382 AGEICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



5. Analyses, etc. — Continued. 



Residue from Water Filter. 



[Sent on from East Walpole, Mass.] 



Per Cent 



Moisture at 100" C, 94.22 



Phosphoric acid, .......... .05 



Nitrogen, .12 



Vegetable Mould. 



[Sent on from Springfield, Mass.J 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 77.64 



Nitrogen, 30 



Soot. 

 [Sent on from Lynn, Mass. ; I., black ; II., brown.] 



Per Cent. 



II. 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Nitrogen, 



2.09 

 .74 

 .46 



1.05 



.13 



2.10 

 .59 



Barnyard Manure. 



Goose Manure. 



[Sent on from Amherst, Mass.] 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 49.820 



Phosphoric acid, 957 



Potassium oxide, .810 



Nitrogen, 213 



