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ing price of the mixed goods and the retail cash cost of the un- 
mixed materials; the difference covers the cost of mixing, 
freight, profits, etc. We present these data in the following 
table: 
COMMERCIAL VALUATION AND SELLING PRICE OF COMPLETE FERTILIZERS. 
Average in- 
creased cost of 

Commercial] valuation of Selling price of one ton mixed materials 
complete fertilizers. of complete fertilizers. over unmixed 
re A er materials for one 
Average. Lowest. Highest. Average. ton 
$19.81 $14 $43 $25.71 $5.90 
COST OF ONE POUND OF PLANT-FOOD IN FERTILIZPRS AS PURCHASED 
BY CONSUMERS. 
In the table below we present figures showing the average 
cost to the purchaser of one pound of. plant-food in different 
forms in mixed fertilizers. 
AVERAGE Cost OF ONE POUND OF PLANT-FOOD TO CONSUMERS IN MIXED 
FERTILIZERS, 
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Potash @eeeeveeveveeveeveeeeseeeeveoeseeeeoeeeevesnsesveev eevee ee7e ee ee 028208888 @ 5.9 cents. 
NEW FERTILIZER LAW. 
The State legislature amended the fertilizer law in 1899 and 
attention is called to the principal changes that affect manu- 
facturers and dealers. 
(1) All fertilizers selling for five dollars or more per ton come 
under the law. 
(2) Every manufacturer, importer, dealer or agent must pay 
a license fee amounting to twenty dollars a year for each sepa- 
rate brand or kind of fertilizer or fertilizing material. 
(3) Statements of guarantee analysis, etc., are to be filed and 
license fees paid during December each year covering the goods 
to be sold during the year following. 
(The analyses of samples collected, as given in the Bulletin, 
are not reprinted here; as they cease to have value before the 
report is distributed.—DIREcToR). 
