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III. — Miscellaneous Analyses. 



EXAMINATIONS OF SKIM MILK FOR FAT. 



[Samples sent on at different times for examination.] 



Analysis of Milk from Shorthorn Cow, 



Moisture, at 100° C, 

 Solid matter, 



Ash percentage. 



One hundred parts of ash contained - 



Potassium oxide. 

 Sodium oxide, . 

 Calcium oxide. 

 Magnesium oxide, . 

 Phosplioric acid. 



Per cent. 



88.45 



11.55 



100.00 

 0.72 



Per cent. 



23.52 



14.20 

 23.11 

 2.52 . 

 30.59 



Animal had been fed largely with roots; milk yielded 

 its butter slowly. 



Analysis of Onions. 



Air dry without leaves — 



Moisture, at 100° C, 

 Dry matter. 



Dry matter contained of — 



Nitrogen, . 

 Sulphur, . 

 Ash constituents, 



One hundred parts of ash contained - 



Potassium oxide. 

 Sodium oxide, . 

 Calcium oxide, . 

 Magnesium oxide, . 

 Sequioxide of iron, . 

 Silicic acid, 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Sulphuric acid, . 



Per cent. 

 89.20 

 10.80 



Per cent. 

 2.12 

 .48 

 4.36 



Per cent. 

 38.51 

 1.90 

 8.20 

 3.65 

 .58 

 3.33 

 15.80 

 Not determined. 



