12 



This cornfodder served for the production of the previously de- 

 scribed corn ensilage. Its frost-bitten condition, and half matured 

 stage of growth, have, no doubt, seriously affected the quality and 

 quantity of the ensilage. 



FISH FERTILIZERS. 

 Sent on for examination from Danvers, Mass. 



212. Claimed to be chemically prepared fish. 



213. Claimed to be clear fish waste. 



212. 213. 



POUNDS PER HUNDRED. 



("^OKRECTION — The percentage of nitrogen in No 197, of Biilletin No. 9, "Di-y Fish 

 of the Quinnipiac Fertilizer Co ," has to be changed from 7.51 to 8.2.3; the valuation 

 of the article per ton of '2000 lbs., from $40.12 to $4.3.00. 



FISH AND POTASH. 



214. Dry Ground Fish, of Stearns & Co., New York. Collected of 



B. F. Bridges, So. Deerfield, Mass. 



Guaranteed composition ; bone phosphate 15 to 20 per 

 cent., (equivalent to phosphoric acid 6.86 to 9.16) ; ammo- 

 nia 9 to 11 per cent., (equivalent to nitrogen 7.41 to 9 per 

 cent. 



215, (XX) Fish and Potash, of Geo. W. Miles' Co., Milford, 



Conn. Collected of D. J. Wright, Northampton, Mass. 



Guaranteed composition ; soluble and reverted phospho- 

 ric acid 5 to 8 per cent. ; potassium oxide 4 to 6 per cent. ; 

 ammonia 4 to 6 per cent. ; (equivalent to nitrogen 3.30 to 

 5 per cent. ) 



C. A. GOESSMANN, Director, 



Amherst, Mass. 



