NOTE I. (p. 543).
Useful Factors for calculating the Percentage of important Manurial Ingredients
in a Manure into their different Compounds.
(From the 'Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society.')
| Amount of | Multiplied by | Gives corresponding amount of |
| Nitrogen | 1.214 | Ammonia. |
| Nitrogen | 6.3 | Albuminoid matter. |
| Ammonia | .824 | Nitrogen. |
| Ammonia | 3.882 | Sulphate of ammonia. |
| Ammonia | 3.147 | Muriate of ammonia. |
| Ammonia | 3.706 | Nitric acid. |
| Ammonia | 5.0 | Nitrate of soda. |
| Potash (anhydrous) | 1.85 | Sulphate of potash. |
| Potash (anhydrous) | 1.585 | Muriate of potash. |
| Phosphoric acid (anhydrous) | 2.183 | Phosphate of lime. |
| Phosphoric acid (anhydrous) | 1.4 | Biphosphate. |
| Phosphoric acid (anhydrous) | 1.648 | Soluble phosphate. |
| Soluble phosphate | 1.325 | Phosphate of lime. |
| Biphosphate | 1.566 | Phosphate of lime. |
| Lime | 1.845 | Phosphate of lime. |
| Lime | 1.786 | Carbonate of lime. |
| Chlorine | 1.648 | Chloride of sodium. |
Units to be used in determining the Commercial Value of Manures.
For Season 1893.
| Prices per ton, | |||||||
| Phosphates | March 1893 | ||||||
| Items to be valued. | Classes | Dissolved | Undissolved | Ammonia | Potash | From | To |
| Guanos. | |||||||
| Ichaboe. | Genuine. | — | 2/- | 16/- | — | 250/- | 270/- |
| Peruvian (riddled) | Genuine. | — | 2/- | 17/6 | 3/6 | 230/- | 290/- |
| Scrap manures. | |||||||
| Fish guano. | — | 1/5 | 10/- | — | 130/- | 150/- | |
| Frey Bentos guano. | a. | — | 1/6 | 11/6 | — | 150/- | 180/- |
| Bone-meal | a. | — | 1/4 | 10/- | — | 105/- | 115/- |
| b. | — | 1/3 | 9/6 | — | 100/- | 110/- | |
| Steamed bone-flour. | a. | — | 1/5 | 10/- | — | 95/- | 110/- |
| Dissolved or | |||||||
| vitriolated bones. | 2/6 | 1/6 | 11/6 | — | 95/- | 110/- | |
| Superphosphates. | — | 1/11 | — | — | 45/- | 60/- | |
| Dissolved compounds. | From | 2/- | 1/3 | 10/- | 3/4 | — | — |
| To | 2/6 | 1/9 | 12/- | 3/8 | — | — | |
| Average. | 2/3 | 1/6 | 11/- | 3/6 | — | — | |
Cash Prices of different Manures, March 1893.
| Price per | |||
| Manures | Guarantee. | ton. | Unit. |
| Per cent. | £ s. d. | ||
| Sulphate of ammonia, 97 per cent | 24 Am. | 11 10 0 | Am. = 9/7 |
| Nitrate of soda, 95 per cent | 19 Am. | 10 5 0 | Am. = 10/9 |
| Castor-cake dust | 5.5 Am. | 3 10 0 | Am. = 12/9 |
| Horn-dust | 15 Am. | 8 10 0 | Am. = 11/4 |
| Dried blood | 15 Am. | 8 0 0 | Am. = 10/7 |
| Muriate of potash, 80 per cent | 50 Pot. | 8 15 0 | Pot. = 3/6 |
| Sulphate of potash, 50 per cent | 27 Pot. | 5 5 0 | Pot. = 3/10 |
| Kainit, 23 per cent | 12 Pot. | 2 0 0 | Pot. = 3/4 |
| Nitrate of potash, 73 per cent | {14 Am. {40 Pot. | 14 10 0 | {Am. = 10/ {Pot. = 3/9 |
| Ground Charleston phosphate | 57 Phos. | 3 0 0 | Phos. = 1/ |
| Belgian phosphate | 50 Phos. | 2 5 0 | Phos. = 0/11 |
| Thomas-slag (fine) Scotch | 30 Phos. | 1 16 0 | Phos. = 1/2 |
| Thomas-slaag (fine) English | 37 Phos. | 2 3 0 | Phos. = 1/2 |
| Phosphatic guano | {67 Phos. { 1 Am. | 5 0 0 | {Phos. = 1/4 { Am. = 10/ |