COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



353 



Bradley Fertilizer Company. 



(Dry fish; collected of Messrs. Horton & Phelps, Northampton, Maes.) 



Per cent. 



Moisture, 25.80 



Organic and volatile matter, 83.09 



Ash constituents, 16.91 



Phosphoric acid, 5.60 



Nitrogen, 6.80 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



112 pounds of phosphoric acid, .... 

 136 pounds of nitrogen, 



Bowker's Dry Fish, 



(Collected of 0. T. Brown, Northampton, Mass.) 



Moisture, .... 

 Organic and volatile matter, 

 Ash constituents. 

 Phosphoric acid, 

 Nitrogen, .... 

 Insoluble matter. 



$6 72 

 32 64 



$39 36 



Per cent. 



7.55 

 81.80 

 18.20 

 7.54 

 9.62 

 1.65 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : 



150.8 pounds of phosphoric acid, 



192.4 pounds of nitrogen, 



59 04 

 46 18 



$55 22 

 Pure Dry Fish. 



(Geo. W. Miles & Co.; collected of D. W. Dwight, Northampton, Mass.) 



Per cent 



Moisture, 19.88 



Organic and volatile matter. 

 Ash constituents. 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Nitrogen, . 



Bone phosphate of lime. 

 Insoluble matter. 



63.76 



36.24 



7.90 



4.89 



17.25 



1.56 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



158.0 pounds of phosphoric acid, .... 

 97.8 pounds of nitrogen, 



. $9 48 

 . 23 47 



52 95 



