Food for 

 Plants 



Analyses of Fertilizing Materials in Farm Products. 



Continued. 



Name of Substance. 



X. Flesh of Farm Animals. 



Beef 



Calf (whole animal) 



Ox 



Pig - 



Sheep 



XL Garden Products. 



Asparagus 



Cabbage 



Cucumbers 



Lettuce 



Onions. . 



Moisture. 



77-oo 

 66.20 

 59-70 

 52.80 

 59.10 



Nitrogen. 



3.00 

 2.50 

 2.66 



2.00 

 2.24 



0.32 

 0.30 



0.16 



0.20 



0.27 



Potash. 



0.52 

 0.24 

 O.I 7 

 0.90 

 0.15 



0.12 



0-43 

 0.24 

 0.25 



0.2<> 



Phosphoric 

 Acid. 



0.43 

 I. 3 8 

 1.86 



0.44 

 1.23 



0.09 



O.II 

 0.12 

 O.II 

 0.13 



Table Showing the Number of Pounds of Nitrogen, Phos- 

 phoric Acid, and Potash Withdrawn Per 



Acre by an Average Crop. 



(FROM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT EXPERIMENT 

 STATIONS' REPORTS.) 



Name of Crop. 



Nitrogen. 



Phosphoric 

 Acid. 



Potash. 



Barley 78 



Buckwheat : 63 



Cabbage (white) 213 



Cauliflower 202 



Cattle turnips 187 



Carrots 166 



Clover, green (trifolium pratense) 171 



Clover (trifolium pratense) 37 



Clover, scarlet (trifolium incarnatum).. 95 



Clover (trifolium repens) '. 89 



Cow pea 254 



Corn 146 



Corn fodder (green) 122 



Cotton 1 10 



Cucumbers 142 



Esparsette 239 



Hops 200 



Hemp 



Lettuce 41 



Lucern 289 



Lupine, green (for fodder) 219 



Lupine, yellow (lupinus lujeus) 80 



Meadow hay 166 



35 



40 



125 



76 



74 



65 

 46 

 18 



17 

 29 



64 

 69 

 66 

 32 

 94 

 36 

 54 

 34 

 17 

 65 

 46 



37 

 53 



62 

 17 

 5'4 

 265 

 426 

 190 



54 

 29 



57 



58 



169 



174 

 236 



35 

 93 

 103 

 127 



54 



72 

 181 



63 

 155 



201 



