COMPOSITION AND USE OF SOME OF THE 

 NEW FERTILIZER MATERIALS; ALSO, 

 FERTILIZING VALUE OF SOME LOCAL 

 BY-PRODUCTS. 



H. D. HASKINS. 



In the large number of miscellaneous materials forwarded 

 to the experiment station laboratory there occasionally appears 

 a new fertilizing product or by-product of value to farmers liv- 

 ing in the vicinity of the establishment which produces it. 

 Oftentimes it may be a poorly balanced fertilizer, although if 

 supplemented with chemicals or other fertilizing ingredients it 

 may prove eificient. The large number of inquiries received 

 regarding such products as sources of plant food would indi- 

 cate the desirability of publishing a brief statement as to their 

 use. 



No. 1. Sheep Manure and Wool Waste. 



No. 2. Wool Waste extracted of Grease (Snd Cake). 



Analysis. 



No. 1. 



No. 2. 



Moisture, 



Potassium oxide, .... 



Phosphoric acid, .... 



Total nitrogen, 



Water soluble nitrogen, 

 Active water insoluble nitrogen, 

 Inactive water insoluble nitrogen, 

 Approximate commercial value per ton, 



Sheep Manure and }'Vool Wa^e {JS'o. 1). — This manure, 

 which is quite thoroughly dried, may be used at the rate of 

 4 to 5 tons per acre for corn ; when used in seeding to grass, 



