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COTTON HULL ASHES AND LIME ASHES. 



2101-2104. L Cotton hull ashes, received from Suffield, Conn, 



n. Lime ashes, received from Hadley, Mass, 



III. Lime ashes, received from Sunderland, Mass. 



IV. Lime ashes, received from South Deerfield, Mass. 



AGRICULTURAL LIME. 

 2105-2108. 



I. and II. Received from Amherst, Mass. 



III. Received from West Springfield, Mass. 



IV. Received from Hatfield, Mass. 



Samples No. i and No. 2 represent the product from the Rockport 

 Lime Co. One of the claims of the company is that the lime is so finely 

 ground that it will not absorb carbonic acid from the atmosphere. 

 The two analyses shown above represent the same sample. No. i was 

 analyzed in July, 1906. No. 2, which is the same sample, was exposed 

 to the action of the atmosphere, being protected from dust, etc. by 



* Not determined. * 



