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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



2. Notes on Wood Ashes and Lime Ashes. 

 (a) Wood Ashes. 

 Eorty-one samples of wood ashes have been forwarded for 

 analysis by farmers during the past year. The majority of 

 these ashes are used by the farmers in the Connecticut valley. 

 The following table shows their chemical composition as 

 compared with 1905 : — 



Analysis of Wood Ashes. 



Number of Samples. 



1906. 



Moisture from 1 to 10 per cent.. 

 Moisture from 10 to 20 per cent., 

 Moisture from 20 to 30 per cent., 

 Moisture above 30 per cent., 

 Potassium oxide above 7 per cent., . 

 Potassium oxide from 6 to 7 per cent., , 

 Potassium oxide from 5 to 6 per cent., , 

 Potassium oxide from 4 to 5 per cent., . 

 Potassium oxide from 8 to 4 per cent., . 

 Potassium oxide Ijelow 3 per cent., . 

 Phosplioric acid above 2 per cent., . 

 Phosphoric acid from 1 to 2 per cent.. 

 Phosphoric acid below 1 per cent., . 

 Average per cent, of calcium oxide. 

 Insoluble matter below 10 per cent.. 

 Insoluble matter from 10 to 1,5 per cent.. 

 Insoluble matter above 15 per cent.. 



19 



10 







3 



7 



6 



9 



9 



2 



1 

 31 



6 

 28.17 



3 

 16 

 18 



Table shoruing Maximum, Minimum and Average Per Cents, of the 

 Different Ingredients found in Wood Ashes, 1905 and 1906. 



