COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



361 



Turnip's Fertilizer. 



(H. J. Baker & Bros. N. Y. ; collected of Messrs. Newton & Fuller, Springfield, Mass.) 



Per cent. 



Moisture, 12.75 



Organic and volatile matter, 

 Ash constituents. 

 Total phosphoric acid. 



Soluble phosphoric acid, . 

 Reverted phosphoric acid, 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid, 

 Nitrogen, . . . . 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Insoluble matter, 



40.20 

 59.80 

 5 84 

 4.35 

 .46 

 1.03 

 5.11 

 10.82 

 2.99 



Yaluatiou per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



87.0 pounds of soluble phosphoric acid, 

 9 2 pounds of reverted phosphoric acid, 



20.6 pounds of insoluble phosphoric acid, 

 102.2 pounds of nitrogen, 

 216.4 pounds of potassium oxide, 



L. B. Darling''s Laivn Dressing. 

 (Collected of Parker & Gannett, Boston, Mass.) 



Moisture, .... 

 Organic and volatile matter. 

 Ash constituents. 

 Total phosphoric acid. 

 Soluble phosphoric acid, . 

 Reverted phosphoric acid, 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid, 

 Nitrogen, .... 

 Potassium oxide. 

 Insoluble matter, 



$10 88 



83 



1 24 



24 53 



10 82 



848 30 



Per cent. 



10.18 



42.45 



57.55 



13.78 



.75 



4.94 



8.89 



3.27 



6 95 



1.38 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds 



15.0 pounds of soluble phosphoric acid, 

 98.8 pounds of reverted phosphoric acid, 



177.8 pounds of insoluble phosphoric acid, 

 65.4 pounds of nitrogen, 



139.0 pounds of potassium oxide, 



$44 09 



