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acid to render its nitrogenous matter and bones soluble. 

 Feeding dry fish to farm live-stock engages considerable at- 

 tention. 



L 

 Dry Ground- Fish, Cuinnipiac Fertilizer Co., New Haven, Conn. 



(Mr. H. Phelps, Northampton, Mass.) 



Per cent. 



Total phosphoric acid 7.38 



Total nitrogen 8.34 



Moisture 15.25 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



147.6 pounds of phosphoric acid . . . . $8.86 

 166.8 pounds of nitrogen 35.03 



$43.89 



n. 



Fish and Kainit, Cuinnipiac Fertilizer Co., New Haven, Conn. 



(Mr. H. Phelps, Northampton, Mass.) 



Per cent. 



Total phosphoric acid 7.80 



Total nitrogen 4.75 



Total potassium oxide 3.17 



Moisture at 100° C 22.71 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



156.0 pounds of phosphoric acid .... $9.36 



95.0 " nitrogen 19.95 



63.4 " potassium oxide .... 4.76 



$34.07 



Ward's Fertilizees. 



The material which served for the subsequent two analy- 

 ses was obtained from Mr. John E. Read of South Amherst, 

 Mass. Both samples, it was stated, had been sold at fifteen 

 dollars per ton of two thousand pounds, besides expenses for 

 cartage. As the price charged for these two articles did not 

 exceed fifteen dollars per ton, they were not subjected to the 

 provisions of our State laws for the regulation of the sale of 

 fertilizers, which oblige the dealers in fertilizers to accom- 

 pany each package with a statement regarding the amount 

 and the character of its constituents with reference to nitro 

 gen, phosphoric acid, and potassium oxide. To learn the 

 composition of these fertilizers, and to assist Mr. Read in an 



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