EXAMPLE OF FERTILIZER WORTH $36 PER TON. 



Eighteen hundred pounds of blood and bone, 

 containing 7% nitrogen and 10% phosphoric acid, 

 added to 200 pounds sulphate of potash, will make 

 one ton analyzing as follows: 



126 Ibs. nitrogen (6.3%@16c) $20.21 



180 Ibs. phosphoric acid (9%@5i/ 2 c) 9.90 



100 Ibs. potash (5%@6c.) 6.00 



$36.11 



ILLUSTRATION NO. I A HIGH GRADE FERTILIZER 

 CONTAINING NO FILLER. 



ANALYSIS. OBTAINED FROM LBS. 



Nitrogen 5i/ 2 % 1400 Ibs. raw bone, 3.5% 



(110 Ibs.) nitrogen 49.00 



400 Ibs. nitrate soda (96% 

 pure 16% nitrogen) 61.44 



110.44 

 Phosphoric acid. ..1400 Ibs. raw bone, 23% 



16% (322 Ibs.) phosphoric acid 322.00 



Potash 5% actual.200 Ibs. sulphate, 50% 



(100 Ibs.) actual potash 100.00 



COST OF ABOVE MATERIALS. 



1400 Ibs. bone at $30.00 per ton $21.00 



400 Ibs. nitrate at $50.00 per ton 10.00 



200 Ibs. sulphate at $60.00 per ton 6.00 



2000 Ibs. Total $37.00 



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