380 Mr. E. N. Horsford on the Value 



rNitrogen... 2*39^ 



ft& Carbon ... 8-39 I 



Nitrogenous I Hd 1-04 > = 15'24 



ingredients. ] Qxygen ... 3*25 | 



jSulphur... 0-17J 



XT r f Carbon ... 38*111 



Non-nitrogenous I H d 5 . 60 I = 86 . 05 



ingredients. |oxyge£ ... 42-34,/ . 



Ashes = 3-26 







104-55 

 Early White-panicled Oats (Avena sa.tiv&) from Hohenheim. 



Berry bright, plump and sound. 10 grains weigh 0*3689 gr. 



I. 1-7548 gr. lost at 100° C. 02271 gr. 



II. 1 -8486 gr. of substance dried at 100° C. gave 0*0765 gr. 

 ashes. 



III. 0*3539 gr. gave 06057 gr. CO 2 and 0*2144 gr. HO. 



IV. 0-2410 gr. gave 0-4123 gr. CO 2 and 0-1451 gr. HO. 



V. 0*4977 gr. gave 0*2236 gr. ammonio-chloride of plati- 

 num. 



VI. 3*5498 grs. gave, by the method already described, 

 0*5916 gr. woody fibre and combined inorganic matter. 



VII. 0*4197 gr. of the same woody fibre gave 0-0140 gr. 

 ashes. 



Expressed in 100 parts, these correspond with — 



I. II. 



Carbon 46*68 46*66 



Hydrogen ... 6*73 6*69 



Nitrogen 2*82 



Ashes 4*14 



Water 12*94 



Hulls 16*66 



Ashes of hulls 3*35 

 Estimated in 100 parts, the above determinations give the 

 following numbers : — 



("Nitrogen... 2*82^ 

 XT . Carbon ... 9*90 



Nitrogenous I H d j^ I = 17.99 



ingredients. ] Qxygen ... 3*84 f 

 ISulphur ... 0-20j 



XT . ("Carbon ... 36*761 



Non-nitrogenous I H d 5 . 48 L = 83 . 08 



ingredients. | xygen ... 40*84 J 



Ashes = 4*14 



105*21 



