180 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Fish Fertilizers. 



[Sent on frona Eastham, Mass. I. Suit Fisb "Waste. II. Fish Cbura. III. Salt 

 Fish Trimmings. IV. Whalebone. V. Whale Scrap.] 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



Moisture at 100" C, . 



Total phosphoric acid, 



Soluble jjhosphoric acid (8 cts. 

 per lb), 



Reverted phosphoric acid (7| 

 cts. per lb.), .... 



Insoluble phosphoric acid (3 

 cts. per lb), . . . . 



Nitrogen (12 els. per lb.). 



Insoluble matter, 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs., . 



2.89 



.58 



1.16 



1.15 



5.2G 



.10 



^5.96 



53.80 

 3.80 



.36 



1.77 



1.67 



4.2G 



.06 



$14.46 



5.22 

 5.50 



.69 



2.15 



2 6G 



7.63 



.26 



f24.24 



6.81 



20.84 



.34 



1.84 



18.69 

 3.40 

 3.69 



$22.67 



9.51 

 1.15 



.84 



.07 



.^4 

 9.64 

 9.10 



$24 73 



The main quantity of these substances was in a very coarse 

 state. 



Dry Ground Fish. 



[I. and II. Sent on by R. P. Smith, Hatfield, Mass. III. Sent on hj W. "W. 

 Sanderson, South Deeifield, Mass.] 



