EXPERIMENT STATION. 



649 



BROOM-CORN WASTE (Stalks) 

 [Sent on from North Hadley, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, 



Dr}'- Matter, 



Per cent. 



8.70 

 91.30 



Atialysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude Ash, 



" Cellulose, 



" Fat, 



" Protein (Nitrogenous INIatter), 

 Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 



Fertilizing Ingredients of Broom-Corn Waste. 



Moisture at 100° C, 



Phosphoric acid (G cents), 



Potissium oxide (4^ cents), 



Nitrogen (12 cents), . . . . . 



Calcium oxide, 



^lagnesiuin oxide, 



Insoluble Matter, 



100.00 



4.88 



39.25 



1.00 



6.78 



48.09 



100.00 



10.374 

 .460 

 1.858 

 .870 

 .242 

 .170 

 .997 



Valuation per ton of 2,000 pounds, |4 13 



PEA MEAL. 



[Sent on from Springfield, Mass.] 

 63.88 per cent, passed through Mesh 144 to square inch. 



