VALUATION OF FERTILIZERS, ETC. 463 



Fertilizer, 



[Sent on by F. J. Kinney, for the farmers near Worcester, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, . 

 Organic matter, 



Ash, 



Total phosphoric acid. 

 Soluble phosphoric acid, . 

 Reverted phosphoric acid, 

 InsoliiI)le phosphoric acid. 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Nitrogen, .... 

 Insoluble matter. 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs., . 



pc 



Pounds 

 r Hundred. 



7.15 

 53.05 

 46.95 

 14.00 

 11.26 



2.38 

 .36 



1.13 



2.56 

 .83 



$38 17 



^ Tobacco Fertilizer, 



[Sent on by D. H. Dickinson, Hadley, Mass., through the Secretary of Hampshire, 

 Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society, Northampton, Mass.] 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 14.65 



Total phosphoric acid, 

 Soluble phosphoric acid, . 

 Reverted phosphoric acid, 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid. 

 Nitrogen (total), 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Sulphuric acid,. 

 Calcium oxide, . 

 Carbonic acid, . 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs., . 



[I. Natural deposit from the West Indies 



12.76 



2.97 



5.29 



4.50 



.77 



23.81 



.89 



7.62 



3.20 



$51 52 



Sent on by "New England Homestead."] 

 [II. Fertilizer for French turnips. Sent on by "New England Homestead."] 

 [III. Fertilizer for round turnips. Sent on by " New England Homestead."] 



