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TKADE VALUES OF FERTILIZING INGREDIENTS I& 

 RAW MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS, 1899. 



Cents per lb. 

 Nitrogen in ammonia salts . . . . 15.0 



" nitrates ...... 12.5 



dry and fine ground fish, meat, and 

 blood, and in high, grade mixed 

 fertilizers . . . . . 14.0 



in cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, 



and castor-pomace . . . 12.0 

 fine ground bone and tankage . 14.0 

 medium ground bone and tankage . 10.0 

 Phosphoric acid soluble in water . . . 4.5 



" " soluble in ammonium citrate 



(reverted) .... 4.0 



in fine ground bone and tankage 4.0 



in medium ground bone and 



tankage .... 4.0 



iC " in fine ground fish, cotton-seed 



meal, linseed meal ; castor- 

 pomace, and wood ashes . 4.0 

 " " insoluble in mixed fertilizers . 2.0 

 Potash as sulphate free from chlorides and in 



wood ashes 5.0 



" " muriate ...... 4.25 



The above values are based on the wholesale market price 

 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 varia- 





