APPENDIX 



TABLE I. DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS AND FERTILIZING CONSTITUENTS IN COMMON 



AMERICAN FOODSTUFFS (Continued) 



TABLE II. PLANT FOOD CONTAINED IN COMMON FERTILIZERS 



Name or Fertilizer 



Fertilizing Constituents in 1000 Pounds of 

 Material 



Nitrogen 



Phosphorus 



Potassium 



Calcium 



Barnyard manure . . 

 Dried blood .... 

 Sodium nitrate . . . 

 Ammonium sulphate 

 Steamed bone meal . . 

 Raw bone meal . . . 

 Raw rock phosphate 

 Acid phosphate . . . 



Basic slag 



Wood ashes (unleached) 



Kainit 



Potassium chloride . . 

 Potassium sulfate . . 

 Raw limestone . . . 

 Burned lime .... 

 Water-slaked lime . . 



5.00 



140.00 



I55-QO 



200.00 



10.00 



40.00 



1.50 

 0.80 



125.00 

 90.00 



125.00 



62.50 



80.00 



5.00 



4.00 

 1.60 



50.00 

 100.00 

 480.00 

 500.00 



0.60 

 0.40 



400.40 

 774.60 

 540.00 



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