527. COTTON HULLS. 



I. & II Sent on from Boston, Mass. 



Per Cent. 

 I. II. 



Moisure tit 100^ C, 10.17 11.45 



Dry Matter, 89.83 88.55 



100.00 100.00 



Fertilizing Constituents of Cotton Hulls. 

 I & II Sent on from Boston (same as above.) 

 Ill Sent on from IMemphis, Tenn. 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Phosphoric acid, 

 Magnesum oxide, 

 Calcium " 



Potassium " 

 Nitrogen, 

 Insoluble matter, 



Valuation per 2000 lbs.. 



It is stated in connection with some of the above samples that the 

 material has been of late used in the south as a food ingredient for 

 cattle, its general character and composition renders its fitness merely 

 of local interest. 



528. rowp:n. 



Grown at the Experiment Station, 1887. Contained a 

 liberal admixture of Clover. 



Per Cent. 

 Moisture at 100° C, 8.84 



Dry Matter. 91.16 



100.00 



ANALYSIS OF DRY MATTER. 



Crude Ash, 10.50 



" Cellulose, 29.46 



" Fat, 3.05 



" Protein (Nitrogenous matter), 13.20 



Non-nitrogenous extract matter, 43.79 



100.00 



