I429-I433 



I. Received from South Amherst, Mass. 



II. Received from Hadley, Mass. 



Ill and IV. Received from Holyoke, Mass. 



V. Received from Sunderland, Mass. 



Moisture at 100° C, 



Total phosphoric acid, 



Soluble 



Reverted " " 



Insoluble " "' 



Potassium oxide, 



Nitrogen, 



I. 



6.02 



II. 31 



4.67 



4-5° 

 2.14 



8.00 



3-04 



IT. 



5-34 

 9.0S 



3-^3 

 3-65 

 2.30 

 10. oS 

 5.62 



Per Cent. 



III. 



8.99 



10.32 



6.63 



2-54 



3-44 

 1-45 



IV. 



7.87 

 9.86 

 6.12 



2-54 



1.20 



10.76 



3-09 



PEAT, MUCK, ETC. 



1434. 1436. I. Peat, received from Boston, Mass. 



II and III. Peat, received from Paxton, Mass. 



Moisture at 100° C 



Nitrogen, 



Phosphoric acid. 



Calcium oxide. 



Organic and volatile matter, 



.Ash, 



Insoluble matter, 



1.62 



* 

 * 



* 



V. 



2.96 



IO-35 

 1. 01 



6-37 



2.97 



16.74 



3-56 



Per Cent. 



I. II. III. 



22.09 65.38 55.85 



.34 -38 



.II .14 



.21 .15 



75-47 67.32 



24-53 32-68 



2T.32 24.27 



1437-1440. I. Muck, received from Boston, Mass. 



II and III. Meadow mud, received from North Andover, 

 Mass. 

 IV. ■ Silt deposit, received from Milford, Mass. 



Per Cent. 

 I. 

 45.62 

 .61 

 .18 

 •05 

 •65 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Nitrogen, 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Potassium oxide. 

 Calcium oxide. 



*Not determined. 



