274 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



5. Analyses, etc. — Continued. 



Chaff from Grain Elevator. 

 [Sent on by S. H. Pierce, Lincoln, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, . 



Ash 



Potassium oxide (4^ cents per i^ound) , 

 Phosi:)horic acid (6 cents per pound) , . 

 Nitrogen (17 cents per pound), . 

 Insoluble matter, . ^ . 

 Valuation per ton, .... 



Per Cent. 



9.89 



10.74 



.76 



5.00 



1.62 



6.49 



$12 16 



.Jute Waste. 

 [Sent on by J. E. Stevens, Ludlow, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, . 

 Ash, . . . . • . 

 Calcium oxide, .... 

 Ferric oxide, .... 



Potassium oxide (4^ cents jjer jjound) 

 Phosphoric acid (6 cents i^er jjound), 

 Nitrogen (13 cents per pound), . 

 Insoluble matter, .... 

 Valuation per ton, 



Per Cent. 



10.847 



23.610 



1496 



.671 



.080 



.720 



1.794 



19.090 



$5 59 



Hemp Waste. 



[Sent on by J. E. Stevens, Ludlow, Mass.] 



Per Cent. 



Moistiu-e at 100° C, 12.272 



Ash, 6.340 



Calcium oxide, 1.654 



Ferric oxide, .307 



Potassium oxide (4^- cents per jiound) , .232 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents per pound), .242 



Nitrogen (13 cents per pound), 1.095 



Insoluble matter, 2.481 



Valuation per ton, f 3 26 



Cranherry Vines. 



[Sent on by L. B. Smitli, Eastham, Mass] 



Per Cent. 



Moisture-at 100° C, 13.070 



Ash, 2.450 



Calcium oxide, -404 



Magnesium oxide, • -253 



