Adding tbe different values — per ton— obtained, we find the total 

 value per ton at tbe principal place of distribution. 



As farmers are quite frequently not in the position to secure the 

 desired information regarding the market cost of fertilizers they 

 wish to secure, the official inspectors of commercial fertilizers have 

 aided them for years in ascertaining the current market prices of 

 the leading or standard raw materials, as 

 Sulphate of Ammonia, Dry Ground Fish, 



Nitrate of Soda, Azotin, 



Muriate of Potash, Ammonite, 



Sulphate of Potash, Castor Pomace, 



Dried Blood, Bone and Tankage, 



Dried Ground Meat, Plain Superphosphates, etc. 



which serve largely in the manufacture of good fertilizers for our 

 market, — and have published the results of their inquiries in form of 

 tables, stating the average trade values per pound for the six months 

 preceding, of the different kinds and forms of fertilizing materials 

 at the leading places of distribution. The results of a recent meet- 

 ing of the representatives of the Agricultural Experiment Stations of 

 Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts 

 are presented below : 



TRADE VALUES 

 OF FERTILIZING INGREDIENTS IN RAW MATERIALS 



AND CHEMICALS. 



1897. 



Cents per pound. 



Nitrogen in ammonia salts, 13.5 



" " nitrates, 14. 

 Organic nitrogen in dry and fine ground fish, meat, blood, 



and in high-grade mixed fertilizers, 14. 

 *' " " cotton-seed meal, linseed meal and in 



castor pomace 12. 



" " " fine ground bone and tankage, 13.5 



" " " medium ground bone and tankage, 11. 



" " " coarse bone and tankage, 8. 



