Miscellaneous Results from the Laboratory. 



621 



These were samples from the same manure, purchased at different times. 

 Although possessing a quality which farmers much like, that is to say, a 

 very offensive smell, there is evidently nothing to justify the price of 41. 

 per ton which was charged for them — their outside value, in relation to 

 standard manures, being from 25s. to 305. 



I will conclude this list by the analyses of two specimens of manure 

 which exceed the former in price, while they fall short, if possible, of them 

 in value. 



The first of these, No. 5, is a manure of which, by the talents and per- 

 severance of its originators, a very considerable amount was disposed of* in 

 the neighbourhood of Leeds, as well as in more distant markets. The 

 second (No. 6) was sold as a " tillage for turnips," bearing the dealers 

 name. 



The following will give the idea of their value : — 



Water 



Sand and Clay 



Organic Matter ...... 



Phosphate of Lime 



Oxide of Iron and Alumina . 



Carbonic Acid 



Sulphuric Acid ...... 



Lime 



Common Salt 



Substances not determined, and loss 



Total 



No. 5. 



31 

 8 



15' 



7' 

 2- 

 3< 

 6-88 

 9-94 

 13-21 



100-00 



No. 6. 



' Tillage for 

 Turnips." 



4*93 

 74-16 51 



4-43 

 trace. 

 13-88 

 trace, 

 none. 



1-05 



1-62 



100-07 



* Including 12-06 soluble silica. 



No. 5, analyzed for nitrogen, gave 5 per cent., equal to *6 per cent, of 

 ammonia. 



The first of these " manures" was sold at 71. 10s. per ton ; the second, at 8/. 

 per ton. The " tillage" is nothing more nor less than a red soil (probably 

 of the new red-sandstone formation) broken down into a tolerably fine 

 powder, the dealer not having even troubled himself to disguise its real 

 character by the addition of any known manuring substance. 



No wonder that " no beneficial results were obtained from its trial." 



I shall take leave of this subject with the expression of my belief that 

 thousands of pounds are annually wasted upon such rubbish without the 

 smallest return ; which, employed to purchase a smaller amount of standard, 

 recognised fertilizers, would be amply returned to the farmer's pocket. 



