Annual Report for 1913 of the 
Consulting Chemist. 
Moisture ..... 
15-46 
Organic matter .... 
14-92 
Phosphate of lime 
4-11 
Carbonate of lime, &c. 
36-64 
Sand . . . . . 
28-87 
100-00 
Containing nitrogen . 
•75 
equal to ammonia . 
•91 
This was sold, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, at the price 
of 50s. per ton, the real value of it being under 11. a ton. 
3. Quail Manure. 
Moisture ..... 
■ ■ ■ r 
11-23 
1 Organic matter .... 
70-19 
2 Phosphoric acid 
1-75 
Lime ..... 
1-83 
Alkalies, &c. .... 
5-07 
Sand and earthy matter 
9-93 
100-00 
Containing nitrogen 
, , 
3-66 
equal to ammonia . 
• • 
4-44 
2 Equal to phosphate of lime 
• 
3-82 
This, it will be noted, contained comparatively little 
moisture. An objection to it and similar manures is that there 
is generally a great deal of seed mixed with the droppings, and 
that this seed is likely to grow up again. 
4. Sludge Manure. 
A sample was sent to me consisting of dried sewage sludge. 
This was sold at 2s. 6d. per ton, additional carriage bringing the 
price up to 5s. a ton. The analysis was as follows : — 
Moisture . 
1 Organic matter . 
Lime 
Phosphoric acid 
Carbonic acid, &c. 
Silica 
1 Containing nitrogen 
equal to ammonia . 
Of its kind, this is quite a fair material, it containing a good 
deal of lime, together with 1 per cent, of ammonia and 
11 per cent, of phosphoric acid. It is quite worth getting at 
18*13 
27-66 
1-53 
21-03 
8-31 
100-00 
•90 
1-09 
