1.66 3.39 3.29 2.62 6.49 6.82 15.93 11.0 9.11 10.0 8907 11.0 10.91 10.0 9308 10. 19 10.0 9224 10. 19 10.0 8906 0.50 0.45 1.01 0.81 2.77 2.46 8.43 3.20 0.42 12.05 11.0 11.63 10.0 9230 0.12 0.78 0.39 0.21 1.91 0.68 0.79 0.28 10.80 II.O 9.43 10.0 9233 11.51 II.0 10.58 10.0 8999 10.40 5.0 3.99 4.0 9232 10.30 9.0 8.52 8.0 9309 11.51 11.0 10.65 10.0 9310 11.50 II.0 10.62 10.0 9311 13.22 II.O 9.65 10.0 9048 4.56 4.12 7.39 3.41 1.25 12.05 9.0 10.80 8.0 8886 0.61 2.72 2.05 8.49 5.19 3.03 16.71 11.0 13.68| Guaranteed. Found. So-called Station No. TABLE II-NITROGENOUS Superphosphates. Manufacturer and Brand. Place of Sampling. Dealer's cash price per ton. Sampled by Purchasers and Others: 8737 Quinnipiac Wrapper Brand.. 8738 Quinnipiac Wrapper Brand.... 8739 Quinnipiac Wrapper Brand........ 8962 Apothecaries Hall Co.'s Victor Potato Special..... 9394 Sanderson's High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate.... Branford:-A. E. Plant Sons Co. 9060 Sanderson's High Grade Ammoniated Phosphate....Cheshire:-T. L. Chip 9395 Sanderson's Top Dresser.. 9407 Shay's 4-10..... 8810 Virginia-Carolina Chem. Co.'s Indian Brand for To bacco without Potash.. 8774 Unknown brand... 8861/5-10 Fertilizer.. §Contains .078% of potash as muriates. VI. MISCELLANEOUS FERTILIZERS, LIME, ASHES, ETC. SHEEP MANURE. 9211. Pulverized Sheep Manure. Sold by American Agricultural Chemical Co., New York City. Stock of Geo. S. Phelps & Co., Thompsonville. 9206. Sheep Manure. Sold by L. T. Frisbie Co., New Haven. Sampled and sent by F. S. Burnett, New Haven. 9349. Sheep Manure. Sold by L. T. Frisbie Co., New Haven. Stock of G. F. Peters & Son, Highwood. 9267. Sheep's Head Pulverized Sheep Manure. Sold by Natural Guano Co., Aurora, Ill. Stock of Frank S. Platt Co., New Haven. 9270. Wizard Brand Manure. Sold by Pulverized Manure Co., Chicago. Stock of Frank S. Platt Co., New Haven. 8896. Pulverized Sheep Manure. Sampled and sent by H. E. Larsen, Mt. Carmel. 9713. Chicago Feed & Fertilizer Co.'s Ground Sheep Manure. For analysis see page 422. These dried manures are chiefly of interest to florists and to greenhouse or lawn owners. As we have said in previous reports, they are out of the question for general farm use, because horse manure supplies three or four times as much plant food for the same money, and the extra vegetable matter should be supplied in farm crops and residues. WOOD ASHES. Twenty samples called "wood ashes" were analyzed. Three of these, 8862, 8811 and 8698, have the character of lime-kiln ashes and contain very little potash. The remaining samples are good, bad or indifferent. Nine samples contained from 4.7 to 6.8 per cent. of potash; four from 2.8 to 3.7 per cent., and four from 0.8 to 1.7 per cent. The prices were exceedingly variable; for instance, $9.00 per ton for material containing 2.8 per cent. of potash; $16.00 for ashes containing 1.5 per cent. and $27.50 for one containing 4.72 per cent. Certain of the higher grades were sold on the unit basis, the price ranging from $4.50 to $6.00 per unit of water-soluble potash. The extreme variability in the potash content of wood ashes emphasizes the necessity of always buying it on a definite guaranty of water-soluble potash. Only three of the samples were accompanied by a guaranty, 9372, 9025 and 8862. These were guaranteed 2.00, 5.03 and 3.00 per cent. of potash, respectively, and contained 1.50, 4.72 and 0.07 per cent. HOUSEHOLD WASTES. At the present time, when the prices for potash fertilizers are almost prohibitive, any available source of this important element is a matter of interest. Possibly few householders realize the fertilizer value of many of their household wastes which they usually throw away. The actual content of potash in any of these is small, but may be worth saving. The samples, whose analyses are given in the accompanying table, were for the most part prepared by Prof. P. E. Browning, of Yale University, and submitted by him to us for analysis. It is to be regretted that the actual percentages of ash were not determined, as the information thus supplied would have been valuable. The results, however, are suggestive, and indicate how much valuable fertilizer material in the aggregate is thrown away by the American public. Many of these ashes could be prepared in the ordinary open fireplace of the average home and could be collected with the ashes from the wood there burned. The citrus fruit skins, because of their oil, burn readily, and our analyses show how rich in potash their ashes are. The analyses also suggest the utility of community incinerating plants as a means of conserving the important amounts of potash which some household wastes contain. |