48 THE CONNECTICUT AGEICULTUEAL 



The price of Castor Pomace has advanced since last year by 

 $3-5 per ton. The composition remains about the same. In case 

 of Cotton Seed Meal the price has not advanced, but an inferior 

 article, 579 has been put upon the market. This grade of meal, 

 which contains the black hulls, can be distinguished by close 

 inspection from the better meal that is ground from decorticated 

 cotton seed. 



Night Soil. 



543 received March 15th, from Wm. Burr, Fairfield. 



This sample represents the material gathered from village 

 privies during cold vreather in the spring season. For compar- 

 ison the analysis of a sample from a large quantity taken in the 

 village of New Canaan in 1859 is given. 



Chemical Analyses of Night Soil. 



Fairfield. New Canaan. 

 .543 



"Water, 53.06 66.74 



Organic Matter,* .11.62 17.68 



Sand, soil and coal ashes, _.29.76 8.59 



Potash, .1 



Soda, "-^ ^ -^^ 



I 2.27 



" 21) 



.26 [ 



Lime, 82 



Magnesia, 60 



Iron oxide and alumina, 1.79 2.69 



Phosphoric acid, 1.41 1.38 



Sulphuric acid,.. .39 



Chlorine, 08 



100.00 100.00 



*"With Nitrogen, 74 .87 



No closer agreement could be e.vpected in two samples of this 

 material than is seen in the above analyses. The greater quantity 

 of lime found in the New Canaan sample might have come from 

 a sprinkling of oyster shells or the like. The large admixture 

 of sand, soil and coal ashes is what can liardly be avoided. 



The most valuable fertilizing elements of the night soil, viz: 

 nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash may be bought in other 

 forms in the fertilizer market for 22^ cts., 9 cts. and 7 cts. per 

 pound respectively. The liighest commercial value of these ingre- 

 dients in 100 pounds of night soil, 543, is as follows : — 



