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No. I was present as slaked lime altho the excess of moisture lowers the percentage of calcium 

 oxide to about what is shown in the other two samples. Samples Nos. II and III show in 

 round numbers about 2-3 calcium carbonate and 1-3 calcium hydrate; 28 per cent of No. Ill 

 was too coarse to pass a sieve having circular openings 1-50 of an inch in diameter. 



ROBERT HARRIS, LIME ROCK, R. I. 



No. I. Slaked lime, forwarded by manufacturer. 

 NEW ENGLAND LIME CO., DANBURY, CONN. 



No. II. Burned granulated lime (Adams product), for- 

 warded by producer. 



No. III. Limestone dust (Adams product), forwarded by 

 producer. 



No. IV. Limestone dust (Adams product), forwarded by 

 consumer. 



No. V. Air-slaked lime (Canaan product), forwarded by 

 producer. 



No. VI. Limestone dust (Danbury product), forwarded b}^ 

 a consumer. 



NOTE. — The quotation on No.I was $5.00 per ton, bulk, f. o. b. Lime Rock, R. I. The 

 freight rates to various points in Massachusetts are from 11 to 15 cents per hundred. The 

 lime in this material was present largely as slaked lime, together with a large percentage of 

 magnesia. No. II was quoted $6.50 per ton f. o. b. Adams, Mass., bulk, car load lots; if 

 shipped in sacks, $1.50 per ton extra, sacks not returnable. Nos. Ill and IV were quoted 

 $3.00 per ton, f. o. b. Adams, bulk, car load lots; $1.50 per ton extra in sacks. The freight 

 rates on all three samples tovarious points in Massachusetts are from 7 to 15 cents per hundred. 

 The analysis shows sample No. II to be largely caustic lime in fine granular form suitable for 

 distribution in a fertilizer drill. Unlimited supplies may be had. Nos. Ill and IV contain 

 the greater part of their lime as carbonate together with noticeable amounts of slaked lime. 

 The product is the fine particles of stone which are drawn out of the kiln by draught and de- 

 posited in the dust chamber at the back of the kiln. Originally they consisted of varying 

 proportions of quick lime which has become air-slaked upon standing. Supply rather limited. 

 No. V is a magnesium lime, the magnesium being present largely as magnesium oxide (MgO), 

 and the lime largely as slaked lime with some (about 1-4) quicklime. Sample No. VI. is largely 

 carbonate of lime, only 1-2 of its weight being present as slaked or hydrated lime. Samples 

 V and VI were quoted at $4.00 per ton f. o. b. Canaan and Danbury, Connecticut. Freight 

 rates are from 7 to 9 1-2 cents per hundred to various points in Massachusetts. 



NEW JERSEY LIME CO., HAMBURG, N. J. 



No. I. 

 No. II. 

 No. III. 

 No. IV. 



WM. MITCHELL, 1505 CHAPEL ST., NEW HAVEN, CONN. 

 No. V. Agricultural lime, forwarded by a consumer. 

 No. VI. Agricultural lime, forwarded by a consumer. 



Top dressing lime, forwarded by producer. 

 Sheldon's agricultural lime, forwarded by producer. 

 Sussex hydrate lime, forwarded by producer. 

 Agricultural lime, forwarded by a consumer. 



