032 Quarten-hj Report of the Chemical Committee, Jifly, 1891. 
This should not be called dissolved hones ; it is a mixture containing 
comparatively little bone, and is a very inferior manure to dissolved bones. 
3. Mr. F. E. Cotton, agent to Mr. F. Monckton, of Brewood, 
Stafford, sent on June 22, 1891, a sample of Artificial Manure, of 
which three tons had been purchased of Mr. R. Patrick, Bone and 
Chemical Manure Works, Oldbury, near Birmingham, the price being 
6^. 10s. per ton, carriage paid. The following analysis and report 
were given : — 
July 2. 
Moisture 10-95 . 
^ Organic matter and water of combination , . yi-08 
Monobasic phosphate of lime ..... 5'93 
equal to tvibasic phosphate oflime (bone phosphate) I innn 
rendered soluble by acid (9-28) [ 
Insoluble phosphates ...... 6'73 
Sulphate of lime, alkaline salts, &c. . . . 42-23 
Insoluble siliceous matter 4-08 
' Containing nitrogen 1-99 
equal to ammonia ..... 2-41 
The price asked is enormous ; you ought, for cash, to get as good a 
manure for half the price or but little more. 
On complaint being made the vendor said a mistake had been 
made in tlic truck of manure forwarded, and he charged tiie delivery 
at the rate of 3^. per ton only, exclusive of carriage, making in all 
an allowance of ^l. is. on the three tons delivered. 
4. Mr. R. Richardson, of Arnold Grange, Skirlaugli, Hull, 
sent for analysis, on June 6, 1891, a sample of Bone Meal, of which 
1 Tj tons had been purchased, at a cost of 6/. 3a'. id. per ton, at the 
Works. One ton had already been used, and the sample only re- 
presented the 10 cwt. which were left 
The following analysis and repoi't were returned : — 
June 13. 
INIoisture 
' Organic matter . 
Phosphate of lime 
Carbonate of lime, iScc. 
Sand . . . , 
\ 10000 
' Containing nitrogen 
equal to ammonia 
This sample is not pure, being mixed with carbonate of lime and having 
excessive sand. It is of low quality, deficient both in phosphates and in 
nitrogen. 
