i6 



i. Provisions to facilitate the removing of the manure, lo points, 



j. General protection of the manure place, 5 " 

 k. Size of manure place with reference to the amount 



of live stock kept, 10 " 



1. Treatment of manure, 30 " 



150 points. 



Whatever our opinion may be regarding some of the details of the 

 above system of rating the different points, it will be conceded that 

 the whole idea cannot fail to show that hygienic, as well as economi- 

 cal interests of the farmer, are to be protected. 



IV. 



DISCUSSION OF TRADE VALUES OF FERTILIZING 



INGREDIENTS IN RAW MATERIALS AND 



CHEMICALS FOR 1903 AND 1904. 



Nitrogen in ammonia salts, 



Nitrogen in nitrates, 



Organic nitrogen in dry and fine ground fish, meat, 

 blood, and in high grade mixed fertilizers. 



Organic nitrogen in fine bone and tankage, 



Organic nitrogen in coarse bone and tankage. 



Phosphoric acid soluble in water. 



Phosphoric acid soluble in ammonium citrate. 



Phosphoric acid in fine ground fish, bone and tank- 

 age, 4.0 4.0 



Phosphoric acid in cotton seed meal, castor pomace 

 and wood ashes. 



Phosphoric acid in coarse fish, bone and tankage, 



Phosphoric acid insoluble (in water and in neutral 

 citrate of ammonia) in mixed fertilizers, 



Potash as sulphate, free from chlorides, 



Potash as muriate (chloride), 



The above schedule of trade values was adopted by representatives 

 of the Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont 



4.0 4.0 



3-0 3-0 



2.0 2.0 



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