Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-12-08
Ma.ur Fafmfr
MAINE EXtEHtNENr STATION


wooi ash.s have m impoftsui ans in.
rrta.Iug u.r In Nsiur Agriculture VIII
rreafi o. thr h. nffts rr-uItiog from th,if
spp pIratInn tl.rr lssslfe &C rrucc of
nrIninr Which i. tar. uuiuants,iiy, o. ~
fslt that tnsIr tf 60 varies gfesuY accord
Ire o. tts character of thr -oN There L.
srunfant Testimony to prove that lu some
Instances fhr usr uf a-hrs has csu-ff
arsr Inrrsa.e 20 crop. atd prnnf thst ihFY
nlsn faN Go prniacr an appfeclsNlr ~ q
#. certainly rHf wauNng AgtIu, fsfmrrs
frr In ths'f fstInaiss 20 ths relative
ss.ur uf urI,arhfi ani leaChri s,hss,
ra-Ine these tstlmstr- upln stprfiruce,
aIth.ut tnuhf Whatrvrr sry unsrfFlng
farmer sI.lrg iC sssrft m thr use of
s.h.. nn hI. sni l. pfn1ahV correct
fsr tI. osn practice, hut may noi hc iof
the practice of some Other farmer Al
tfs questions IuVn'vsd iu thc u.r ~ ssh-s
cannot h, su.N,rsf. h1i the lnf'rmsiion
pr,.,ntsf Iu thI. ta'iriin. which has he'n
ssihrr,f lu ptft ffnm suslSsss sni cofrr'
sgnnfrnce. ls believed O. hc ~ pfacilcA
Ka'ur.
Ssmris. of tshf- have heer gathered fof
ans'g... from vafilu. soarces.
A frN fsci. A. pisin.y .hosu hy che an
Toe tofa potash .putssslum OXIDE
Iu the unisarfsi bard ~ooi ashrs l. ij
pfr cent. sri ln the anlFhChri snh Noni
a.hss q. a fi prr cent In both ctsrs ihc
sshs. curtaIu annat oue auf uue.thlri psf
csut of potash in = TORN not soluble ln
safsr. sfIrh Is uufouI Itrdly the sIIicstc.
q Too hsrf sooi unirArhed ashss con
tsin ou the average. phosptoflc arii 'qni-
vslsut O. nearly -four Aui bali pr cent
% nh1s nhafe of Nmr. The sut soof astss
coutsIn isss phosphate 20 imc. averaging
or', iso pc c.ut
81 Thr aray-e- give 20 eslieuce that
flrnace ashrs AZ irss ya'uNhir than ashFs
from bousf bold Gre. when the wool j. The
same lu both cases
L.arhlus removes frou the Ashes al
hut ahu1t hsf e pr Csut of ihe potash
soluble in water To total pot,-h in the
i,schri ashe. i. found 10 average - pr
cent.
s. Lsachei a.hes contain ahoat one
ttIri th.lr Weigh 10 Ssisr.
TIE fi.IaNIrg srr some ~ The important
COOS .terstions Involved in discnssion ~
th- u.r 20 s-hrs
Th- dlr rtrc@- hetssen leachci sni
% esch.f a-hr. o. 10 p.fcsutsge cumpp
-iiion. frl compsrsd ~ The bu.hvl, aud .cl
in crop pro iucii0n
Th- cn.t 20 the useful Ingredients
% s.h.. shru purch-ssd 10 other forms.
When water L. psssed through hard
sn..i ashs. Of the Qlsity shOsn To- tfe
auaIysr-. thry l1.e nrsrly ~ The ppts-siun
csfi at. that they oontain, which cnnsil.
tu,.s som.ttIng over on. 4 truih their
s.frht A PORTION % the water ussd iu
Irss hing l. rrtsiu-d. smoun'iug d ApOut
nn.-third the ~tight ~ th- lcschTd, 90
nns-hsff tn~ weight uf tn uuirsch~i s-he-
A ample Calculation shows that While 80
.ctusl ln-s Of fry Substance takes plac-,
100 puuud. - ffy unlrachsd ssh"s would,
in AZ pfocr.. ~ l-achiug. Increase 10
WEIGHT At lrsst IS poani- Compared
pnund for pouud th~n. the leschTd Ashr-
coutsln much the smaller Pcrccntage OF
dfy substance
TIE upiuiou i ofisn oppressed that In
having i.sched s.h.s = much larger qlan.
tity of dry matter l. obtained pr nu-hel
man in busiug thr unl-achvd, This opinion
arising without duupt not Only from the
grr.t.r weight 70 the lesche1 sshe-, but
fr.m ,hs belief that s-h~s shriuk grvstly
lo buik unisr The sction of water. IL
.s.m.. hos-vsr. from al th- dsts grth@red
M a. thi. time. that The smOaut of dry
matter in = bu.hrl Of l~ach-d ssh-- does
no,. on the avsragr. vsry greatly ron NE
afy meter in = hush-l - uoisschei. Tue
srr.tsr weight Of the lrached a.h's i due
a. me water thvy contain, snd noi 10
change 10 bn'k
Io or,sponse % several Inquiries, the iol-
Losing statsmeuts hsye br.n obtained
Statsm.ut of potash and soap mtoufac-
tur.r weighi Of lesch-d ashes 20 pound.
nsr ha.hel of A., p-cks, hassd on actusl
~eiehlngs. Unieschei ashes estlmaied -
Weigh 10 pounds pr peck.
St.t.nsut % dealer In ashes and manu-
f.ctursr Of soap, WEIGHT OF uuleach-d
..hss 90 psund. per bu-hsl, lsached 90
pouuf.; iOOO hu.hsl- Of uolrached sshcs
~ili maze loo ha-hsls ~ l~sched.
S,at.m-ut ~ d-sl@r io Michigan ashes
WEIGHT ~ unl.schsd ashes 40 pounds pr
ho.b.l. / Achsf GO p1ands
n according 10 'ne estimate, one poshel
of unl.sched ashes make one bu'hel OF
l.schsd, there i less Dry matter In a bush
el 81 ths letter. for about OOe-tenth Of the
dry substance Is lsached Outi hot N M.
l..ch~i. ard l~schsd ashes weigh 20 AMI
"a poan.s- pr ba-h.l respectively. there is
ntti. df renee la the smOent OF dry mat
ter 10 zach
-. A.. .houn nv the follogiug table