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•tropics sheep are housed or sheltered and considerable accumulations of 

 sheep manure are thus brought about. 



If carefully managed, this manure is of high fertilising quality and 

 is rightly appreciated by sugar-planters for use on exhausted soils. 



An analysis of a sample from a pen in Westmoreland is given as an 

 illustration of the relative value of this material. 



^Analysis and Report on a sample of Sheep Manure from Westmoreland. 

 " This sample contains . — 



Moisture ... 29.86 per cent. 



Organic matter ... *56-58 " 



Sand and Clay ... 4-45 



Mineral Salts ... 9-11 



containing — 



(1) Phosphoric Acid ... 1*11 ) ., 

 equal to Phosphate of Lime ... 2*41 J 



(2) Water soluble Potash ... 1-06 " 



(3) ^containing Nitrogen ... 2.71 \ << 

 equal to Ammonia ... 3'29 J 



Approximate weight per Bushel 36 lbs. 

 Mechanical condition— Fairly dry and friable. 

 J. value it as follows : — 



Nitrogen 2-71 </o @ 12s. ... 32s. 4d. 



Phosphoric Acid (soluable) I'll ^ @ 2/9 38. Od. 



Poiash 1-06 </o Q 5s. ... 5s. 3d. 



40s. 7d. 



This manure is therefore worth 40s. 7d, per English ton or roughly 

 8d. per bushel of 36 lbs. at current value for fertilizers. (1901)" 



(4) The Kingston City refme. 



A large accumulation of the miscellaneous refuse of Kingston has 

 been localised through the institution of a Deposit Ground. 



An analysis was recently made at the request of His Worship the 

 Mayor and a valuation at current fertiliser rates has been made. I 

 estimate that it is worth about 12s. per ton f. o. r. Kingston. This 

 leaves, of course, but a small margin for the cost of handling. This 

 deposit could only be economically used within a limited range of 

 Kingston, and would only be of commerial advantage upon an ex- 

 hausted soil or a hungry soil under irrigation conditions. 



Report on Analysis of Sample City Refuse from Deposit Ground. 



The samples were taken with a soil-auger and mixed, 20 per cent, 

 .consisted of coarse stones and refuse of no manurial value. The resi- 

 ,dual 80 per cent, gave the following results : — 



Per cent. 

 Moisture ... 5.15 



Volatile and organic matter 16.10* 



Mineral matter ... 78.75** 



Total ... 110.00 



