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"Well, I understand that both oxygen and hydrogen are furnished by natural processes, the oxygen from carbon dioxid in the carbon cycle, and the hydrogen from the water which falls in rain." "That is all true, but you really do not buy the hydrogen or oxygen. While they are included in the two-eight-two guarantee, the price is adjusted for that.
"'Two-eight-two' means that the fertilizer is guaranteed to contain two per cent. of ammonia, eight per cent. of available 'phosphoric acid, and two per cent. of potash." "Ammonia is the same as nitrogen, is it not?" "No, it is not the same," replied Percy. "Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen.
"You see this two-eight-two fertilizer contains eight per cent. of so-called 'phosphoric acid' and two per cent. of potash, and those constituents may be worth much more than the nitrogen; but, so far as nitrogen is concerned, the two hundred pounds would cost from thirty to forty dollars in the best nitrogen fertilizers in the market, such as dried blood or sodium nitrate."
Thornton. "That depends, of course, upon what kind of fertilizer is used." "Well, most people around here who use fertilizer buy what the agent calls two-eight-two, and its costs about one dollar and fifty cents a hundred pounds; but it can be bought by the ton for about twenty-five dollars."
"You never can tell what you can get away with till you try it," Two-Eight-Two declared. There was a touch of insolence in his manner. "Into the doghole with him!" the warden commanded. Wagg surveyed the departure of the convict. The man contrived to twist his head around and look behind him; and he disclosed a grin.
This means that, if the two-eight-two fertilizer contains two per cent. of ammonia, it contains only one and two-thirds per cent. of the actual element nitrogen, and a ton of such fertilizer would contain thirty-three pounds of nitrogen.
"And I guess it's poor Two-Eight-Two! He's missing from the noon count-up, Mr. Warden!" Wagg struggled upon his feet. He was not simulating the new phase of his emotions. He looked distinctly frightened. "There's only one under there. I saw him go. Who is Two-Eight-Two?" "One of the pair sent down from Levant for breaking and entering in the nighttime."
It was the same sort of a suggestive grin that he had viewed on that day of days in the prison yard. "Number Two-Eight-Two!" he quavered. "Sure thing!" The dumpy man patted the tall man's arm. "Add one, and you have Number Two-Eight-Three a pal who drew the next number because we're always in company." "And we're here because we're here," stated the other.
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