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VI. ASHES. 



The results in the following table demonstrate that it iis unsafe to buy 

 wood ashes for fertilizing purposes except subject to chemical analysis. 

 The samples here reported vary from 0.35% to 10.13% potash. Seventy- 

 nine per cent of the samples are below 4% and only 21% are above 

 5% potash. 



Analyses of Ashes. 



Lab. 

 No. 



1636 

 2513 

 1634 

 1632 

 1633 

 1634 

 1635 

 1631 

 1638 

 1637 

 1639 

 2507 

 1923 

 1850 

 2511 

 2512 

 2514 

 2515 

 2516 

 2317 

 2518 

 2(Hi4 

 2665 

 2673 

 1628 



Name. 



Wood ashes, hickory 



Wood ashes, hickory 



Wood ashes, cottonwood . 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood aslies 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Wood ashes 



Corn cob ashes 



Moisture, 

 percent. 



0.30 



1.85 

 0.15 

 1.07 

 1.82 

 4.40 

 0.85 

 1.50 

 0.22 

 0.32 



16.17 



Potash, 

 percent. 



10.13 

 7.22 

 9.05 

 0.63 

 0.35 

 2.49 

 3.65 

 3.03 

 2.68 

 5.37 

 1.54 

 0.50 

 1.86 

 3.52 

 1.13 

 1.16 

 1.39 

 0.79 

 1.03 

 1.23 

 5.18 

 3.00 

 0.84 

 0.38 



32.40 



Phos- 



phoricacid, 



percent. 



1.40 



1.22 



Calcium 

 carbonate. 



62.32 

 64.36 

 80.13 



