178 AGRICULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Cotton Waste. 



[Sent on by Samuel Pillsbuiy, Boston, Mass.] Per cent. 



Moisture at 10J° C, 8-24 



Nitrogen, 2.09 



Phosi^horic acid, -83 



Calcium oxide, 2.52 



Magnesium oxide, -66 



Potassium oxide, 1-62 



Insoluble matter, . 20.10 



Wool Waste. 



[Sent on by A. S. Shepard, Franklin, Mass.] Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 7.67 



Ash, 10 63 



Phosphoric acid, 1-15 



Potassium oxide, -51: 



Nitrogen, 5.26 



Lisoluble matter, 5.83 



Waste from Cotton-seed Presses. 



[Sent on by Oliver R. Robbins, "Weston, Mass.] Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C. 6.83 



Ash 23.47 



Phosphoric acid, -96 



Potassium oxide, -20 



Nitrogen, 4.24 



Insoluble matter, 17.74 



Waste from Linseed Presses. 

 [Sent on by Oliver R. Robbins, Weston, Mass.] 

 Moisture at 100° C, 

 Ash, . 

 Phosphoric acid, 

 Potassium oxide. 

 Nitrogen, 

 Insoluble matter, 



Per cent. 



7.06 

 2.34 

 2.43 

 .24 

 8.05 

 1.00 



Scouring Liquor of Raw Wool. 



[Sent on from Plymouth, Mass.] Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C. 92.03 



Dry matter, . . . . ; 7.97 



Nitrogen (in liquid), .03 



Ash, 3.28 



Calcium oxide, -04 



Magnesium oxide, Trace. 



Potassium oxide, 1-09 



Sodium oxide, . -92 



Iron and alumina oxides, '09 



Insoluble matter, ., -22 



