78 ON VAPJATIONS IN THE COMPOSITION OP OATS. 



Composition of one bushel of Oats. 

 Largest crop. Smallest crop, 

 lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. 



Substances useful as food — 



Flesh-forming matter, ... 3 i 



Fat and heat-producing matter, .27 14| 



Substances of little or no use as food — 



30 15 



1 



Cellulose, &c., 3i 3; 



Mineral matter, . . , . ij |- 



Water, 5|- 2| 



10 



Weight per bushel, . . 40 22 



We have now to notice the comparative feeding value of the 

 heaviest and the lightest oats grown in 1877. The weight per 

 bushel of the former reached 49 pounds, and the lightest oats 

 only weighed 20 pounds. The chemical analysis of these speci- 

 mens was as follows : — 



True albuminoid matters (gluten), 

 Si arch, gum, &c., . . , 

 Fatty matter, .... 



Cellulose, 



Nitrogenous matter (not true albuminoids), 



containing nitrogen. 

 Alkaline salts in ash. 

 Earthy salts in ash, . 

 Silicious matter in ash. 

 Water, 



100-00 100-00 



The produce per imperial acre in the case of the heaviest oats 

 was 57 bushels, weighing 49 pounds per bushel, or 2793 pounds 

 of oats per acre. In the case of the lightest oats the crop yielded 

 22 bushels, of 20 pounds per bushel, or 440 pounds of oats per 

 acre. The production of feeding matter from each acre of land 

 showed a very marked variation. 



Acreage yield from 



2793 440 



