MANURES AND FERTILIZERS. 



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PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION OP C03IMEKCIAL. 

 FERTILIZING MA.TETIIAIjS— Con tz fined. 



Name. 



Oyster-shell lime* 



Peat 



Peruvian guano 



Phosphates, Florida... 



Plaster, puret , 



Seaweed 



ashes 



" mixed 



Sewage sludge, precipitated 

 Soot 



S. Carolina rock, dissolved. 

 " " " ground... 



Spent tan-bark ashes 



Sumac waste 



Sulfate of ammonia 



Sulfate of potash and mag 



nesia 



Sulfate of potash, high grade 



Sylvanite. 



Tankage — 



Thomas slag 



Tobacco stalks 



" stems 



Wool washings 



Wool waste 



Composition of Farm 



Manures. 



Barnyard manure, average.. 



Cattle excrement, solid, fresh 



Cattle urine, fresh 



Hen manure, fresh 



Horse excrement, solid 



Horse urine, fresh 



Human excrement, solid 



Human urine 



Pigeon manure, dry 



Poudrette, night soil 



Sheep excrement. solid,fresh 



Sheep urine, fresh 



Stable manure, mixed 



Swine excrement, solid, fresh 

 Swine urine, fresh 



15 



61.50 

 14.81 

 2.25 



81.90 



1-47 



81.50 



88.49 



5-54 



1.50 



3.61 



63.06 



4-75 

 2-54 

 7-25 



10.00 

 1.45 

 6.18 



10.00 



68.87 



77.20 

 95.90 

 10.00 

 50.00 



.85 

 7-35 



1. 19 

 20.50 



6.70 



371 



2-35 



6.50 



.40 

 .92 



1.50 

 •05 



1.83 



2.04 

 3-25 



25-50 

 33 40 

 16.65 



5.02 

 8.20 



392 



tl.20 



•43 

 . 10 

 •49 

 .56 

 ■35 



1.50 

 •25 

 .20 



1 .00 

 •30 

 •15 



2.26 

 .60 

 •13 

 •83 



Phosphoric Acid. 



11.60 

 •27, ^07 



5 

 3.06 



.08 

 15 •so 

 24 50 



15.20 



28.03 



1. 6 1 



11.80 



23-49 



.65 



.70 



■35 



* 18.5 per cent carbonate. 



+ Nova Scotia plaster contains 94 per cent pure gypsum and 4 per cent 

 carbonate of lime; Onondaga and Cayuga, 65-75 per cent gypsum and 

 18-28 per cent carbonate of lime. 



$ Sometimes as high as 5 per cent. 



