Experiment Station Bejport. 



137 



Fertilizer. 



[Sent on by F. J. Kinney, for the farmers near Worcester, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, . 

 Organic matter, 

 Ash, .... 

 Total phosphoric acid. 

 Soluble phosphoric acid, 

 Reverted phosphoric acid 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Nitrogen, . 

 Insoluble matter, 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs.. 



Pounds 

 per Hundred. 



7.15 

 53.05 

 46.95 

 14.00 

 11.26 



2.38 

 .36 



1.13 



2.66 

 .83 



$38 17 



Tobacco Fertilizer, 



[Sent on by D. H. Dickinson, Hadley, Mass., through the Secretary of Hampshire, 

 Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society, Northampton, Mass.] 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 14.65 



Total phosphoric acid, 12.76 



Soluble phosphoric acid, 2.97 



Reverted phosphoric acid, 5.29 



Insoluble phosphoric acid, 4.50 



Nitrogen (total), .77 



Potassium oxide, 23.81 



Sulphuric acid, .89 



Calcium oxide, 7.62 



Carbonic acid, 3.20 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs., $51 52 



{I. Natural deposit from the West Indies. Sent on by "New England Homestead."] 

 [II. Fertilizer for French turnips. Sent on by " New England Homestead."] 

 [III. Fertilizer for round turnips. Sent on by " New England Homestead."] 



