|48.05|61.85| 8.78| 1.32| 2.80
| | |-----| | |-----|-----
Average | | | 1.44| | | 1.37| 3.72
TABLE II.-COMPOSITION OF CONNECTICUT PEATS AND MUCKS.
_Calculated in the dry state: the percentage of nitrogen
calculated also on organic matters._
KEY:
A - _In this table the matters soluble in water and the
nitrogen are calculated to two places of decimals;
the other ingredients are expressed in round
numbers._
B - _Soluble in water._
C - _Insol. in water, but soluble in carbonate of soda._
D - _Insol. in water and carbonate of soda._
E - _Total._
F - _Total matters soluble in water._
G - _Nitrogen._
H - _Nitrogen in per cent. of the organic matter._
-------------------------+-----------------------+
| ORGANIC MATTER. |
|-----+-----+-----+-----+
A | B | C | D | E |
-------------------------+~~~~~v~~~~~+-----+-----+
1. Lewis M. Norton. | | | |
Goshen Conn. | 20 | 40 | 60 |
2. " " " | 75 | 15 | 90 |
3. " " " | 60 | 35 | 95 |
5. Messrs. Pond & Miles.| | | |
" Milford Conn. | 81 | 15 | 96 |
5. " " " | 79 | 19 | 98 |
6. Samuel Camp. | | | |
Plainville Conn. | 53 | 11 | 64 |
7. Russell U. Peck. | | | |
Berlin Conn. | 46 | 37 | 83 |
8. Rev. B. F. Northrop. | | | |
Griswold Conn. | 48 | 11 | 59 |
9. J. H. Stanwood. | | | |
Colebrook Conn. | 75 | 11 | 86 |
10. N. Hart, Jr. | | | |
West Cornwall Conn.| 69 | 13 | 82 |
11. A. L. Loveland. | | | |
North Granby " | 43 | 4 | 47 |
12. Daniel Buck, Jr. | | | |
Poquonock " | 33 | 60 | 93 |
13. " " " | 41 | 49 | 90 |
14. Philip Scarborough. | | | |
Brooklyn Conn. | 61 | 30 | 91 |
15. Adams White. | | | |
Brooklyn " | 63 | 27 | 90 |
16. Paris Dyer. | | | |
Brooklyn "
|