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This manure was sold at 4/. a ton, but, as it yielded only 
about 1 per cent, of ammonia, and contained not quite 1^ per 
cent, of phospliate of lime, it Avas clearly sold at far too high 
a price. 
The majority of the samples of fish manure which have been 
brought under my notice at various times, I found too dear 
at the price at which they are usually sold, and, generally 
speaking, they are manures of comparatively low quality. 
On the other hand, a very valuable and concentrated manure 
has lately been imported into England from South America and 
from Australia in the shape of dried meat fibre, the refuse of 
factories in which Liebig's Extract of Meat is made. 
Two samples of dried meat-fibre refuse — one from South 
America and another from Australia — had the following com- 
position : — 
South America. 
Australia. 
Carbonate of lime and 1 
Alkaline salts / 
0-07 
87-41 
3-52 
G-73 
89-54 
-89 
1-13 
1-71 
100-00 
100-00 
11-97 
14-67 
10-94 
13-28 
Several cargoes of a similar manure have lately been imported 
into England from New Orleans, under the name of Azotene or 
animal guano. 
A sample of this manure I found contained in 100 parts : — 
Moi.sture 11-26 
*Organic matter 80-31 
Phosphate of lime 3-09 
Carbonate of lime and alkaline salts 4-65 
Sand -69 
100-00 
Containing nitrogen 11-34 
Equal to Lunnionia 13-77 
It was more finely prepared than the preceding meat-fibre, 
and, in addition to having an equally high percentage of nitro- 
gen, contained more phosphate of lime than the latter. 
Another description of animal guano imported into England 
from our Australian colonies, and lately analysed by me, had the 
following composition : — 
