Fertilisers. 
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Moisture . 
Organic matter . 
Phosphate of lime 
2 Alkalies, &c. 
Insoluble siliceous matter 
12- 37 
13- 67 
39-62 
17-73 
16-61 
100-00 
per ton, and must be 
1 Containing nitrogen ..... 2*65 
Equal to ammonia ..... 3"22 
2 Containing phosphoric acid . . . 6"89 
Equal to phosphate of lime . . . 15"03 
Potash . . . . . . . 3-16 
Equal to sulphate of potash . . . 5' 8 5 
Total phosphate of lime .... 54'65 
The price of this was only 4 1. 18s. 9 d. 
considered very low. 
2. Refuse Manures. 
As usual, it is in the class of materials that may be put 
under the above name that the greatest uncertainty prevails. 
These are generally sold for what they will fetch, and though 
they may be offered with a guarantee of quality, there is, even 
under the provisions of the new Act, no means of knowing — 
short of analysis — whether they are at all worth the price or 
not. 
Instances are the following 
A 
Moisture .... 
20-04 
1 Organic matter and water of combination 
41-05 
Monobasic phosphate of lime 
• • 
2-44 
Equal to tribasic phosphate of 
lime (bone 
phosphate) rendered soluble by acid 
(3-82) 
Insoluble phosphates . 
• • 
1-25 
Sulphate of lime, alkaline salts, 
&c. 
14-13 
Insoluble siliceous matter . 
• 
21-09 
100-00 
1 Containing nitrogen . 
# , 
3-06 
Equal to ammonia 
• 
3-71 
B 
Moisture .... 
2-14 
1 Carbon and loss on heating 
• . 
42-53 
Phosphoric acid . 
• • 
0-16 
Lime ..... 
, , 
3-74 
Oxide of iron 
, , 
23-50 
Insoluble siliceous matter . 
• 
27-93 
100-00 
1 Containing nitrogen . 
• • 
0-35 
Equal to ammonia 
• • 
0-59 
k” was described as a “new 
kind of 
manure,” 
3 1. 5s. per ton, delivered, and sold as a “ potato manure.” 
