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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.   * ·`  
Tc His Excellency, HoN. JoHN YOUN(+‘BR(·\VN, Gcccwzcr of      
Sm: Under the authority of the Board of Control, and in   L ·  
accordance with an act of Congress, approved March 2, 1887.    
and entitled "An act to establish Agricultural Experiment Sta. , ,  
tions in connection with the Agricultural Colleges established V »  
in the several States, under the provision of an act, approved V ‘ , i 
July 2, 1862, and of the acts supplementary thereto," and of ,   Y  
an act of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, approved ·` 4;‘ " 
February 20, 1888, and entitled ‘“An act to accept the provis- "   Z p  
ions of an act passed by the Congress of the United States, ap- _,     f'  1
proved March 2, 1887, for the establishment and maintenance of   '      
Agricultural Experiment Stations in connection with the Agri- _ l .  
cultural Colleges established by the several States and Terri-  
tories under act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862," I hereby ,   .` ·¤ - 
submit the Fourth Annual Report of the Kentucky Agricultural     ·_  
Experiment Station. .i “   A ·  
Very respectfully, I   { , `I  
M. A. Scoviam., DI·7`€ClO7`. . . E V 1  
FEBRUARY 1, 1892. _ ·’ I _.  
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. BOARD OF CONTROL. ` .· ‘ I    
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DR. R. S1·u1u<, Chairman. V .— _.  
JUDGE W. B. 1iINKEA]), Chairman of Executive Committee. ‘_ I  
W. D. N1c110LAs, Treasurer. I I JJ 
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Cor., HART Grnsox. ‘, · ~  - ;;,
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J. K. Pixrrnksox, 1 iesident of the Lollege. .r s_ `   .»
M. A. Sc0vE1.L, Director, Secretary. ' _ ·.° ·.  
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STATION OFFICERS. E .  
M. A. Sc0vELL, Director. I A `V   
A. M. P1£'I`ER, Assistant Chemist. `   .’ {  
H. E. Cvnris, Second Assistant Chemist. ‘     `V  
H. GAxM.x>:, Entomologist and Botanist.   'JC _  
A. T. PARKEIK, Mieroscopist. I " in    
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C. L. Curtis, Assistant Agriculturist. It A" _  
Miss Amen M. Sruzrisy, Stenographer. _ I  
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  _,   6 REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.
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  ·` I ,   THE KEATTUCKY AGRIO ULTURAL EXPERIMENT
    C   STATION [N ACCO UNT WITH THE UNITED
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  I ] 1891. .
  I , I To receipts from the Treasurer of the United States as per appropria-
  ‘ . * I tion for fiscal year ending June 30th, 1891, under act of Congress,  
  `   approved March 2d, 1887 .................... $16,000 00
  A   By salaries . ..................... $7,729 96 I
;;.l,>Z?1¤? · I By labor . . ..................... 2,390 95
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L,;t‘2,;';;1:| ~_· I , By supplies ..................... 1,142 44
  A   ' By freight and express ................ 166 55
  __ , I By postage and stationery ............... 4 257 25
  I V ] By printing ..................... 988 98 .
§;;:_y,_I I ` ` V By library ...................... 340 84
  3 By tools, implements, etc. ............ . . . 370 43
  I I By chemical apparatus. ........,....... 578 56
   " . ` - · by live stock . .................... 482 rs
   ‘ ` By miscellaneous ............,...... 241 91
Y; Q.~.M_" I By entomological supplies . .............. 93 10
  I By traveling expenses . . . · .............. 70 24
 _   By seeds . ...................... 146 04 Tl
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 .-5. _ V We, the undersigned, duly authomzed auditors for the in- .22,1
  . . stitution, hereby certify that we have examined the books and dgst
    the accounts ot the Experiment Station of the Agricultural MCC
 fw I  ‘ ‘ I College of Kentucky for the year ending June 30th, 1891, that of T
  , .p ] we have found them all well kept, and correctly classiiied as FO,.
  I _ · 1 above. and that the receipts for the year named are shown to Of t
  ·. ` have been $15,000, and that the corresponding disbursements, in E
  ‘, ·l $15,000, for all of which proper vouchers are on tile, and have mrs
  I been examined and found correct. b€f(
  ‘ I [Signed] R. J. Srcna, we,
    PHILEMON BIRD, Ord
  -   Aztditirtg Committee Board of Trustees. r yea
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sJ;:;_j_.;I 1 hereby certity that the foregoing statement of accounts, t0 I
  which this is attached, is a true co i from the books ofaccount 2
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Qi?ifj>jt I of the institution named. “S€
  [Signed] 1V. D. N1cnor.As, Trectsureir.  
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. —  
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The year, though begun under the most auspicious conditions, _ · L i I 
gl) was marked by a serious disaster to the Station by the partial . ·` _?  
_ destruction of the Station building on the night of February ;“·    
m' 22d. The loss was a severe one to the Station, not only in the p_ . V -Z se 
and destruction of the building, but also by the loss of valuable   — .  
lm records, and especially the laboratory records, by which much ` lp  
that p of the work already done in many lines will be a total loss. A T  
I as Fortunately the records in the ofiice were saved. A great part     .,~—¥$;i·
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H to of the time of the Station force has necessarily been taken up     g  
nts, in preparing temporary quarters and planning for future quar- V   ~ .  
ave ters. No time has been lost in rebuilding on the same model as ~   _ j  
before, and we are now situated once again as fortunately as we , `  
were before the fire, but unfortunately without any of our rec· . ``4   .  
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  4 ·   1576. ....... 14111. 71.50 j 7.86 20.64 1646
  ·   1577 . ....... 15111. 75.26   8.22 i 16.52 my
  . 1 1 1578 .. ..... 16111. 77.60 l 7.98   14.42 1611
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1%,;:1 ` 1 1579. ....... 17111. 82.02 l 4.91 1 18.07
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    _158l . ....... 19111. 81.50 6.26   12,24
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  1 1 1592 . .......   2151. 78.81 7.52 1 18.67
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  _ Sorghum Cane.
  . A few varieties of sorghum were grown on the Station farm
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  · this year from selected seed heads furnished by the De- )
  _ . 1 partment of Agriculture. The most promising ones were gath-
  `l W · _ ered on October 9 and tested for their sugar contents, the results
  — j T being given in the following table. The sample for analysis 11*85
 ij ·· obtained by selecting ten or twelve of the ripest stalks of each DY.
    variety, which were weighed, topped and stripped and weighed K8111
LTT-`jy; 1 again, and then run through a small cane-mill and the juicé ‘°C€1U
  1 weighed and taken to the laboratory, where the sugar wasi111· W9 C
  » j mediately determined. The specific gravity of the juice WHS had 1
  taken at 20° C. The table gives the per cent. of gang sugar and `Sld€1`1
ig1j;{._L`@.{ reducing sugars in the juice, the weight of j11ice extracted bi hm'?S
  —.sg   the mill from 100 parts of stripped cane, and the weight of t0P$ and I
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1 ‘    ;;j".er—Seed head 5671 . . 1.075 j 12.12 l 2.33 46 1 31 ‘ __ » .  
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ll   Seed hard ....... 1.069 * 11.19   2.92 l 46 54 a ,-  
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24   7278. ......... I 1.085 14.62 A 1.80 l 33 l 29 A  
21 1650   Folger’s Early-—Seed head ’ 1   1 i  
67 1 7790. ........ 1.081 13.94 1 1.98 _ 40 35 `  
76 1651   Early Orange—Seed head ` l '   -  
  9272. Seed hard .... 1.081 ; 13.02 2.94 y 50 35 . 1.. 1 1  
1652 l Link’s Hybrid—Seed head   1 , " ·1 it 
  10470 ......... l 1.070 , 14 as 1.29 41 1 1 as . 1 I 1  
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gath-   12043 .........   1.075   12.04 2_3i 46 1 :17 y  
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LS was Phosphatic Limestone.   ‘  
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each Dr. Robert Peter first called attention, in the reports of the yy _ 1.;};
iohed Kentuck Geolo ical Surve Vol. A art 1, . 245, to the F " ·` iii?
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juice ·0GGurrence in the upper part of the Trenton limestone, in Fay- , ·‘  
is im- me county, of layers remarkably rich in phosphoric acid. He '  
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E was had already, as early as 1848, observed the occurrence of con- 1   _
lp and A "Sl(l€l`&l)l8 quantities of phosphoric acid in the common "blue 1 `  
gd by llm€StoI1e" underlying the " Bluegrass Region" of Kentucky, zi I  
{wps and recognized the relations between the presence of this store 1 f  
of plant food and the remarkable fertility of this region. 1 A fj.;
(Albany Guléioatcr, April, 1849.) The best and most character- * ‘ [  
lSllC "4Bluegrass " soil rests upon the Trenton limestone, and A    
8€€lY1S to have been formed in place by the disintegration of this 1 . · .  L 
limestone, and it is interesting to record here an observation of  

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  i   12 Rnroncr or AGBICULTURAL nxrnarmnnr STATION.
  I   i Dr. R. J. Spurr, who found abundant fragments of the phcs. 663
 IL _` ` I 1 phatic material in the subsoil of a part of his farm, in Fayette 664
  , j I county, near Greendale. In taking a sample of subsoil, Dr, 666
 2 * " ` t Spurr noticed this material resembling weathered chert in ap- I 675
  6 pearance, but very soft; and, upon bringing some to the labc- hard
  ratory, it was found to be highly phosphatic, as well as 676
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  t . containing a very notable quantity of fluorine, as is the case 724
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{fg   I. i with the phosphatic limestone generally. It was almost entirely LGXII
V "   ~ ` free from carbonate
  It - , Below 1S given the per cent. of phosphoric acid 1n this, and
  , II _; also in some unweathered samples of the limestone, selected I
  · ` l with a view to obtaining the largest results : Phosph
t§5lL.I .. t 1659. Soft, brownish material in thin fragments, from sub- Becta
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  _. t , soil on farm of Dr. R. J. S urr, near Greendale, Fayette fm
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  E county, Ky. I I I PMS
I;}    - t . 677. Gray and blue limestone from cut on Cincinnati South- K""
 T m ern Railroad, Fayette county, near Greendale; soft, with red-
  i dish tint. IH
  r 592. Soft, dark streak, about one-half inch thick in sixth No. i
  layer, exposed by grading in front of A. & M. College building, some
  — i Lexington, Ky. the 1
  ‘ 593. Light streak; rather hard, in Isame layer as 592. Cmp.
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  l » Phosphoric Acid ..............   33.56i 13,22f 29,73t l4.?9 $50m
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  Equivalent to Tricnlcic Phosphate ......   73.32 [ 28.86 i 64.93 \ 6lm mgge
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*%;·;*§·'%.i' 551. Blue limestone, from in front of A. & M. Colle e build- In
 it ing, Lexington, Kentucky. perce
<‘Y[°‘3‘ 660. Slat rock from out on K. U. R, R, near the Warfield WH,
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    place, Lexington, Kentucky. hw
T ``‘_   661. Rock in place, city quarry, Lexington, Kentucky, law `calcu
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  Li » 662. Ordinar limestone from cut on K. U. R. R. van
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,bOS_ 663. Blue limestone, same locality, more slaty than 662. _ _ `_  
Vette 664, Same locality ; like 662, but more fossiliferous. ` · `A  
DL 665. Same locality ; more slaty than 663. v~ , _ -  
L ,,p_ U 675. Gray limestone, from cut near Greendale, Fayette county; _   °  
labo, hard rock. · V to  
1 as 676. Blue limestone from same locality ; soft rock. -` ip A  
Cm 724. Soft limestone, on Georgetown road, live miles from ° `     ‘
heyy Lexington. _ _ _ A' _-" 1  p
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Phosplioric } ‘ H I     l ' ’ _  5 
Sub. Acid,. . 6.84 1.20 3.30 2.01 .2.51 0.10 0.6710.38g 1.0c 1.01 ~ · 
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Phosphatei$.38l2.63}7.2144.39 5.48 1.54   1.45 1 0.84   2.29 2.21 ' , :   is .
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I-€d_ Ash Analyses of Corn. V"  ‘  
In connection with the experiments described in Bulletin · `» 1  
sixth No. 17, partial analyses were made of the corn raised upon _`,_ y    
ding, some of the experimental plats with a view to determine ,1,  
the nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash removed in the-   l ·i  
crop, These are now published for reference, though not      
a part of this year’s work. In preparing the sample a 'fair - ,  
_Y___ average portion was taken after weighing the crop, and the I _  
  Stover and cobs cut up in a feedcutter. These samples were i‘,, '  
g l weighed and allowed to air-dry in the laboratory, weighed, ~ ` 7  
,4.,9 ground, and moisture determined by-the old method of dry-    
ing on watch-glasses to constant weight in a water-oven. Ni- `.   I  
312] trogen was determined in duplicate by the Kjeldahl method. 1 _ l  
“’ Portions of from 50 grams in the stover to 250 grams in the ‘ ` ,» `t;Si'i,
6 the cobs were incinerated, the crude ash weighed, and the charcoal, ,  
{mm carbon dioxid and sand determined and deducted, the remain- ·   .,,-'
' der being calculated as "pure ash." ` A  
wild- In the following tables the results are given, calculated in   V  
percentages of the water-free substance of the stover, shelled `  
Lytieltl 00m, cobs and whole crop, as Well as per cent. of the pure ash. A  
The amount of water-free substance produced upon each plat, it "   1
law ‘0¤l0ulated to pounds per acre, and the amounts of nitrogen, V  
` phosphoric acid and potash and pure ash, stated in the same . 1. - Qtl
Way, are also given. . ` W

   » _ I 14 Rrzrorvr or AGRICULTURAL nxrnnrmnnr STATION.
    I The fertilizers applied to each plat were as follows. It is tt
  I j I ’ I { be noted that plats one to six are situated side by side, separated  
  a _· only by a three-foot walk, and are of uniform character, while O
    · I sixteen and nineteen are in a different field, and are richer soil, -····
  . I Plat 1 received no fertilizer. ‘ Nitro;
  Plat 2 received sulphate of potash, acid phosphate and sul 1,,,051,
  . phate of ammonia, equivalent to 58 pounds nitrogen, 44 pounds Pom
  ` _ 1 phosphoric acid, and 31. pounds potash per acre. `
  A ‘ I Plat 3 received sulphate of potash and acid phosphate in the Pm
  . I same proportions as above. ' iiii
 I _   _1 Plat 4 received acid phosphate and sulphate of ammonia in
    the same proportions as above. ~·
  .. I Plat 5 received sulphate of potash and sulphate of ammonia Ni
L,. $1 * I in the same proportions as above. -.-
  I Plat 6 received about 1,000 pounds gypsum per acre. mm
   lV` . I 1 , Plat 16 received barnyard manure in liberal amount. Pho;]
  Flat 19 received tobacco stems at the rate of about 4,000 » d
  I pounds per acre, and equivalent to about 240 pounds potash. PMS
 QI ~ 40 pounds phosphoric acid, and 90 pounds nitrogen per acre. Pm
  . Details of the experiment will be found in Bulletin 17. It is rg
  . interesting to note that, although the soil of this field seems 10
  · - be deficient in potash, and responds promptly to an application ...
  of potash fertilizers, yet the per cent. of potash in the water N.
  ' ` free crop is nearly uniform, whether the fertilizer used con- ___
    tained potash or not. The phosphoric acid, however, varies Nm
  II ` . considerably, and the crop seems to find abundance of nitrogen
  ‘ A at its disposal, removing.in each case more than was applied in Pm
  I ’ the fertilizer. Petrie
  . Corn Stover——Calculated on Water-Free Substance. Pm
  No. or PLAT. I 1 I 2 3 4   5 I 6   16   lit
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  Nitrogen. ....   1.111 1.139 0.s5s 1.552 I 1,095 0,005 0,940   1.231 *
  Yhosphoric Acid . I 0.507 I 0.002 0,573 0.77:1 I 0,500 0,004 0,744   0.656 Q
  romsii , ..... I 0.575 I 0.555 0.550 0.547 0,575 0,470 0,050   0.80 ”
  Pure Ash ....  4.400 I 5.214 4.4:25 5.005 I 4,441 4.012 4,520  4.440 if
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1 . 1 1  ».‘[ ij;
is 10 Corn C0bs—Calcu1ated on Water-Free Substance. A 1 .  
rated " ` 1 1 1 I " 1  
. N0. or P1.A*1‘. 1 2 3 4 5 1 6 16 19 ` _ ici-‘<;_1
Wh1Ie 1 ._ ·  11.i-gg;
1s0il. ··"‘*‘_1"‘_‘"‘*·"‘ "__‘ *1; ;·'··*— .- .‘_, - .· ..  
1 l‘ ‘ ·' -1§·."'F.
` Nitrogen . .... 1 0.535 1 0.376 0.538 0.498 0.430 1 0.397 0.348 0.361 ‘ i` II ·  
1 ' ’ :1;.-.fI
$111 1>h0sp1101·1c Acid .1 0.217 1 0.134 0.127 0.196 0.155 1 0.171 0.176 0.170 A 1 1.  
1 · "  
iunds Pctash. ..... 1 0.777   0,590   0.619 0.753 0 657 1 0.677 0.645 0.599 ' ` · I   `
1 1 . I r_  
H the Pure Ash .... 1 1.392 1.1.091 1 1.079 1.420 1.206 1 1.206 1.305 1 1,0821 ~ . '  
1 1 ·   °
1121 in Shelled Corn——Ca1cu1ated on Water-free Substance. I _  
·  
"EUTWT 1 1 7’"_`7#_'**_”_ · “ 1 1 1 i.
{wma N0. 01* P1..vr. 1 1 2 1 3   4 1 5 1 6   16 1 19 1 1 I  
1 1 1 ‘  
*-7*7* #7-*1M“1·771»731—·51“·7·1“7· 1  
Nitro en . .... 1.947   1.719 1.798 1 1.850 1.780 1.7101 1.730 1.860 1 * 1*
4 OI) 1’h0spho1·ic Acid . 0.781   0.780   0 818 1 0.867 0.849 0.812 0.890 0 867  
111 ` 1   ,  
waqh Potnsb . ..... 0.457   0 434 1 0.458   0.483 0.483 0.459 0.491   0.475 I I . 1 
PQI Pure Ash. .... 1.604   1.503 1 1.559   1.6441 1.628 1.531 1 1,6761 1.686  1 QI  
It is  “’#*—*·;‘— l*·__ I•·. ·  
11111111 The Whole Crop——Ca1cu1ated 011 Water-free Substance. 1 1 “ 01 
:at1011 _...l.. ..._--.__ _ - _ , I 
V€1t€Y‘ N0. 01* PL.1·r. 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 5   6   16 1 19 O1  
0011- ‘ __1 __ _ ____ 1 _ _ ‘  
varies 1 1   1 1. .  
Gen Nitrogen , .... 1.313 1.297 1.218 1.429 1.310 1.171 1 1,212 1.419 " ’  
ITO   ‘  
19511] Phosphoric Acid . 0.622 0.830 0.627 0.760   0.679 0.689 1 0.752 0.702 `1 `  
1 “   ‘  
Potnsh. ..... 0,555 0.511 0 518 0.542   0.546 1 0.489 1 0.585 0.648 /1 .  
· 1 1. . · 11...:11
Pure Ash, . . .. . 3.400 3.388 2.861 3.119 1 3.049 2.975   3.092 2.997 1 1 1;;;,1
1 1 1 ·
1 AAA 1 1 .   11;:4
#7 I 1:1225
· 1* Ash of Com Stover—Calcu1ated on the Pure Ash. _ ‘ gg;
Q"' A 7 `U7 W 99'` VU`77"87   ‘ `  
1 I W N0. OF 131..1117. 1   2 3   4   5 I 6 16 19 I  
  I-1 ' 1     1 ··~ · _ ·';Q7.;:
1 11.171 "_’_‘ ”'_“1__` "‘—1   17 ` ‘ ‘  
  0 W Phosphcric Acid . 13.57 1 17.32 12.93   19.35 14.35 17,06 16.40 1 14.77 ‘ 1 .  
1 ·1"1 1 1 1  
. Pctush. ..... 13.05 1 10.61 12.42  13.71 12.97 11.94 14.31 1 18.09 .· _'
1 4410 1 . ·
1 1  _._-_._. W_-.._,_-;,.-_AA   ..1 . . . -_... A .-  --.*.. .. .. - .  i f 
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  V 1 Ash of Corn-c0bs—Ca.lcula.ted 0n thc Pura Ash.
=·=¤·t::€ 1 V [ 1  .;.— 
  . ‘ N0. or PLAT.   1 1 2 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 { 16 ` 19 16O
 1 · ~ 1 1 1   1
   ~·· ·   ———»———1——1———1-———   mckl
  1 " _ 1 1 1 , I ‘  ‘ Th·
  ~ 'Pl1osph01·icA01d .1 15.27 1 12.29 11.73   13.79 1 12.87 14.17 ‘ 13.47 15,7: t .HS
  . .   1 1 1 , 211
  `Pumsh , .....   55.97 · 54,07 57.32 1 53.01 3 54.47 56,18   49.43   55,3;; hm
  , L Yhospl
  _· , Ash of Shcllcd C0rn—Calculatcd on the Pure Ash. 1,,,,,1,,
1g `°1’71 » V W ml ;”T_'—7V7”'“'7T7‘#’—"‘_?"7—”?`°%
  _ 1 N1,. 61~ 1>1..111. 1 1 1 2 6 1 4 1 6 6   16 19 WC
  1 ·* A 1_;_1____ ___`___1____ _ K€¤t‘
  1   V N — 1 1 1 1 " " T111
  1 ’Phgsph0ric Acid .   48.52 51.85 52.45   52.75 52,14 53.03 53,10 51,42 s Hsu,
    ` ygtnsh , .....   28.38 28.98 29.41 1 29.38 29.66 29.95 1 29.27 28,18 black
ky, 1 ' 1 = 1 1
    Mr. 1
.61   T Ash of the Whole C1·0p——Ca.lcula.tcd on the Pure Ash.
   .1 — .#.A,r*A__ _,_____I,___(__,, __4_
1 ,: A · “ 1 `7` 777 1
  N6. 01* PLAT. 1 1 2 2 4 6 6 16 19 F11;.)
  A ,__.___1____1____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___,_j 1*`ree>
  _ ,1 I 1. 1 —.
  “ .P1lO5)1l0l`1C Acid . 18,34 24.50 21.92 24,43   22.40 23.18 24.44 1 21.63
 *5:% ` } ‘ ' 1
  ‘P0msh . ..... 16.32 1 15.07 18.13 1 17.42 1 18.02 1 16.43 18.90 1 21,23 . ....
 ..1 21  . 1 1 1 1 C I
 .;.§Z1' -——J·*———·—‘~————-—·**4~-——·-———·—··‘;r   *1*· 211* 101
 :3 V A Pounds of Water-Free Substance Calculated Per Acre. ,,,,,0
 1% .  ___,_,,A-____4___Y_________,._., _ 1: *1 1
1 *:z~:··V 1 1 1 ` 1
  ,1_ ~ 1 ` NO, mr PLAT. 1 1   2 1 3 4   5 6 16 1 19 $111,61,,,
 1 ‘ V -—·———----——·1——-——-1———··1·-··—·· —·——·1——·· ····—·· —·····1—·‘· Sulplv
  ·’1. 1 1 ‘
  ~ 1St¢_)V8l' . ..... 1 2,531 3,972 ` 3,434 2,697 3,471 2,512 3,854 4,1411 C111,,,-1,
  A 1 (Jobs , ......   279 1 616 793 292 1 571 352 643 1 721 $111,11,1
...:;{:·;_, ·' 1
  .Shgl1ad Corn . . . 1 1,120 1 2,831 3,062 1,263 1 2,658 1,371 3,100   3,4911 111111,1,1
  ~ \Vh01e Crop . . .   3,930 1 7,419 7,289 4,252   6,700 4,235 7,597   8,3611 lr1g11,,—
    f#····’{··"'"  1 T.
  Pounds Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid, Potash and Ash in the Crop, Per Acre. _
in ...·»·» · ` ___ _________,,__ ,,_? ,,, 77 "
€·TE{‘= *1 1 P_ ` ’
  N0. OF PLAT. 1 1 2 3 4   5 1 6 1 16 1 19
Qéiiriiii _ __   __._   ____1,,,
  _Ni1,mgg11 ,,., 51,6 E 92.6 88.7 60.7 87.8 ` 49.6 92.1 11341 b
fix; 11 1 _ 5* tl
1;.},  Phgsphwic Acid . 24.5 1 61.6 45.7 32.4 45.5 29.2 57.4 56-* V ,,Cu1_
. 1. · 1 , ,
  1 Pomsh ..... 21.8 ; 37.9 37.8 23.1 36.6 20,7 44,4 1 0411 {O th
 1   V , V APLAYB Ash .... 133.6   251.4 208.5 132.6 203,1 126.0 234.9 1 250.11 Divis
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Miscellaneous Analyses.   AQ    
" · `    
19 1604. Iron ore sent by Mr. J. C Kennedy, Lebanon, Ken-    
tricky, from his brother’s land.   *    
· · The ore is a soft. cellular limonite. The air-dried ore con- _ i7_*.‘.`_ _‘  
157* mins . ·`   "  
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°°‘3‘° Ii-on . , ............................ i 42.4 per cent _ ._ • i  
— Phosphorus .......................... 0,25 per cent. Q;  
lnsoluble Matters ....................... 21.5 per cent, ’ I. ' ` ;.5‘?·:€
·—— ‘ ’ .  
19 1605. Mineral water, from " Sulphur Spring," South Union, 5 y `  
Kentucky; sent by Mr. E. S. Price. Manager. l “ It    
The water had a greenish-yellow color and strong smell of ' .. age?}
· _ - " , it
my "sulphuretted hydrogen" gas, and the bottle contained some .· ._  
28.18 black sediment. The following is the analysis. as reported to * I  
 
—— Mr. Price : . _ ==`.* 
1605—Ana1ysis- -_ ·  
y · Im;}
19 Free carbonic acid gas l - _ - - . . A i‘‘*  
Free sulphuretted hydrogen gas t Consmhsmbla qu?mtm€S‘ _, 2 r  
21-63 { Grams per Liter. [ Grams per Gallon. io,. [Q1  
2123 emeeeve--·?*-we ee e e.eeeee»»—.-eeeee. ee ee 2 -1.2------ . · '. '.    
7-4- Curlromite of iron. .......... · . , 1 .016 j 0,93 · l A ·.  ·
` I : ‘ ~ »  "  is
____ Carbonate of lime ............ .082 l 4,78 ` ` · "  
19 Sulphate of magnesiu .......... .135 7,87 ' ‘ A  _ 
——-Y Sulphate of soda, . . I ...... . . . . .418 24.37   l` , i  
4,1411 Chloride of sodium_ .,,...... . . 1.261 73.52 _, I-`I Q  
. I V  
721 Sulphide of sodium , . ......... .271 1 15,80   ·` i  
I ` J · `  
3,49*1 ladides and lithium ........... marked traces. marked traces. I l` `A ·l  
8,36*1 Utganic matter, nitrates and undetermined . 2.19 F 12. 77 t.  _  
”/ Total solid matters. ......... S 2.402 i 1-10.04 .- . ` '  
Acre. \p __ , . ` — .%;$fZ>¢g
Determination of Nitrogen in Nitrates. * y  
—-w "‘ ' #5**%
Us 6 In connection with the work done upon the samples sent out _ 1  
by the Re sorter on Nitroeen of the Association of Ofiicial A - . ‘  
5s T · 3 g · "  
i` - l1¤H1tural Chemists, results of which are published in his report jj;.
5*2 to the Association (United States Department of Agriculture, ·-  
250.6 Division of Chemistry, Bulletin 31), a tew experiments were · . 1
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 ,   { 18 mirorcr or AGRICULTURAL nxrnmirniwr STATION.
  ` pj ‘   made with some other reducing agents than those commonly men
  . ‘ _ _ used in the various processes based upon the Kjeldahl method, · mer
  ,i' .` As the results obtained may not be without interest, they are soln
  ' '_ . published here. The substance operated upon was the Report- _ oxie
  :· er’s Sample No. 1, being a mixture of sodium and potassium dep.
  nitrates, containing, theoretically, 14.72 per cent. N., and by pap.
  _‘ analysis of its constituents 14.60 per cent. In each case 0.7 gram Ei
  ,· 1 , T of the substance was dissolved in the cold in 30 cc. Conc. di-og
  ‘ i 4 HZSO4, 2 grams salicylic acid added, and then the reducing ion],
  _, ·‘. agent, The mixture was then heated a few minutes over a of Z
  T   ." moderate flame, and iinally 0.7 gram HgO was added, except byt
  ‘ where the potassio mercuric hyposulphite was used, in which ‘ of t
      y case no more mercury was added, and process carried out a