EXPERIMENT STATION, 57 



Analysis. 



Sand and matters insoluble in acid, — i 



^.,. \ 8.61 



bilica, ) 



Char,... 2.27 



Carbonic acid, 23.42 



Moisture, — - j 



Combined water f 



Oxide of iron and alumina, 1.49 



Lime, -- 34.65 



Magnesia, ".. 2.68 



Potash , - - 1.05 



Soda .50 



Phosphoric acid, .88 



Sulphuric acid, .20 



100.00 

 Cost per bushel, 17 cts. 



The sample accords well in composition with those formerly 

 analyzed at this Station. The lime exists mostly as carbonate, 

 and is therefore without injurious action on vegetation. This 

 fertilizer appears to be very popular in Connecticut, the importa- 

 tions from Canada direct, during 1881, having amounted to about 

 250,000 bushels. 



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Refuse Lime from Beet Sugar Works. 



516. This sample was sent in December, 1880, by Edgar 

 Stoughton, Esq., of South Windsor, and came from the Franklin 

 Beet Sugar works, in Massachusetts, 



Analysis. 



Moisture,-- 42.19 



Carbonic acid, organic matter* and water, 23.99 



Lime, 19.85 



Potash, .32 



Phosphoric acid, 3.10 



Undetermined matter, 10.55 



100.00 

 Estimated value, per ton, $9.30 



* "W ith nitrogen, --. .44 



In Bulletin 51, dated Jan. 27, 1881, the lime in this sample was 

 valued at Si. 59, At the present advanced price of lime at New 

 Haven it would be worth $2.38, which would bring the total value 

 of 516 to no. 10 per ton. The Franklin Works are, however, 

 suspended, and this refuse is not in the market. 

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