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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Codfish Guano. 



(Boime Esperance, Labrador; by W. H. Whlteley, St. John's, Newfoundland.) 



Per cent. 



Moisture, 8.50 



Organic and volatile matter, 27.77 



Ash constituents, 72.23 



Total phosphoric acid, . 11.26 



Soluble phosphoric acid, 64 



Reverted phosj)horic acid, 3.46 



Insoluble phosphoric acid, 7.16 



Nitrogen, 7.09 



In.so]uble matter, 1.25 



Fat, 4.60 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



12.8 pounds of soluble phosphoric acid, 

 69.2 pounds of reverted phosphoric acid, 



143 2 pounds of insoluble phosphoric acid, 



141.8 pounds of nitrogen, . 



$49 45 



The heads, entrails, and back bones of the codfish are 

 placed in iron kettles and boiled until they become a soft 

 mass, which is subsequently pressed and dried in the air. 

 The factory is capable of producing annually one thousand 

 tons of dried codfish ofial for the market, of the above com- 

 position. 



Fish and Potash. 



I. 



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



' Per cent. 



Moisture 19.85 



Organic and volatile matter. 

 Ash constituents, 

 Total phosphoric acid, 

 Soluble phosphoric acid, . 

 Reverted phosphoric acid, . 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid. 



Nitrogen, 



Potassium oxide. 

 Insoluble matter, 



60.20 

 39.80 

 5.26 

 3.20 

 1.09 

 .97 

 3.16 

 3.82 

 2.31 



