368 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Noy., 1898. 
Tapies GIvINc THE CoMPOSITION oF THE Mosr IMPORTANT FERTILISING MATERIALS.* 
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Name of Material. Nitrogen. ae Potash. Wile Water. 
I. Stable manure (animal manure)— 
Fresh manure (with SAE: fs 
Horse : 0°58 0:28 0°53 25°4 713 
Cow . 0°34 0°16 0°40 20°3 175 
Sheep | 0°83 0°23 0°67 818 64°6 
1g 0°45 0719 0°60 25°0 72°4 
Common stable manure (fresh) - 0°30 0-18 0°45 21:2 75°0 
ty) » (partially rotten) 0°50 0°26 0°63 19:2 75:0 
», (strongly rotten) 0°58 0°30. 0°50 14°5 79:0 
Liquid manure . He aa ae O15 0°01 0'49 07 98°2 
Poudrette 0°55 0°28 0:20 3:0 95°5 
Hen dung 163 154 0°85 25°5 56'0 
Pigeon dung bat 1°76 178 1:00 30°8 519 
II. Nitrogenous fertilisers— 
Nitrate of soda .. a 155 Ps a 5 2°6 
Sulphate of ammonia . 20°5 s os sf 4:0 
Dried blood zi 11°8 1:2 07 78°4 13°4 
Horn-meal 10:2 GMs} } §8°5 8°5 
Oil cakes— : “5 
Earth-nut cakes ... 76 13 15 85°6 10°4 
Chinese Soja-bean cakes... 69 1h 11 83°0 119 
> Cotton-seed cakes... 62 31 16 82°2 112 
Sesame cakes 59 3°3 15 79'S 1 
Cocoanut cakes... ae a 3:7 13 2°0 82°0 12°7 
Wool dust ee Sl rn Br 5:2, 13 0'3 56°0 10:0 
III. Phosphatic fertilisers— 
Acid phosphate... 14—21 
Double superphosphate | is ne a 85—45 a af, ait 
Bone-meal (normal)... ay Px 4:0 20—25 oe 30°0 6°0 
Thomas’ slag... 3h a ~ a 15—21 | 
* From the average analyses of Dr. E. v. Wolff, “Praktische Ditngerlehre,”’ 12 Edition, Berlin, Paul Parey, 
1892. This publication gives more exact figures for a great number of fertilistng materials. 
IV. Porassic FERTILISERS. 
Total Composition of the Stassfurt Potash Salts.* 
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3. | 33] Se] f¢| 2a] 22|2e| ¢ oe 
2 fa $a) 2 ‘ rc 
Name of Salt. s3| s8| 2 22 22) 2e|23/ 3/381] 8 
Bo | Bel ee) Sa) 83) SS )/sF| Fe) 8 | s 
Beeleeeles caleo cel olalesiealpe e | § 
a ~! 5 
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100 parts contain K2 804) K Cl |MgSO4|Mg Cl2| Na Cl \Ca S04 
A. Crude salts (natural pro- |~——.——” 
ducts of the mines). 23°6 
1. Kainit ao i: oo | 21:3; 2:0 | 14°5 | 12°4 | 346] 1:7 | 0°8 | 12°7 | 12°8 | 19-4 
2. Carnaliit ... mt ee | eer 15°5 | 12:1 | 21°5 | 22-4 | 1:9 | 0° | 261] 9°38) 9:0 
3. Sylvinit a ae faba 828'3 3°6 18 | 513 | 1:8 | 4:2 | 3°8| 20°71 15-0 
B. rpencenizared, salts (manu- 
factured products), 
(a.) ae nates-nearly free from 
chlorine, 7|00°7 | s8 
97'2 03 07 0°4 0'2 | O'3 | 0'°2 | 0°7 | 52° 4 
ik, Sulphate of potash { 99) 90°6 16 27 1:0 12 04 0:3 2:2.| 49:9 48-6 
2. Sulphate of potash mag- 
nesia 50°4 . | 840 2:5) 0-9 | 96 | 11°6 | 27°2 | 25-9 
(b.) Salts containing chlorine, 
0/95 7% bees Lay 0228/9 O28 71 0:2 | 0°6| 57°91 56:8 
4, Muriate of potash ay .. | 83°53 | 04] 03) 14°5 0:2 | 11 | 52°7 | 50:5 
70/7 BY, 17 | 725 | 08} 06 | 21:2 | 0-2 | 05 | 2°5 | 46°6 | 44-1 
5. Calcined manure salt 
(high grade) .. | 44°5 | 225] 4:6 | 12:4] 2°9 | 5:3 | 7°8| 281) 20:0 
6. Calcined manure salt 
(low grade) ... AD a | ... J 25:6} 81°L | 6:3) 10'3 | 8'5 | 10°6 | 12°6 | 16:2 | 15:0 
Bicarbonate Carbonate 
of Potash. of Magnesia. 
ee “ — | —“ 7 CN 
Carbonate of potash magnesia ... 40°0 33°6 1:0 25°41 18°8 | 18°5 
3 “ According to numerous average analyses made by the ‘‘ Verkaufs-Syndikat der Kaliwerke,”’ Leopoldshall- 
tassfurt. 
