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CONTROL SERIES No. 84 



CHEMICALS AND RAW PRODUCTS. 



Summary of Results of the Inspection of Fertilizer Simples and Raw Products. 



It 

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o c 

 0.£ 



Nitrate of soda 

 Nitrate of potash 



Nitrate of soda-potash 



Nitrate of lime . 

 Cal-Nitro 

 Ammonium sulfate 

 Synthetic urea 

 Cyanamid 

 Ammo-Phos A 



Ammo-Phos B 

 Cottonseed meal . 

 Castor pomace 

 Linseed meal 

 Dried blood . 

 Milorganite . 

 Superphosphate 16 % . 



Superphosphate 20 % ■ 



Superphosphate 40% . 



Basic slag phosphate . 



Precipitated bone 



Muriate of potash 

 High grade sulfate of 



potash 

 Potash-magnesia sulfate 

 Cotton hull ashes 

 Wood ashes . 

 Dry ground fish . 

 Animal tankage . 



Ground bone 



Ground tobacco stems 



Pulverized sheep ma- 

 nure ... 



Pulverized sheep and 

 goat manure 



Pulverized cattle ma- 

 nure .... 



Pulverized poultry ma- 

 nure .... 



Pulverized poultry ma- 

 nure and peat . 



Sheep manure and wool 

 waste 



3.6 

 10.8 



3.9 

 12.2 



10.05 (nitrogen) 

 10.0 (nitrogen) 



(pntash) 

 (nitrogen) 

 (potash) 

 (nitrogen) 

 8 . 5 (nitrogen) 

 8.3 (nitrogen) 

 11.38 (nitrogen) 

 8.2 (nitrogen) 

 7.2 (nitrogen) 

 4.8 (available 

 phosphoric acid) 



22.2 (nitrogen) 



27.7 (nitrogen) 



30.6 (nitrogen) 

 25.75 (nitrogen) 

 27.74 (nitrogen) 



4.74 (available 

 phosphoric acid) 



4.96 (available 

 phosphoric acid) 



4.53 (available 

 phosphoric acid) 



5. 98 (available 

 phosphoric acid) 



4 . 58 (available 

 phosphoric acid) 



2.94 (potash) 



4.48 (potash) 

 5.81 (potash) 



7.27 (potash) 



21.08 (nitrogen) 

 19.6 (nitrogen) 



3.75 (phos- 

 phoric acid) 



27.45 (nitrogen) 

 5.0 (phos- 

 phoric acid) 



a Average percentage of chlorine, .20%. 



h Average percentage of chlorine, .23%. 



c Average percentage of chlorine, .46%. 



d Total potash. 



c Not counting the value of the phosphoric acid or potash. 



/ Magnesium oxide, 12.92%; chlorine, 1.37%. 



g Calcium oxide, 12.25%; magnesium oxide, 5.58%; moisture, 5.78%; insoluble matter, 15.56%. 



h Calcium oxide, 35.72%; magnesium oxide, 4.09%; moisture, 9.09%; insoluble matter, 8.56%. 



i Chlorine, .09%. 



j Average tankage finer than 1/50 inch, 49.83%; coarser than 1/50 inch, 50.17%. 



fc Average bone finer than 1/50 inch, 72.20%; coarser than 1/50 inch, 27.80%. 



/ Organic matter, 66.08%. 



m Average organic matter: sheep manure, 42.53%; sheep and goat manure, 39. SO';;^; cattle manure, 

 69.78%; poultry manure, 62.09%; poultry manure and peat, 69.46%,; sheep manure and wool waste, 

 44.55%. 



Note: The average pound cost of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash from all of the pulverized 

 natural manures taken collectively would be as follows: nitrogen, 73 cents; phosphoric acid, 16 cents, 

 and potash, 16 cents. 



