108 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Wood Ashes. 



[I., II. Sent on from Somerset, Mass. III. Sent on from Byfield, Mass ] 



Nos. II. and III. are evidently leached wood ashes. 



Ashes of Cotton Seed Hidls. 



[I. Sent on for examination from South Deerfield, Mass. II. Sent on from North 



Amherst, Mass.] 



Pounds per Hundred. 



ir. 



Moisture at 100" C, . 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents per pound). 



Calcium oxide, 



Magnesium oxide, .... 

 Potassium oxide (5^ cents per pound), 

 Insoluble matter, .... 

 Valuation per 2,000 pounds, 



6.38 

 10.69 



13.34 



Not de- 

 termined. 



24.16 



10.72 

 $39 41 



There is evidently a considerable variation in the composi- 

 tion of this article. Direct communication from a well-informed 



