price 



Per Ton For 



Six Months 



Preceding 



March 1. 



1938. 



$27 . 96 

 29.00 

 27.27 

 57.50 

 95.00 

 24.15 

 51.38 

 56.52 



32.05 

 52.84 

 22.40 

 21.46 



23.15 



9.00 



26.75 



38.00 

 25.75 

 26.25 



Price 

 Per Ton 



Oct. 

 3, 1938. 



$26 . 25 

 29.00 

 2S.00 

 55.00 

 95.00 

 24.15 

 48.00 

 43.00 



29.00 

 48.00 

 21.50 

 18.50 



24.00 



8.00 



26.75 



38.00 

 25.75 

 27.50 



Difference 



Between 



Oct. 3 



Price 



and Six 



Months' 



Average: 



Sept. 1, 



1937- 



Mar. 1, 



1938. 



-$1.71 

 none 

 + .73 



—2.50 

 none 

 none 



—3.38 



—13.52 



—3.05 



—4.84 



—.90 



—2.96 



+ .85 



—1.00 



none 



none 



none 



+1.25 



Note: A domestic synthetic urea product containing 42% nitrogen has been sold in Massa- 

 chusetts by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. at a price permitting its retail for about *72.00 per ton 



Fertilizer Trade Values. 



Form of Plant Food. 



Nitrogen. 



In ammonia salts 



In nitrates 



Organic nitrogen in fish 



Organic nitrogen in blood, meat and hoof meal 



Organic nitrogen in fine 1 bone and tankage 



Organic nitrogen in coarse 1 bone and tankage and in pulverized manures 



Organic nitrogen in mixed fertilizers 



Organic nitrogen in cottonseed meal, castor pomace, linseed meal, etc. 



Organic nitrogen in urea 



Organic nitrogen in cyanamid 



Phosphoric Acid. 

 Available (soluble in water and neutral citrate of ammonia) 



In precipitated bone 



In basic slag phosphate 



In fine 1 bone and tankage, and in fish 



In coarse 1 bone and tankage 



In pulverized manures, seed residues, and ashes 



Insoluble in neutral citrate of ammonia in mixed fertilizers . 



As sulfate 



As muriate 



As carbonate 



As nitrate 



In potash-ma gnesi 



a sulfate 



Potash. 



oluble) 



In cotton hull and wood ashes (s 1 



In organic vegetable compounds, sheep manure, insoluble in ashes 



Magnesium Oxide. 

 Water soluble from Kieserite, Emjeo, sulfate of potash-magnesia 

 In form of finely ground dolomite 



Value per 

 Pound. 



$0.0S9 

 .10 

 .322 

 25 

 !265 

 .19 

 .225 

 .225 

 .090;; 

 .07 



.05 



.047 



.OS 



.0375 



. 0325 



.();;.';. 



.017 



.019 

 .038 



.07 



.0465 



.066 



.069 



.04 



. 0633 



. 0002; 



Unit 

 Value. 



$1.7S 

 2.00 

 6.44 

 5 . 00 

 5.30 

 3.80 

 4.50 

 4.50 

 LSI 

 1.40 



1.00 

 .94 



1.60 

 .75 

 .65 

 . 05 

 .34 



.98 



.76 

 1.40 



.93 

 1 . 32 

 1.38 



.80 



.27 

 .125 



1 Fine bone and tankage refers to particles which, as sampled, will pass through a sieve with 

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

 which will not pass through the sieve. 



