DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY. 



C. A. GOESSMANN. 



ANALYSES OF FERTILIZING SUBSTANCES SENT ON FOR 

 FREE EXAMINATION. 



WOOD ASHES. 



1223-1227. I. Received from Concord, Mass. 



II. Received from Williamsburg, Mass. 



III. Received from Sunderland, Mass. 



IV. Received from Waltham, Mass. 

 V. Received from Rochester, Mass. 



PER CENT, 



I. 



Moisture at 100° C, ^"5-95 



Potassium oxide, 5.40 



Phosphoric acid, 1.68 



Calcium oxide, 29.84 



Insoluble matter, 12.84 



1228-1231. I. Received from Fall River, Mass. 



II. Received from North Hatfield, Mass. 



III. Lime ashes, received from Northampton, Mass. 



IV. Lime ashes, received from Sunderland, Mass. 



PER CENT. 



I. 



Moisture at 100° C, 2.37 



Potassium oxide, 3-46 



Phosphoric acid, 1.16 



Calcium oxide, 32.30 



Insoluble matter, * 24.38 



