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Mr. Wigham bought 3 tons, at 9Z. a ton, from the Ceres 
Nitrophosphate Company, Ceres Works, Stratford, London, E., 
payment to be made to the order of Mr. Otto Schleicher. 
The Ceres Nitrophosphate Company's circular embodies a 
printed certificate of analysis by Mr. F. Sutton, analytical and 
consulting chemist to the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, 
showing the following composition of the company's grass- 
manure : — 
Moisture 13- 
Organic matter 35 • 10 
Biphosphate of lime - .. .. 8 "70 
Equal to tribasic of phospliate of liuic 13 ■ 70 
Insoluble phosplifites 3 "91 
Sulphate of lime and alkali 13 "57 
Nitrogen 2 • 52 
Equal to ammonia 3" 06 
Equal to sulphate of ammonia 12 "24 
(Signed) Francis Sutton, 
The manure was obtained through Mr. Joseph Armstrong 
Herdman, High Horton, Cramlingtop, a farmer's son, who, in 
answer to an advertisement in one of the Newcastle papers, was 
appointed agent to the Company a short time ago. 
The invoice was sent to Mr. Wigham direct from the Ceres 
Nitrophosphate Company's Works, Warlow Road, Stratford, E., 
with the following notice. 
" Our forwarding clerk omitted to pay the carriage here, and we should 
therefore take it as a favour if you would kindly do so at your end, and 
deduct it from invoice. 
" Yours truly, 
" Cehes Nitrophosphate Co., Otto Schleiciiek." 
Mr. Wigham had to pay 4Z. 2s. for carriage, that is, a great 
deal more than the 3 tons of this so-called grass-manure was 
worth. 
8. Another sample of grass-manure, sold at 81. 10s. a ton, by 
the same Ceres Nitrophospate Company, was sent to me by 
Mr. William Bannister, farmer, Westdean, Lewes. 
It had the following composition : — 
