New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 455 
FERTILIZING MATTERS IN 1,000 POUNDS OF VARIOUS FARM 
PRODUCTS. 
From the data furnished in this report we calculate the approximate 
amounts of the various fertilizing ingredients removed from the soil 
by 1,000 pounds of some of our farm products, and the principal feed- 
ing stuffs, as determined for these products at this Station. The 
amount of dry matter, crude ash and the phosphoric acid, potash and 
nitrogen are given in the following table : 
Table Showing Pounds of Fertilizing Matter in 1,000 Lbs. of Farm 
Products and Feeds. 
Dry 
matter. 
Ash. 
Phos- 
phoric 
Po K 
2 5 
Potash. 
K 2 
Nitro- 
gen. 
Medium Red Clover 
846 
53.9 
3.9 
8.8 
20.3 
Red Clover (average 6) 
846 
54.9 
2.5 
13.1 
19.3 
Alsike Clover 
846 
72.5 
3.8 
24.2 
21.8 
Lucerne 
846 
73.7 
4.6 
13.9 
20.3 
Orchard Grass 
846 
53.5 
4.1 
20.1 
11.1 
Meadow Fescue 
846 
51.7 
3.6 
14.4 
12.8 
Tall Meadow Oat 
846 
46.4 
3.2 
17.5 
11.6 
Timothy (average 2) 
846 
40.6 
2.3 
11.7 
8.7 
Timothy (average 16) 
846 
42.2 
2.5 
14.4 
10.5 
Fodder Corn 
179 
11.0 
0.5 
2.6 
2.4 
Corn Fodder 
700 
50.3 
0.9 
6.1 
6.5 
Corncobs 
900 
17.8 
0.1 
8.1 
2.3 
Wheat Straw 
821 
41.6 
1.0 
5.2 
4.8 
Oat Straw 
837 
48.5 
0.6 
13.5 
3.8 
Beets 
10 
2.0 
0.1 
0.8 
0.3 
Oats 
890 
31.5 
13.1 
3.9 
17.8 
Wheat 
867 
15.7 
7.2 
3.7 
18.9 
Corn 
844 
14.1 
7.7 
3.6 
13.9 
Flour 
868 
3.7 
1.9 
1.2 
14.6 
Wheat Bran 
850 
50.4 
25.5 
8.3 
22.5 
Wheat Middlings 
860 
33.8 
16.9 
6.2 
20.7 
Shipstuff 
860 
49.5 
20.2 
9.7 
24.1 
Cottonseed Meal 
917 
67.3 
29.3 
19.6 
72.1 
Linseed Meal 
893 
51.4 
18.7 
11.3 
52.4 
