448 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Phosphoric ackl, trace. 



Iron oxide, 1.44 percent. 



Silicic acid, 3.66 " " 



Carbonic acid, chlorine, and sulphuric acid, . . . not determined. 



As the molasses had l^eeii treated with boneblack, the 

 phosphoric acid had been abstracted, and the relative pro- 

 portion of other mineral constituents of the sugar beet, al- 

 tered. The potash obtained from the molasses of the sugar 

 beet is considered valuable for the manufacture of the finer 

 qualities of glass. The beet-sugar manufacturer usually 

 changes, by fermentation, the sugar of the molasses into 

 alcohol ; and evaporates the refuse of the still to dryness, 

 and chars the refuse. The potash is abstracted from the 

 charred mass in a similar way as from any other ash. 



Ozone. 



" The most valuable article in the loorld." 



[Prentiss Preserving Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Sent on for examination by the "New 



England Homestead," Springfield, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C. (including a trace of aromatic 



matter), 0.800 per cent. 



Carbon, 6.080 " " 



Asli, GOO " " 



.Sulphur, 92.52 " " 



The pretensions of the manufacturer regarding the value 

 of this compound are not less strange than the name under 

 which it is offered for sale. 



The PJioRnix Fruit Tree Invigoraior. 



(Manufactured by the Phoenix Fruit Tree Invigorator Co., of Livonia, Livingstone, 



County, N. Y.) 

 " A specific for the Aphis on Fruit Trees and Berry Bushes of all kinds." 

 ^'■Patent Secured." 

 [Sent on for examination by the editor of the " New England Homestead," Spring- 

 field, Mass.] 



One hundred parts of the material contained : — 



Moisture at 100° C, 21.75 



Sulphur free, 41.25 



Sulphur combined (with alkalies), .... 1.66 



Sulphuric aciil, .64 



Phosphoric acid, .82 



Chlorine, 20 



Carbonic acid, 9.64 



