1904.] 



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5. Notes on Sugar-beet Refuse. 



AnalyHs of Sugar-beet Bef use forwarded for Investigation. 



Per Cent. 



The above material is a waste product from the sugar-beet 

 industrj^ ; it is produced in the process of manufac^turing 

 alcohol from the beet-sugar molasses ; it is rich in potash 

 and nitrogen, and deserves special attention in the produc- 

 tion of tobacco and other industrial crops. The successful 

 introduction of the beet-sugar manufacture as a home in- 

 dustry already benefits oiir agricultural interests in many 

 ways, as was predicted by the friends of the sugar-beet in- 

 dustry years ago. 



6. Xotes ox City Garbage Products. 

 Sample No. 1 represents what is known as garbage tank- 

 age ; sample No. 2 represents the ashes from the cremation 



of city garbage. 



Analysis of Garbage Products. 



Per Cent. 



Sample 

 No. 1. 



Sample 

 No. 2. 



Moisture, .... 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Total phosphoric acid, 

 Availaljle phosphoric acid, 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid, 

 Nitrogen, .... 



7.42 

 none. 



e.otj 



4.40 



\.m 



5.96 



3.01 



5.13 



8.77 

 _ * 



_ * 

 none. 



* Not determined. 



