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Excerpt from Analyses of Fertilizers: Trade Values of Fertilizer Ingredients for 1895; Poultry Foods
Cotton hull ashes, at present prices, are worth the attention of fruit growers. One ton of cotton hull ashes will supply as much potash as five tons of unleached wood ashes of average quality and costs from $10 to $15 less. The quantity of lime however would be very much less in the cotton hull ashes than in the wood ashes. High grade sulphate of potash, containing from 48 to 51 per cent. Of actual potash and the double sulphate of potash and mag nesia, often called low-grade sulphate of potash, containing from 25 to 27 per cent. Of potash, are also in our market though no samples have been analyzed during the present season. The cost of potash per pound in these goods ranges from to 6 cents per pound, being usually a trifle higher in the double sul phate than in the high grade sulphate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
