OF SEVERAL JAPANESE FERTILIZERS. 
7 
No. 0. Shime kasu from herrings, made in Hokkaido. 
No. 7. Shime kasu from herrings, made in Hokkaido. 
No. 8. Hoshika from sardines, made at Sankawa in 
Chiba prefecture. 
No. 9. Hoshika from sardines from the same place (in¬ 
ferior quality). 
No. 10. Hoshika from herrings, made in Hokkaido. 
The composition of these 10 specimens vas found to he 
as follows (per cent of the original substance) : 
A. Shime kasu. 
Sardines. 
Herrings. 
i. 
O 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
Moisture.. 
7.12 
14.70 
10.73 
12.45 
16.36 
9.43 
11.57 
Organic matter. 
82.94 
73.96 
75.03 
73.97 
65.81 
74.94 
69.38 
Ash . 
) 
(11.09 
( 7.35 
12.38 
17.02 
Sami . 
- 10.94 
11.34 
( 3.15 
j- 13.58 
1 10.48 
3.25 
2.03 
Nitrogen. 
11.70 
9.78 
9.14 
8.98 
8.94 
8.06 
8.60 
Oil . 
7.78 
9.71 
3.89 
10.86 
9.40 
12.18 
16.60 
Potash. 
0.28 
0.16 
0.69 
0.56 
0.67 
0.62 
0.88 
0.71 
0 33 
0.97 
0 88 
1.42 
0.46 
2.11 
Lime. 
2.87 
4.61 
3.98 
2 78 
2.12 
5.27 
5.99 
Magnesia. 
0.53 
0.37 
0.42 
0.27 
0.22 
0.67 
0.84 
Ferric oxide . 
0.27 
0.02 
0.30 
0.41 
0 30 
0.34 
0.24 
Phosphoric acid. 
4.73 
4.85 
3.99 
3.33 
2.86 
5.96 
5.02 
Sulphuric acid . 
0.10 
0.02 
0.30 
0 07 
0.14 
0.17 
Silica and sand . 
1.24 
0.79 
3.23 
5.08 
10.48 
3.31 
2.12 
Chlorine . 
0.26 
0.22 
0.27 
0.53 
0.22 
0.86 
2.11 
