520 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Hard Pine Wood Ashes. 



[Sent on from South Lincoln, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, . 

 Total insoluble matter, 

 Insoluble mineral matter. 

 Calcium oxide, . 

 Magnesium oxide, 

 Phosphoric acid, 

 I'otash, . . . , 



Per cent 



0.75 



29.90 



23.74 



24 95 



8 39 



2.24 



10.16 



This material shows an exceptionally high per cent, of 

 potash. 



Canada Wood Ashes. 



[I., II. Sent on from Concord, Mass. III., lY. Sent on from South Deerfield, Mass.] 



These samples represent the extremes of composition noticed 

 in our section of the State. The use of Canada ashes has of 

 late steadily increased, and the cost gradually declined to 24 to 

 25 cents per bushel of forty-five to fifty pounds. These are 

 prices by the car-load at Amherst and in its vicinity. 



