ANTHKACITE LX)AL ... ... .^. 4IH 



There are always cimlers enough to pay for' sffthfg, 

 and, when silted, soap-makers are usually willinff to 

 pay " ; if them. This shows that they 



coil r enough to he well worth sar- 



IBg. X*^ of anthracite 



■n. '1 ! I , ontain 8 to 12 



per cent ol lime and mau^nesia, and some soda, the 

 remainder being chiefly silica and alumina. The ash 

 from American bituminous coals probably resembles 

 the English in its character. Some partial examina- 

 tioas made in my own laboratory at Yale College, 

 ind' illquanti'- in anthracite 



asl hespeciiii' ut two per cent 



of ^ s soluble in water. Such facts all show 



thai. :... : .i.Uies should be preservefi. -tkI :iin>Ii..l *ith».r 

 as a top dressing upon grass, or pi -t 



afcmnposts. They would have mutn oi in* d 



mkcbmaicBl effect of common ashes, and are d 



for- 



I d amund trees in 



lar is proha- 



h\\ ; ;i taustic 



character, but it is H' 

 wood ashes, or a"v 

 we have been d<- 



Wotald do thi \ 



■■iiiin whi 



may, in large quunUty, be perlectly destructive to 

 Tcgetation. 



SECTION V. op PBAT ASHKS, SOOT, ETC. 



In all situations where peat is homed, the aahes 

 will be found worth something as manure. Thej 

 iMually contain 5 or t> - * ' t!«oda,0( 



•irienibicqunnlitii-s (' etc, bei 



thtrefor. 



