TRADE VALUES OF FERTILIZING INGREDIENTS 1 3 



TRADE VALUES OF FERTILIZING INGREDIENTS IN 

 RAW MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS. 1897. 



Cents per pound. 



Nitrogen in ammonia salts ...... 13.5 



" nitrates ....... 14. 



" dry and fine ground fish, meat, and blood 



and in high grade mixed fertilizers . . 14. 

 Nitrogen in cotton-seed meal, linseed meal and castor- 

 pomace . . . . . . 12. 



Nitrogen in fine ground bone and tankage . . . 13.5 



" medium ground bone and tankage . . 11. 



" coarse bone and tankage . . . . 8. 



Phosphoric acid soluble in water . . . . 5.5 



" ammonium citrate (reverted) 5. 

 in fine ground bone and tankage . 5. 

 in medium ground bone and tankage . 4. 

 in coarse bone and tankage . . 2.5 

 in fine ground fish, cotton-seed meal, lin- 

 seed meal, castor-pomace, and wood- 

 ashes . ' . . . . . 5. 



" " insoluble in mixed fertilizers . . 2. 



Potash as sulphate free from chlorides and in wood ashes 5. 



♦« " muriate ....... 4.5 



The above values are based on the wholesale market prices for the 

 materials, when sold in large lots at the principal trade centers in 

 New England. The valuation of a ton of any mixed fertilizer based 

 on the above figures will usually fall ten dollars below the retail price at 

 the local agency. This variation includes such fixed charges as cost of 

 mixing, bags, cartage and freight, salaries and commissions of agents, 

 and interest. , 



