Crop Production, 
New York AqricutturaL Exprrtment Station. 225 
cents a pound for water-soluble phosphoric acid, 4 cents a pound 
for citrate-soluble phosphoric acid, 2 cents a pound for insoluble 
phosphoric acid, and 44 cents a pound for potash, we can caleu- 
late the commercial valuation, or the price at which the separate 
unmixed materials contained in one ton of fertilizer, having the 
composition indicated in the preceding table, could be purchased 
for cash at retail at the seaboard. Knowing the retail prices at 
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, ete. We present 
these data in the following tables: 
COMMERCIAL VALUATION AND SELLING PRICE OF COMPLETE FERTILIZERS. 







Commercial valuation of Selling price of one ton of com : 
complete portlizers: plete dochtemmctcld 4 mht ee ee nag pe RN 
amy a Me Pe a ~*’ over unmixed mate- 
Average. Lowest. Highest. Average. ‘ials for one ton. 
$18 .28 $17 $45 $26.66 $8 . 38 


COST OF ONE POUND OF PLANT FOOD IN FERTILIZERS AS PUR- 
CHASED 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-Foop To CONSUMERS IN MIXED FER- 
TILIZERS. 
eno e UB som ipemelt tet cl del ta BO i eel echiady GRL A iyi aaa aaa ied 20.4 cents. 
SmIeCrnriGiy Available iris. it isl... Peateieget. Oeste e Obge aes 6.2 cents. 
i BE EE ae rae ee) a A ie EN a ee ean 6.2 cents. 
NEW FERTILIZER LAW. 
The last State legislature amended the fertilizer law and atten- 
tion is called to the principal changes that affect manufacturers 
and dealers. 
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