260 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



5. Analyses, etc. — Continued. 



Wood Ashes 



[I. from Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. ; II. sent on by C. L. Hartshorn, 

 Worcester, Mass. ; III. sent on by L. F. Priest, Rock Bottom, Mass. ; IV. sent 

 on b}' H. F. Cross, Hingham, Mass.] 



Wood Ashes, 



[I. and II. sent on by W. L. Hubbard, Sunderland, Mass. ; III. sent on by W. L. 

 Faxon, Quincy, Mass. ; IV. sent on by F. H. Williams, Sunderland, Mass.] 



IV. 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Calcium oxide. 

 Magnesium oxide, 

 Ferric oxide, . 

 Potassium oxide, . 

 Phosj^horic acid, . 

 Insoluble matter (befor 



e calcination) , 



Insoluble matter (after calcination), 



16.54 

 32.74 

 3.01 

 0.37 

 6.56 

 1.43 

 10.54 

 8.78 



