Cotton Seed Hull Ashes are eagerly sought after by the tobacco 

 raisers in the Connecticut Valley. The ashes furnish a most valu- 

 able source of potash for tobacco culture ; in the majority of cases 

 proving superior to high grade sulphate of potash. The analy- 

 ses of different samples of this material show a wide variation 

 in the percentage of potassium oxide present. This fact should 

 be taken into consideration by the farmer when purchasing 

 these goods. Cotton seed hull ashes, like wood ashes and 

 all other by-products and refuse materials used for fertilizing 

 purposes, should be bought on a guarantee of composition 

 of their essential elements of plant food. Several inquiries 

 have been made from different sections of the State, as to where cot- 

 ton seed hull ashes may be procured. 



The American Cotton Oil Co., 27 Beaver street, New York City, 

 has secured a license for the sale of this material in Massachusetts. 



COTTON SEED MEAL. 

 839-841. I-, II- and III. Received from North Hatfield, Mass. 



Per Cent. 

 I. II. III. 



Moisture at 100° C, 6.93 6.29 6.87 



Nitrogen, 7.53 7.76 7.45 



The percentage of phosphoric acid and potassium oxide in the 

 various samples of cotton seed meal received for analysis, is not, as 

 a general rule, determined unless upon special request of the party 

 sending the sample. The amount of these two elements varies but 

 little, the average of fifty analyses showing a content of phosphoric 

 acid of 1.76 per cent and of potassium oxide of 1.79 per cent. 



ANALYSES OF MISCELLANP:OUS MATERIAL. 



842-844. I- Tankage received from Northampton, Mass. 



II. Tankage received from South Westport, Mass. 

 III. Complete fertilizer received from Merrimac, 

 Mass. 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Total Phosphoric acid, 



