Show Wood Ashes as Fertilizer Wood ashes vary In composition There Is considerable difference due to kind of wood from which they come and they may vary too due to conditions conditions con con- under which they have been collected and kept There are several se constituents of wood ashes that thai are ore of ot Importance In agriculture The most valuable are punish potash phosphoric acid and lime Potash may vary from 2 or 3 per Iler cent to 10 as liS high us liS 13 or 14 per cent i phosphoric acid Is not nol usually usually ally much flinch In evidence but may go as high or higher than lImn 2 per Ier cent while lime may WilY vary ary from SO to to W ro per cent Good Gaud soft wu wood ashes are likely to be he of considerable value as asa a fertilizer for roots and arid vegetAbles other than potatoes Montreal Montreal |