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and beech averages rather less than that of hemlock, pine and 

 spruce. While this is true of the carefully prepared ashes, it 

 does not seem to hold in the case of ashes actually made in burn- 

 ing. The following table shows the analyses of different samples 

 of gathered ashes made by this Station : 



POUNDS Of FERTILIZING CONSTITUENTS CONTAINED IN 100 POUNDS 



OF DIFFERENT SAMPLE? OF WOOD ASHES ANALYZED AT THE MAINE 

 STATION. 



f 5 



Kind of ashes. 





- 



Potash. 

















= 



































c 









: 

















— - 





s 

 % 



- 



f J 



a - 



— — 







L~>~LEACHED ASHES. 



71 Hard wood 



74 M ostly hard wood 



S5 Pare birch wood 



B2 Hard wood 



- r Hardwood ... ... 



3003; Hard wood, Canada 



3013 Hard wood. Canada 



Hard wood, average . ■ . 



70 Soft wood, household flies . . . 

 S34 Cedar ashes 



4.40 

 -SO 

 .06 



3.30 



2.40 



4.64 

 1.32 



3.00 

 •2.56 

 6.05 

 2.98 

 2.00 



Dump ashes : 



64 Soft wood, mostly sprnce . 



66 Soft wood, mostly spruce 



67 Soft wood, mostly pine 



56 Mill waste, mostly spruce . ■ . . 



Soft wood, dump, average. .. 



Mill furnace ashes : 

 65- From spruce sawdust 



68 Soft "wood, mostly spruce 



69 Soft wood, mostly spruce 



Soft wood, niostlv spruce 



.3004 Soft wood, mostly spruce .. . 



3014 Soft wood, mostly spruce 



Soft wood, furnace, average. 



Canada ashes— car lots: 



20.63 

 3-84 



1.19 



'""ss 



30241 

 3025 



3026 



3042 



3043 



S4 



3.32 



1.7S 

 1.91 



.64 

 1.50 



.66 

 1.5S 

 1.09 



1.40 

 1.27 

 1.47 

 2.70 



1.66 



Canada ashes, average 



76 Spent tan bark ashes . 

 643 •■Muck" ashes , 



Leached Ashes. 



72 Hard wood 



75 Mostly hard wood, mixed 



77 Mostly hard wood, probably . 

 K» Mostly hard wood 



73 Soft and hard wood, mixed ... 

 81 Mostly hard wood, Canada ... 



Leached ashes, average 



1.05 



1.44 

 Trace 



7.12 

 7.74 

 10.43 

 5.24 

 7. 52 

 9.63 

 S-09 

 S.01 



2.64 

 5.09 



2.38 

 1.35 

 .40 

 1.90 

 1.51 



3.43 

 -SS 

 3.50 

 4.69 

 2.56 

 5.7u 

 3.46 



3.27 

 5. - 

 6.64 

 4.54 

 3.S5 

 5.71 

 4.95 



.98 



1.34 

 1.26 

 1.61 

 2.06 



2.01 



S.46 

 9.00 

 12.04 



9.57 



4.65 



32. 95 

 31.25 

 31.22 

 31.40 

 34.05 

 25.43 

 31.05 



1.91 



1.54 



1.52 



1-96 



1.42 



1.60 ' 



1.66 



.46 

 .35 

 .90 

 1.13 

 .29 

 .94 



1.24 



1.12 



.97 

 .93 

 .56 

 .72 

 1.32 

 .59 

 .85 



.64 

 1.27 

 1.13 

 1.16 

 1.05 



.96 

 1.05 

 1.70 



3.02 

 2.62 

 1.53 

 3.06 

 2.56 



4.39 

 1.93 

 5.20 



4.70 



2.10 

 Trace 



1.43 

 1.28 

 1.46 

 1.85 

 1.61 

 1.53 

 1.53 



38.60 

 36.59 

 39.07 

 31.65 



36. 4S 

 23.62 



29.36 

 31.22 

 37.72 



3S.72 

 34.25 



35.90 

 46.14 

 46.20 



42.75 



25.48 

 20.00 

 32.97 

 29.06 

 20.54 

 31.12 

 26.53 



