New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 673 



Table XXII. — Highest and Lowest Percentage Differences between 

 Guaranteed and Actual Composition. 



Above Guaranty. 



Number 



of 

 samples. 



Highest. 



Lowest. 



Below Guaranty. 



Number 



of 

 samples, 



Highest 



Lowest. 



Sodium nitrate — nitrogen . 



Dried blood — nitrogen .... 



Acid phosphate — phos- 

 phoric acid 



Basic slag phosphate — 

 phosphoric acid 



Rock-phosphate (floats) — 

 phosphoric acid 



Potassium chloride (muri- 

 ate) — potash 



Potassium sulphate — pot- 

 ash 



Kainit — potash 



Bone — nitrogen 



Bone — phosphoric acid . . . 



Tankage (meat) — nitrogen 



Tankage (meat and bone) 



— nitrogen 



Tankage (meat and bone) 



— phosphoric acid 



Bone and potash salts — 



nitrogen 



Bone and potash salts — 



phosphoric acid 



Bone and potash salts — 



potash 



Ground fish — nitrogen. . . . 

 Ground fish — phosphoric 



acid 



Dried sheep manure — 



nitrogen 



Dried sheep manure — 



phosphoric acid 



Dried sheep manure — 



potash 



Acid phosphate and potash 



salts — phosphoric acid. .. 

 Acid phosphate and potash 



salts — potash 



Wood-ashes — phosphoric 



acid 



Wood-ashes — potash 



Mixtures of calcium, potash, 



etc. — phosphoric acid . . . 

 Mixtures of calcium, potash, 



etc. — potash 



43 



33 

 12 



50 

 5 

 3 



20 



5 



9 



22 



29 



3 



12 



14 

 4 

 4 



1 



G 



G 



8 



97 



73 



2 

 1 



2 



3 



Per ct. 

 0.70 

 0.59 



4.16 



2.96 



3.54 



5.50 



4.70 

 2.40 

 1.21 

 9.88 

 1.36 



1.25 



6.48 

 0.41 



2 60 



2.64 

 0.15 



0.20 



1.30 



1.74 



4.40 



1.74 



1.98 



0.48 

 2.26 



0.43 



1.30 



Per ct. 

 0.02 

 0.03 



0.02 



0.12 



1.38 



0.12 



1.12 

 0.04 

 0.04 

 0.08 

 0.98 



0.03 



0.12 



0.09 



0.14 



0.31 



0.10 



0.01 

 0.04 

 0.12 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.20 



0.10 

 0.26 



2 



2 



7 

 

 1 



7 







2 



11 

 4 

 1 



4 



2 











1 

 1 



1 



2 



2 







20 



44 





 2 



1 

 1 



Per ct. 

 0.27 

 0.82 



1.35 







0.07 



4.86 





 0.56 

 0.37 

 1.32 

 0.25 



0.39 



6.52 











0.63 

 0.96 



0.33 



0.06 



0.85 







0.63 



1.57 





 0.48 



0.08 



0.50 



Per ct. 

 0.02 

 0.32 



