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which these goods were offered for sale, we can also readily esti- 
mate the difference between the actual selling price of the mixed 
goods and the retail cash cost of the unmixed materials; the differ- 
ence covers the cost of mixing, freight, profits, etc. We present 
these data in the following tables: 
COMMERCIAL VALUATION AND SELLING PRICE OF COMPLETE FERTILIZERS. 

Commercial valuation of com-_ Selling price of one tonof complete Averaged increased 
plete fertilizer. fertilizer. cost of mixed ma- 
terials over un- 


G5 SI ret MERE ‘ mixed material 
Average. Lowest. Highest. Average. for one ton. 
$18 52 $15 00 $45 00 $27 65 $9 13 
COMMERCIAL VALUATION AND SELLING PRICE OF CHEMICALS AND INCOMPLETE 

FERTILIZERS. 
Commercial valuation. Selling price. iba oa 
n . 
3 SHEE: 
Low- High- Aver- Low- High- Aver- 2 $ tp RS 
est. est. ° age est. est. age, se Meese 
Nitrate of soda ..... $88 48 $4040 $3944 $3875 $4000 $3938 *$006 
Sulphate of ammonia. ...... ...... 56, 90.400 ra Aa OU 00 3 05 
Dissolved phosphate. 1025 2665 1297 1100 ~2600 1590 2 93 
cdo | lene ee ee eee Wan ee ee LOE. Seltns > Cs Me kane 15 00 416 
BARA Le SOUL DOLASINS 5 ecciewte nts od doles als BC (a yiatie Betts fostesaae 40 00 *2 67 
PASN-SCTADs\. o.cie s/n 1805 38014 2567 1400 2600 2167 *4 00 
Bone-meal.......... 1194 3041 2532 2000 3800 2770 2 38 
Mixture containing 
phosphoric acid and 
DOLABH nos. 0s PPE 893 1838 1270 1600 3000 2066 7 96 
Wood-ashes ........ 3 03 8 37 5717 900 1200 10380 453 


* Commercial valuation greater than selling price. 
COST OF ONE POUND OF PLANT FOOD IN FERTILIZERS AS PURCHASED 
BY CONSUMERS. 
In the table below we present figures showing the lowest, 
highest and average cost to the purchaser of one pound of plant- 
food in different forms. 
