318 AGRICULTUKAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



5. Analyses, etc. — Continued. 



Peat. 



[Sent on from Amherst, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, 



Nitrogen, 



Florida Muck. 



[Sent on from Boston, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Niti'ogen, 



I'd- Cent. 



27.51 

 .12 



Per Cent.. 

 5.94 

 1.07 



Per Cent^ 



60.9a 



Canal Mud. 



[Sent on from North Amherst, Mass.] 



]\Ioisture at 100° C, 



Potassium oxide, - 



Phosi^horic acid, .28 



Nitrogen, .15 



Insoluble matter, 32.67 



Muck. 



[I , sent on from Rockbottom, Mass. ; II , sent on from Pansy Park, Mass ] 



Horse Manure. 

 [Sent on from Westborongh, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C , 

 Potassium oxide, . 

 Phosphoric acid, . 

 Nitrogen, 

 Insoluble matter, . 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Potassium oxide, . 

 Phosphoric acid, . 

 Calcium oxide, 

 Magnesium oxide. 

 Insoluble matter, . 



Boiler Soot. 

 [Sent on from Hatfield, Mass.] 



Per Cent. 



11.25 



2.82 



1.46 



.74 



12.60 



Per Cent. 

 18.80 



.54 



1.60 



2.31 



1.19 



58.91 



