These samples are of good composition ; the}^ are sold at 25 cents 

 per bushel on board of cars. The bushel averages from 45 to 48 

 pounds. 



GROUND BONES. 



330. Swift Sure Bone Meal. M. L. Shoemaker & Co., Philadel- 



phia, Pa. Collected of H. L. Phelps, Southampton, Mass. 

 Guaranteed composition : ammonia, 5 to 6 per cent, 

 (equivalent to nitrogen, 4 to 5 per cent.) ; bone phosphate, 

 45 to 50 per cent. 



331. Bone Meal. Collected of E. T. Sabin, Amherst, Mass. 



No guaranty obtained. 



S30 331 



Pounds Iter Mundred, 



Moisture at 100° C, • • 3.60 5.00 



Total phosphoric acid, 20.66 22.64 



Soluble " " 



Reverted " " 



Insoluble " • " 



Nitrogen, 6.25 3.01 



Insoluble matter, 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs. : $44.50 $37.99 



332. L. L. Crocker's Hop and Potato Fertilizer. Collected of Mer- 



riam & Rolph, Fitchburg, Mass. 



Guaranteed composition : soluble phosphoric acid, 6 to 8 

 per cent. ; precipitated phosphoric acid, 2 to 4 per cent. ; 

 bone phosphate, 18 to 26 per cent. ; insoluble phosphoric 

 acid, 1 to 2 per cent. ; ammonia, 2.5 to 3.5 per cent, (equiv- 

 alent to nitrogen, 2 to 3 per cent.) ; potassium oxide, 6 to 

 8 per cent. 



333. Adams' Market Bone Fertilizer. Collected of J. B. Raynor 



& Co., Springfield, Mass. 



Guaranteed composition: total phosphoric acid, 10 to 12 

 per cent. ; soluble and available phosphoric acid, 8 to 10 

 per cent. ; nitrogen, 3.5 to 4.5 per cent, (equivalent to 

 ammonia, 4.25 to 5.25 per cent.) ; potassium oxide, 3 to 4 

 per cent. 



334. Chittenden's Bone Superphosphate ; National Fertilizer Co., 



Bridgeport, Conn. Collected of J. Gushing & Co., Fitch- 

 burg, Mass. 



Guaranteed composition : ammonia, 2 to 3 per cent, 

 (equivalent to nitrogen, 1.6 to 2.5 per cent.) ; soluble and 

 available phosphoric acid, 7 to 9 per cent. ; total phosphoric 

 acid, 9 to 11 percent. ; bone phosphate, 20 to 24 per cent. ; 

 potassium oxide, 2 to 4 per cent. 



