[220] See Appendix, Note IV., p. 372.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XI.
NOTE I. (p. 364).
The following analysis will serve to show the composition of bone-meal:—
| Moisture | 10.43 |
| * Organic matter | 32.30 |
| Phosphate of lime | 48.40 |
| Carbonate of lime, magnesia, &c. | 7.20 |
| Insoluble siliceous matter | 1.67 |
| 100.00 | |
| * Containing:— | |
| Nitrogen | 3.71 |
| Equal to ammonia | 4.51 |
NOTE II. (p. 368).
Composition of Dissolved Bones.
The accompanying analysis may be taken as representing the average composition of dissolved bones:—