. Annual report of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals. 110 AGPJCULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. Muriate of Potash, [I. Sent on from Northampton, Mass. II. Sent on from Williamsburg, Mass. III. Sent on from South Deerfield, Mass.] Pounds per Hondbed. I. II. III. Moisture at 100° C, . . Potassium oxide, Sodium oxide, Not de- termined. Magnesium oxide, Not de- termined. Valuation per 2,000 U2 58 $16 28 $39 05 rrM 1 - 1 o '2 ? ji 1- i 1 1 • The large amount o
. Annual report of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals. 110 AGPJCULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. Muriate of Potash, [I. Sent on from Northampton, Mass. II. Sent on from Williamsburg, Mass. III. Sent on from South Deerfield, Mass.] Pounds per Hondbed. I. II. III. Moisture at 100° C, . . Potassium oxide, Sodium oxide, Not de- termined. Magnesium oxide, Not de- termined. Valuation per 2,000 U2 58 $16 28 $39 05 rrM 1 - 1 o '2 ? ji 1- i 1 1 • The large amount of moisture in the last sample explains somewhat the lower percentage of potassium oxide. The prin- cipal admixture of salines in this brand of potash compounds consists of common salt, usually from 14 to 18 per cent. Muriate of Potash. [I. Sent on from Fall River, Mass. II. Sent on from Amherst, Mass.] Moisture at 100° C, ..... Potassium oxide (4i cents per pouu'l), Sodium oxide, Valuation per 2,000 lbs., .. Sulj^hate of Potash. [Sent on for examination, Amherst, Mass.] Moisture at 100° C, . Potassium oxide (5| cents per pound), Sodium oxide, Sulphuric acid (5^ cents per pound), Clilorine, Insoluble matter, .... ' Valuation per ton of 2,000 lbs., )2 65. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment Station. [S. l. : s. n. ]
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