DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY. 



C. A. GOESSMANN. 



I. 



ANALYSES OF FERTILIZING SUBSTANCES SENT ON FOR 

 FREE EXAMINATION. 



WOOD ASHES. 



1055 — 1059. I. Received from Medway, Mass. 



11. Received from Sunderland, Mass. 



III. Received from Sunderland, Mass. 



IV. Received from North Hatfield, Mass. 



V. Received from Holyoke, Mass. 



Moisture at 100° C. 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Phosphoric acid, 

 Calcium oxide. 

 Insoluble matter, 



1060 — 1063. I. Received from Lakeville, Mass. 



II. Received from Sunderland, Mass. 



III. Received from Waltham, Mass. 



IV. Received from Weston, Mass. 



Per Cent. 

 I. 



Moisture at 100° C. 16.19 



Potassium oxide, 4.63 



Phosphoric acid, 1.35 



Calcium oxide, 3i-'9 



Insoluble matter, 13-52 



