328 Qua/rterly Report of the Chemical Committee, June, 1894 . 
Dr. V oelcker’s report on the sample was as follows : — 
i 
May 18, 1894 
Moisture 
Organic matter and water of combination 
Monobasic phosphate of lime 
Equal to tribasic phosphate of lime (bone phosphate) 
rendered soluble by acid 
Insoluble phosphates 
Sulphate of lime, alkaline salts, &c. 
Insoluble siliceous matter 
11-31 
29-77 
8-01 
(13-49) 
26-39 
y 100-00 
22-47 
1-45 ' 
1 containing nitrogen 
equal to ammonia 
1-79 
218 
This is not pure dissolved bones, not being made of raw bone and acid 
only. The price is too high for this quality. 
The vendors maintained that they had given what had been 
guaranteed, and that the manure was entirely bone and acid. Dr. 
Voelcker, however, showed Mr. Amphlett that the real point was 
whether the manure was one that ought to have been described as 
“ Dissolved Bones,” and whether it was made, as is understood in 
the trade dissolved bones should be, from raw bone and acid 
only, and not with boiled bone as well. Dissolved bones thus, 
properly made, should contain over 3 per cent, of ammonia ; and 
this the farmer has a right to expect when paying such a price as 
that in question here, and not to be supplied with boiled bone giving 
less ammonia than raw bone would. 
The following case shows the risk run in buying feeding meals 
without any guarantee : — 
8. Mr. O. Wilkinson, The Lodge Farm, Dudmaston, Bridgnorth, 
sent for analysis, on May 14, a sample of what was sent him in 
response to an order for “ Bran,” the price being 51. per ton. No 
particular guarantee was asked for. 
Dr. Y oelcker’s report on the sample was — 
Moisture 
Oil . 
1 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) 
Starch, digestible fibre, &c 
Woody fibre (cellulose) ..... 
Mineral matter (ash) 
May 19, 1894. 
11-83 
3- 89 
14-01 
56-19 
9-39 
4- 69 
V 100-00 
1 containing nitrogen . 
2-24 
This is not genuine wheat bran, but contains also a quantity of ground 
barley, as also oats and some maize. It is a coarse and not nice sample, not 
being in good condition — there are some maggots in it. 
The vendors made an allowance of 10s. per ton. 
The following cases exemplify direct contraventions of the 
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act as regards the sale, under the 
