ON THE TREATMENT AND UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE. 



435 



Sewage-Farm. 



March 24, 1873, showing tho quaaitlty of each kind of Produce and th<? 

 thereto. 



some cases, therefore, it does not represent the total quantity applied to tlw Cropsr] — 



plied to 

 crops. 



Per acre. 



* 



tons. 

 3658 



920 



341 

 2269 

 1819 

 I3S7 



1957 

 1739 

 3123 

 1645 



995 

 1715 

 1756 



371 



507 

 3458 

 2412 



Sewage 

 applied 

 per ton 

 of pro- 

 duce. 



tons. 

 26 



209 



185 



282 



118 



164 



78 



267 



1097 



638 



67 



79 



137 

 80 



SSOo 

 278 



Nitrogen. 



Quantity 

 applied in 



sewage. 



lbs. 

 9,702 



594 

 10,924 



4.493 



1,538 



no 



52 



46 



911 



1,898 



426 



1,356 



1,915 

 162 



127 

 2,456 



23,728 



Quantity 



escaping 



in effluent 



water. 

 * 



lbs. 

 1,923 



u8 



2,164 

 890 



305 

 22 



10 



9 

 181 



376 



84 



269 



379 



32 



25 

 486 



4,700 



Quantity estimated in crops 



Per acre. 



0-54 



200 



0-25 



0-25 



0-25 



0-25 



0-25 



0-25 



0-375 



0-50 



3-40 



0-20 



0-25 



0-22 



0-25 



f grain 2-0 \ 



[straw 0-6 J 



/grain 1'6 \ 



\ straw 0"5 J 



f grain 1*8 "I 



\ straw 0-6 J 



01 

 0-25 



Total. 



lbs. 

 3,912 



1,102 



2,871 



773 



633 



32 



234 



32 



13 



81 



1,965 



246 



829 



596 



98 



937 



448 



472 



430 



Not accounted 

 for (in stand- 

 ing crops, 

 soil, &c.). 



lbs. 

 3,867 



5,889 



2,830 



600 



56 



10 



24 



649 



96 

 258 

 ,940 



. 3a 



102 

 1,540 



19,028 



J07 



60,438 



11,973 



15,704 32,761 



per cent. ...100 



26 



54 



(for reasons stated in the last Eeport), with the exception of the grand totals. 



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