164 AGEICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Much. 



[Sent on from Pcabod)', Mass.] 



Prr cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, , • • 89.89 



Dry matter, 10.11 



Ash in fresh niuck, 3.05 



Nitrogen in fresh muck, .26 



The ash contained a considerable portion of lime and 

 magnesia compounds. The material is a fair specimen of its 

 kind. 



German Peat. 



[Sent on frona Millbury, Mass.] 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 11-29 



Nitrogen in organic matter (8 cents per pound), . . . 1.23 



Ash constituents, 1-23 



Insoluble matter (in asli), 0.38 



Valuation per 2,000 pounds, ?1 97 



The material was well dried, and evidently designed to 

 serve as an absorbent in some branch of manufacture. 



Muriate of Potash. 



[Sent on from Ashby, Mass. Four samples.] 



