Officers: 
 
 M. A. SCO YELL, Director. 
 
 ROBERT PETER, Prof, of Chemistry. 
 A. M. PETER, Assistant Chemist. 
 
 A. It. CRANDALL. Prof, of Botany. 
 
 A. T. PARKER, Mieroscopist. 
 
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 Board of Control: 
 
 W. B. KINKEAD, 
 
 R. .1. SPURR. 
 
 PHIL. BIRD. 
 
 R A SPURR. 
 
 AV. ]). NICHOLAS. 
 
 .IAS K. PATTERSON. 
 M. A. SCOYELL. 
 
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 BULLETIN 
 
 Fertilizer Analyses 
 
 The following official analyses have been made since the publication of Bulletin No. 10. 
 
 TABLE I. 
 
 Raw Bone Manures—Analysis and Valuation. 
 
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 .3 I 
 
 3 
 
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 Name & Address of Manufacturer 
 
 Pounds in the Hundred 
 
 Name of Brand 
 
 Phosphoric Acid* 
 
 o 
 
 M 
 
 <u 
 
 E 
 
 o 
 
 H 
 
 id* 
 
 
 C<3 
 
 <v 
 
 
 £5 
 
 
 
 O 
 
 o 
 
 
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 M 
 
 
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 r. i 
 
 CD 
 
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 -S-g 
 
 O 
 
 
 Jp 
 
 $- 
 
 
 
 
 
 p co 
 
 £ 
 
 s 
 
 *3 
 
 
 
 > 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 244 P. B. Mathiason & Co., 
 
 St. Louis, Mo 
 
 245 
 
 S-’ 
 
 255 (ilobc Fertilizer Co., 
 
 Louisville, Ky 
 2 d 6;J. B. Jones, Louisville, Ky...'.. 
 
 257 .Same.1. 
 
 262 Thompson & Edwards Fertili¬ 
 zer Co., Chicago, Ill. 
 
 265: Wm. Skene & Co., 
 
 Louisville, Ky. 
 263!C. & F. Singer, 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 Increscent Brand Fure Raw 
 
 Bone Meal. 
 
 Fner>«<* >nt Brand Pure Bone 
 
 Meal. 
 
 Pure Raw Bone Meal. 
 
 Pure Raw Bone Meal. 
 
 Pure Ammoniated Bone Meal 
 
 Fine Ground Bone. 
 
 Pure Raw Bone Dust. 
 Fure Raw Bone Meal. 
 
 5.60 
 
 1 
 
 23.59 
 
 
 1 
 
 23.69 51.52 
 
 1 
 
 '4.04 
 
 1 
 
 ; 4.9D 
 
 i$ 
 
 35.77 
 
 5.13 
 
 21.45 
 
 
 21.45j46.86 
 
 4.42 
 
 ■ >.37 
 
 35.22 
 
 7.59 
 
 10 ' ,; ' 
 
 11.56 
 
 22.31 48.73 
 
 3.96 
 
 4.81 
 
 33.19 
 
 7.87 
 
 10.40 
 
 12.21 
 
 22 61 49.37 
 
 4.02 
 
 4.88 
 
 33.60 
 
 5.71 
 
 ISJO 
 
 3.82 
 
 22.52 48.76 
 
 2.96 
 
 3.59 
 
 30.37 
 
 4.39 
 
 23.32 
 
 1.78 
 
 25.10 54.82 
 
 3.16 
 
 3.84 
 
 33.79 
 
 7.55 
 
 13.35 
 
 8.87 
 
 22.2248.53 
 
 O Qi 
 
 To, 
 
 4.02 
 
 31.04 
 
 6.70 
 
 11.97 
 
 8.88 
 
 20.85 45.54 
 
 4.20 
 
 5.11 
 
 33.00 
 
 TABLE II. 
 
 National Dissolved Bone, manufactured by the National Fertilizer Co., Nashville, Tenn, 
 Station No. 267. Analysis:— 
 
 Moisture...13.28 per cent. 
 
 Phosphoric Acid- 
 
 Soluble.8.17 per cent. 
 
 Reverted.2.65 per cent. 
 
 Insoluble.L32 per cent. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Nitrogen....... 
 
 Equivalent to Ammonia 
 Potash. 
 
 Estimated Value per ton $30.81. 
 
 Values Used:—Phosphoric acid in fine bone, 4| cents per pound; do. in medium bone 
 •4 cents per pound; nitrogen, 18 cents per pound. 
 
 Fine bone is all that is fine enough to pass through a sieve with meshes 1-25 inch 
 square. Medium bone passes through a sieve with meshes inch square, but does not 
 
 include fine bone. 
 
 * M. A. SCOVELL, Director. 
 
 Lexington, Ky., December 31, 1887. 
 
 12.14 per cent. 
 . 1.72 per cent. 
 . 2.09 per cent. 
 . 1 92 per cent. 
 
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