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In view of the fact that the fruit contains a very large amount of 

 potash and the stems and leaves a large amount of lime (the crude ash 

 of the stems contained 28.32 per cent of lime), the author recommends 

 for tomatoes the use of n fertilizing mixture consisting ])er acre of 

 about 2^ tons of barnyard manure, 30 pounds of superphosphate of 

 lime (containing 18 per cent of phosphoric acid), and 55 pounds of 

 muriate of jiotash (contnining 50 per cent of potassium oxide). 



Chemical composition and anatomical structure of tomatoes, 

 G-. Brissi and T. G-igli (N/^'c Sprr. A<jrai\, J'^jpp. ^-^li; abs. Jour. Clicin. 

 ^oc, flO,})- 05')). — The ripe fruit of tomatoes was carefully separated into 

 skin, seeds, and pulp. The pulj) formed 85.4 per cent of the wliole fruit. 

 The average of several analyscitj showed it to contain 4.73 per cent of 

 total dry matter, 3.74 per cent of soluble materials, and 1.09 per cent of 

 Insoluble materials. The pulpAvas further separated by filtration through 

 cloth into a red insoluble substance and a yellow liquid, both of which 

 were analyzed. The following tal)le shows the percentage composition 

 (1) of the dry matter of the red insoluble substance, and (2) of the dry 

 matter of the yellow filtrate : 



The percentage composition of the ash of the two products was as 

 follows : 



Potassium oxide. . 



Sodium oxide 



Calcium oxide 



Magnesium oxide. 

 Clilorine. 



18. 127 

 1.4B3 



Snlidiuric acid . . 

 Pliosplioric acid 

 Carbouic acid.. . 



Silica 



Kot determined. 



15. 866 



64.584 



58.554 

 1.425 

 1.315 

 0.169 

 8.842 

 0.781 

 7.182 



18. 832 

 0.451 

 2.449 



Peanut-hull meal, A. Emmerling {Landic. WocheuhJ.f. Schleswig- 

 Holstein, 41 {1891), p. 510). — According to the author this material is a 

 refuse from the peanut oil manufacture, and has recently been placed 

 iipon the market as a feeding stuff for animals. Analyses of six samples 

 of the meal gave the following results: 



