QiiarterJi/ Beports of the Chemical Committee, 1883. 373 
Mr. Humphrevs-Owen informed me that this manure has 
been distributed widely in his neighbourhood, with a prospectus 
issued bj the Grand A'ational Agricultural Manure Company, 
established 1877, 101, Duke Street, Liverpool. In this pro- 
spectus the manure is described as prepared on a new and 
scientific principle, and possessing more lasting properties than 
any other artificial manure in the market. It will be found, 
the prospectus goes on to say, to contain, besides bones and 
valuable extracts, a condensed chemical composition, imparting 
to the whole those nourishing properties so beneficial to all 
crops, and so necessary for the renovation and sweetening of 
old pastures, &c. A number of testimonials in favour of the 
manure are printed in the prospectus. Orders are directed to 
be sent to J. Williams, 101, Duke Street, Liverpool. 
It appears the manure is sold at 3Z. 10s. per ton, including 
bags, delivered carriage paid to any railway station, in quanti- 
ties not less than two tons. 
However, I should be sorry to have to pay 355. a ton for 
a manure like the sample of the Grand National Agricultural 
Manure Company fertiliser, which oNIr. Humphreys-Owen sent 
me for analysis. 
Two samples of manure, similar in composition and general 
character to the preceding manure, were sent last February by 
Mr. F. Piatt, Barnby Manor, Newark. 
One of the manures was sold to Mr. F. Piatt, under the name 
of Grand Nartional Manure, at 4/. 10s. per ton, and the other as 
Special Grass Manure, at 6Z. 10s. p^r ton, by Messrs. J. Williams 
and Co., manure manufacturers, guano and bone merchants, 
101, Duke Street, Liverpool. 
The following is a copy of the analyses and report which 
I sent to ]Mr. Piatt : — 
Ko. 1. 
No. 2. 
£A 10s. 
£6 ICS. 
13 19 
10-25 
516 
7-01 
6-79 
9-08 
31-64 
27-16 
Sulphates and sulphites of lime 
34-38 
3S^16 
Oxide of iron and alumina 
7-89 
7-33 
Insoluble siliceous matter (sand) 
-95 
1-01 
100-00 
100 00 
•59 
-68 
Equal to ammonia 
•59 
•82 
