712 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Much. 



[Sent on from Peabody, Mass.] 



rer cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, . 89.89 



Dry matter, 10.11 



Ash in fresh muck, 3.05 



Nitrogen in fresh muck, ........ .26 



The ash contained a considerable portion of lime and 

 magnesia compounds. The material is a fair specimen of its 

 kind. 



German Peat. 



[Sent on from Millbury, Mass.] 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 11.29 



Nitrogen in organic matter (8 cents per i)ound), . . . 1.23 



Ash constituents, 1.23 



Insoluble matter (in ash), 0.38 



Valuation per 2,000 poimds, f 1 97 



The material was well dried, and evidently designed to 

 serve as an absorbent in some branch of manufacture. 



Muriate of Potash. 



[Sent on from Ashby, Mass. Four samples.] 



