810 Annual Report for 1893 of the Consulting Chemist. 
One farmer had several cattle taken very unwell when the meal was 
first used ; a second had fully half of a herd of 150 cattle taken 
suddenly ill, and the third farmer lost one out of 28 heifers, the 
rest becoming ill, with violent purging. 
Manures. 
It has been pointed out that the price of manures has, as a rule, 
been much in the farmer’s favour — and though there are still many 
worthless or nearly worthless materials sold, there has not been so 
much adulteration of standard manures, such as Bone-meal, Dis- 
solved Bones, &c. 
The following are instances of good and cheap manures offered 
to farmers : — 
Boiled Bones. 
Moisture ..... 
1 Organic matter 
Phosphate of lime . 
Carbonate of lime, &c. . 
I n soluble siliceous matter 
8-32 
. 25-08 
. 57-78 
8-23 
•59 
100-00 
1 containing nitrogen 
equal to ammonia . 
1-74 
211 
This was bought in the neighbourhood of Manchester, and cost 
only 4 1 . per ton delivered. 
Dissolved Bones. — This manure has also, 
in many instances, been 
procurable at very low rates, as the following table will show : — 
Moisture 
A 
11-99 
B 
11-11 
1 Organic matter and water of combina- 
tion 
33-48 
34-19 
Monobasic phosphate of lime . 
Equal to tribasic phosphate of lime (bone 
10-94 
11-11 
(17-41) 
phosphate) rendered soluble by acid 
(17-13) 
Insoluble phosphates .... 
20-62 
17 39 
Sulphate of lime, alkaline salts, & c. 
20-78 
25-06 
Insoluble siliceous matter 
2-19 
1-14 
10000 
100-00 
1 containing nitrogen .... 
3-47 
3-10 
equal to ammonia .... 
4-21 
3 76 
A cost57. 12s. 6d. per ton delivered. 
B cost 4/. 15s. at mill. 
Both were genuine samples. 
Although, as instanced above, genuine Dissolved Bones has been 
purchasable at low prices, two cases have occurred in which, under 
the description “ Pure Dissolved Bones,” or “Pure Dissolved Bones 
made under a new process,” has been sold a manure not different in 
