270 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



5. Analyses, etc. — Continued. 



" Vegetable Ivory." 



[Sent on by Moses Field, Longmeadow, Mass.] 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C., . 8.140 



Organic and volatile matter, 93.580 



Ash, 6.420 



Calcium oxide, 4.842 



Magnesium oxide, 0.430 



Ferric oxide, 0.043 



Sodium oxide, 0.125 



Potassium oxide, . .0.461 



Phosphoric acid, 0.237 



Nitrogen, 0.500 



Silicic acid, 0.033 



Insoluble matter, 0.196 



Concentrated Flower Food. 



[Sent on from Springfield, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, 



Ash, 



Phosphoric acid, 



Lime, 



Sulphuric acid, 



Potassium oxide, 



Sodium oxide, 



Nitrogen in organic matter, 



Nitrogen in nitrates, 



Insoluble matter, . 



Per Cent. 

 11.20 



42.89 

 5.30 

 6.18 



15.73 

 4.72 



17.45 

 2.31 

 4.66 

 0.25 



"Flora Vita." 

 [Sent on from Amherst, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C , . 

 Solids, .... 

 Ferric and aluminic oxides, 

 Calcium oxide, 

 Magnesium oxide, 

 Potassium oxide, . 

 Sodium oxide, 

 Phosphoric acid, . 

 Sulphuric acid, 

 Chlorine, 

 Nitrogen, 



Per Cent. 



85.30 

 14.70 

 0.65 

 0.72 

 0.17 

 4.16 

 2.48 

 2.80 

 0.84 

 0.06 

 2.61 



