TRADE VALUES OF FERTILIZING INGREDIENTS IN RAW 

 MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS, 1901 



Nitrogen in ammonia salts .... 



" nitrates ...... 



" dry and fine ground fish, meat, and blood 



and in high grade mixed fertilizers . 

 Nitrogen in fine ground bone and tankage . 



" medium ground bone and tankage 



Phosphoric acid soluble in water 



" ammonium citrate (reverted) 



' in fine ground bone and tankage 



in medium ground bone and tankage 

 ■' in coarse bone and tankage 

 ' in fine ground fish, castor-pomace, and 

 wood-ashes .... 



" " insoluble in mixed fertilizers 



Potash as sulphate free from chlorides and in wood ashes 



" '' muriate . . . . . , . . 



Cents per pound . 

 16.5 

 14.0 



16.0 

 16.0 

 12.0 



5.0 



4-5 

 4- 

 4- 

 3- 



4- 



2. 



5- 

 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 variation includes such fixed charges as cost of 

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

 and interest. 



Nitrogen and available phosphoric acid cost more in 1901 than in 

 previous years ; but potash remained unchanged. The values for the 

 coming year will be practically the same as for the one just past. 



