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Fertilizing Constituents of Cotton-seed Meal. 



Sea Island Cotton-seed Meal (Ground with Hidls on). 



[Sent on by Butler, Breed & Co., Boston, Mass.] 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C., 11.62 



Dry matter, 88.38 



Analysis of Dry Matter, 



Crude ash, 



" cellulose, .... 

 " fat, ..... 



" protein (nitrogenous matter), 

 Non-nitrogenous extract matter, . 



Passed screen 141 meshes to square inch, . 



100.00 



12.07 

 20.01 

 8.90 

 26.07 

 32.92 



100.00 

 52.72 



Fertilizing Constituents of the Above. 



Moisture at 100° C, 



Calcium oxide, .... 



Magnesium oxide, 



Potassium oxide (4| cents per pound) 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents per pound) , 



Niti-ogen (15 cents per pound). . 



Insoluble matter, .... 



Valuation per ton, .... 



Per Cent. 



11.62 

 0.57 

 0.60 

 1.31 

 2.09 

 3.59 

 0.57 

 $14 46 



