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NOTE VII. (p. 19). 



ANALYSES OF STABLE -MANURE, MADE RESPECTIVELY WITH 



PEAT -MOSS LITTER AND WHEAT -STRAW (by BERNARD 

 DYER, B.Sc.) 



Peat-moss litter. Wheat-straw, 



Per cent. Per cent. 



Total nitrogen . . . 0.88 0.61 



Equal to ammonia . . 1.07 0.74 



Phosphoric acid . . . 0.37 0.43 

 Equal to Tribasic phosphate of 



lime (or Tricalcic phosphate) 0.80 0.94 



Potash ... 1.02 0.59 



NOTE VIII. (p. 19). 



ANALYSES OF BRACKEN (by J. HUGHES, F.C.S.) 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Young fern. Old fern. 



Per cent. Per cent. 



Water 11.66 14.90 



* Organic matter . . . 83.38 80.54 



t Mineral matter . . . 4.96 4.56 



100.00 100.00 

 Containing 



* Nitrogen .... 2.42 0.90 



t Silica 1.60 2.81 



Potash 1.15 0.10 



Soda 0.64 0.26 



Lime 0.44 0.62 



Magnesia .... 0.13 0.47 



Phosphoric acid . . . 0.60 0.30 



NOTE IX. (p. 21). 

 ANALYSES OF HORSE-MANURE. 



For a fuller discussion of this question, the reader is 

 referred to Heiden's ' Dungerlehre/ vol. ii. p. 185, and 

 also to Storer's 'Agricultural Chemistry/ vol. i. p. 575. 



