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5. Notes on Sugar-beet Refuse. 



Aiialij.iis of Sugar-beet Refuse forwarded for Investigation. 



Per Cent. 



Moisture, 7.70 



Phosphoric acid, ........ none 



Total potassium oxide, . . . . . .9.72 



Water soluble potassium oxide, ..... 8.36 



Total nitrogen, . . . . . . . .6.39 



Nitrogen as nitrates, ....... 3.86 



Nitrogen as ammoniates, ...... .05 



Nitrogen in organic form 2.48 



Calcium oxide, ........ none 



Sodium oxide, ........ 7.00 



Sulphuric acid, ........ 2.82 



Chlorine, 1.87 



Carbonic acid, . . . . . . . . none 



The above material is a waste product from the sugar-beet 

 industry ; it is produced in the process of manufacturing 

 alcohol from the beet-sugar molasses ; it is rich in potash 

 and nitrogen, and deserves special attention in the produc- 

 tion of tobacco and other industrial crops. The successful 

 introduction of the beet-sugar, manufacture as a home in- 

 dustry already benefits our agricultural interests in many 

 ways, as was predicted by the friends of the sugar-beet in- 

 dustry years ago. 



6. Notes on City Garbage Products. 

 Sample No. 1 represents what is known as garbage tank- 

 age ; sample No. 2 represents the ashes from the cremation 



of city garbage. 



Analysis of Garbage Products. 



Per Cent. 



Moisture, . . . . 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Total phosplioric acid, 

 Avallaljle phosphoric acid, 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid, 

 Nitrogen 



* Not determined. 



