226 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



100.8 pounds of phosphoric acid .... 

 98.6 pounds of nitrogen ..... 



$6 05 

 19 72 



^25 77 



ni. 



Ground Fish. 



(H. Preston & Son, Green Point, L.I. ; collected of Messrs. Spaulding & Co., 

 Northampton, Mass.) 



Per cent. 

 Moisture lost at 100° C 20.58 



Organic and volatile matter 

 Ash constituents 

 Phosphoric acid 

 Nitrogen .... 

 Insoluble matter 



63.50 



36.50 



7.79 



4.34 



2.89 



$9 35 

 17 36 



26 71 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



155.8 pounds of phosphoric acid .... 

 86.8 pounds of nitrogen 



IV. 



Dried Fish. 



(Quinnipiac Fertilizer Company; collected of Messrs. Bagg & Batchelder, 



Springfield, Mass.) 



Per cent. 



Moisture lost at 100° C. . 

 Organic and volatile matter 

 Ash constituents 

 Phosphoric acid 

 Nitrogen .... 

 Sand, etc. 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



152.8 pounds of phosphoric acid .... 

 175.2 pounds of nitrogen 



$44 21 



Bradley's Fish and Kainit. 

 (Collected of Messrs. Horton & Phelps, Northampton, Mass.) 



