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 Wood Ashes. 



Pulverized Animal Manures. 



Brands Substantially Meeting their Guarantees. 



' This material is a by-product from wool carding. It is composed largely of sheep manure which is 

 removed from the fleece in the carding process. It also contains w'ool fiber as well as seeds of a great variety 

 of plants. ■'■• •- 



2 This product is taken out of caves located in Texas. It is said to be the excreta of bats and represents 

 the accumulation that has taken place during many years. It contains .54 per cent of ammoniacal nitro- 

 gen, 2.20 per cent of water soluble organic nitrogen, and 4.50 per cent of water insoluble nitrogen, the latter 

 having an activity by the alkaline permanganate method of 64.40 per cent, which is very satisfactory. 

 The material also carries 1.84 per cent of available phosphoric acid. 



3 This product is claimed by the importers to be composed of about equal parts of sheep and goat manure. 

 It is imported from Venezuela and comes from an area of about forty-five square miles. It is removed 

 from corralsl ocated in this territory and transported by donkeys and rail to various ports and when cargoes 

 of 600 to 800 tons have been accumulated it is shipped to this country in ship bottoms that have been used 

 to transport coal from the United States to South American countries. The product is ground after it 

 reaches this country. Little shiny black particles of coal coming from the ship bottoms are noticeable in 

 the product, as well as an occasional seed of some plant and small fragments of stone that are accidentally 

 included with the manure when it is shoveled from the corrals. 



