60 THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTUEAL 



Soap Boilers' Refuse. 



573. Scraps from rendering vat. 

 575. Liquid from rendering vat. 



574. Lye from condenser. 



The above were sent to Station by A. A. Hills, Greenville. 



Analyses. 



5T3 575 574 



Nitrogen --- 2.25 1.07 



Phos. acid 0.51 0.22 



Potash 2.40 



Estimated value per ton $7.81 |4.83 $2.16 



The ton of 575 and 574 equals about 230 gallons or 7^ bbls. 



Mussel Bed. 



617. From Maine; brought to Station by Wm. Romer, Jr., of 

 Warren, R. L A useful fertilizer but not one that will warrant 

 much cost of transportation. 



t 



Water 29.10 



Sand and insoluble 52.73 



Organic matter* 2.20 



Alumina and Oxide of Iron 4.55 



Lime. — - 4.15 



Magnesia — .86 



Potash .30 



Soda -- .57 



Sulphuric acid 57 



Phosphoric acid .18 



Carbonic acid, chlorine and loss, 4.69 



100.00 

 * Containing nitrogen 0.144. 



This sample is more than four-fifths sand or clay and Avater, 

 It contains about seven per cent, of cai'bonate of lime and one 

 per cent, of carbonate of magnesia, which are commonly useful 

 applications to New England soils. Of the more costly fertilizing 

 elements — nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash — it contains less 

 than exist in stable manure of average quality. 



