A Botanical and Economic Study 



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Table 

 ( entesimal Composition of tin 



VIII. 



Ash of the Different Parts. 



Entire ,,- 



Pl INT. '- AK> - 



1.1 Wis. T \SSI I S. 



Phosporic Acid . 

 Sulphuric " 

 Chlorine . . . . 



Potash 



Soda 



Lime 



.Magnesia 



Stalk. 



I'i II R Mm LOW 1 R 



71.70 

 3.8l 



i-35 



4.41 



8.26 



12.96 

 6.60 



33 5° 

 358 

 3-52 



27. I ! 



21 36 



3 46 



7.04 



Iron 



Silex 



CO and Waste 



0.5 1 traces. 



54-75 o-34 

 0.1S 0.09 



3-97 

 3.21 



1 04 



> -3 

 6.78 



1378 

 5<54 

 0.46 



63.76 

 o-i 3 



10.01 9.07 14 02 7.17 



6.13 5.61 8.65 381 



273 2.15 traces. 1.35 



7.SS 14 61 2.41 441 



10.37 12.57 8.39 8.26 



1 1.87 10.29 14 31 12.96 



15.03 10.52 8.73 660 



o. 11 2 08 o 63 0.51 



35.83 29.83 41.37 54.75 



0-03 3.27 1.49 o 18 



100.00 100.00 100.00 ICO. 00 100.00 ICO. 00 100.00 



In a subsequent chapter the manufacture of maize paper 

 will be discussed. It is, therefore, necessary that the chemi- 

 cal composition of the maize husks, out of which the paper 

 pulp is principally made, should be ascertained. (Schweitzer.) 



Table IX. 



Proximate Analysis of Maize Husks. September /<>. 



Crude Ash . . 

 Ether Extract . 

 Crude Fibre 



" Protein . 

 Carbohydrates 



6 23 

 0.83 



33-77 

 4 37 



54.80 



Nitrogen 



0.70 



