Experiment Station Report. 



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COTTON-SEED MEAL. 



[Sent by E. S. Wakner, Hatfield, Mass ] 



The article is of good quality, and was obtained by bolt- 

 ing a coarse cotton -seed meal. Eighty-one pounds of the 

 above was obtained from one hundred pounds of the latter. 

 The coarse portion — nineteen per cent. — has been analyzed 

 to ascertain its fitness as a fertilizer with the following 



results : — 



Coarse portion of Cotton-Seed Meal for fertilizing purposes. 



(Sent by E. S. Warner, Hatfield, Mass.) 



Per cent. 

 7.09 



Moisture, at 100° C, 



Organic and volatile matter, 

 Ash constituents. 



Nitrogen in organic compounds. 

 Potassium oxide. 

 Calcium oxide, 

 Magnesium oxide, . 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Insoluble matter, 



93 465 

 6.535 



100.000 



Per cent. 

 5.900 

 1797 

 0.263 

 0.223 

 2.341 

 1784 



