THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
APRIL 5 
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THE STORY 
of thi STATIONS 
THAT EVERY FARMER SHOULD READ. 
Nitrogen, or ammonia, is the most costly part of a fertilizer, and 
one fertilizer may analyze higher than another in this ingredient; but 
it may be obtained from inferior sources, such as leather or wool waste, 
and hence worthless for crop production. 
Prof. Jordan, of the Maine Experiment Station, says: “The degree 
of solubility for cheap and inferior ammoniates, such as horn, hoof, 
leather and wool waste, is seen to vary from 4 to 37 per cent., while in 
the case of dried blood, dried meat, etc., . ..it ranges 
from 70 to 97 per cent.” 
To get some method of determining whether the ammonia comes 
from a good or worthless source is what chemists are seeking. The 
State chemists of Vermont and Maine believe they have hit upon a suc¬ 
cessful method, and we give below the result of their reports, which 
shows the per cent, of total nitrogen soluble in water and pepsin solu¬ 
tion on a scale of 100 : 
Stockbridge Grass Manure. 
Stockbridge Corn and Grain. 
Stockbridge Seeding Down. 
Stockbrluge Potato. 
Maine. 
Vermont. 
90. 
85. 
Not sampled. 
82. 
Average. 
Bowker’s Hill and Drill Phosphate.... 
Bowker’s Ammonlate.l Bone. 
83.3 
79. 
77 
Bowker’s Sure Crop Phospnate. 
Bowker’s Potato Pnosphate. 
I. 
79.' 
79. 
Average. 
. 80.8 
78.3 
In some of the other brands, 
not manufactured 
by the Bowker 
Company, the organic nitrogen (that is, nitrogen obtained from animal 
sources), went down as low as 21.3 and several brands were below 50. 
The Maine State Chemist says in this connection : 
“A solubility of less than 40 per cent, gives good ground for suspect¬ 
ing the use of au inferior ammoniate. In fact, anything less than 50 
per cent, is to be regarded as indicating the presence of organic material 
of a lower grade than dried blood, dried flesh or dried fish.” 
These official reports show that the Stockbridge Grass Manure 
stands at the head, and the other Stockbridge and Bowker brands 
stand well up in the list, and are made of the best materials. 
The samples tested were in every case drasru /rotn goods in the opiin 
market as they were found in agents’ hands in t.he country. It is plain 
that a farmer makes a mistake if he takes up brands which are repre¬ 
sented to be “just as good as the Stockbridge,” and offered at a lower 
price. There is as much difference between the Stockbridge Manures 
and some of the cheaper grades as there is between broadcloth and 
shoddy, or between oleomargarine and genuine butter. On this point 
Prof. Jordan, of Maine, says: 
“ It is safer to purchase brands of recognized good standing. New 
brands may be just as good or better than those longer on the market, 
but their quality should be carefully ascertained.” 
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