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MANUAL OF AGPaCULTUEE. 



nitrogenous bodies ; its inorganic analysis is similar as well, 

 excepting that it shows nearly double the amount of chloride of 

 sodium. 



Potatoes are cultivated on almost every kind of soil, though 

 they thrive best on soils of the lighter class. They form a most 

 important item of human dietary, and are also much used in the 

 feeding of farm stock. The figures following represent their 

 average analysis : — 



AVater, . . . . ., .75*00 



Albuminous compounds, . . . 2*00 



Oleaginous and respiratory compounds (starch 15-) 17'00 

 Woody fibre, ..... 5-00 



Ash, ...... 1-00 



While its inorganic analysis appears as : — 



Clovers and artificial or cultivated grasses, as distinguished 

 from those growing naturally in pastures, are grown on all soils 

 subject to rotation, excepting, perhaps, the strongest clays. The 

 organic analysis of some of them is — 



Red White Crirason Yellow Alsike 



