SUBSTANCES TAKEN FROM THE SOIL. 



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TABLE X. ANALYSIS OP THE ASH OF SOME OF THE 

 NATURAL AND ARTIFICAL GRASSES. 



Meadow Foxtail 



Sweet-scented Vernal, . . 

 Downy Oat Grass, . . . 

 Upright Brorae Grass, . 

 Soft Brome Grass, . . . 

 Crested Dog's-tail, . . . 



Orchard Grass, 



Orchard Grass, with seeds 



ripe, 



Hard Fescue Grass, . . 

 Meadow Soft Grass, . . . 

 Meadow Barley Grass, . 

 Perennial Rye Grass, . . 

 Annual Spear Grass, . . 



June Grass, 



Rough-stalked Meadow 



Grass, . . - 



Timothy, 



Annual Rye Grass, . . . 

 Yellow Oat Grass, . . . 



Red Clover, 



White Clover, 



Sainfoin in flower, . . . 

 Sainfoin in seed, .... 

 Italian Rye Grass in flower, 

 Italian Rye Grass in seed, 



7.81 I 38.75J 6.25 2.16 .65 3.901.28 .4737.03 



6.32 28.36|l0.09 3.39 1.26 9.212.531.1832.03 



J5.2236.2silO.82 3.37J - 4.723.17! .7231.21 



J5.2138.48j 7.53 5.4e[ .5510.384.99 .2620.33 



5.8233.34' 9.62 1 4.91 9.07 6.642.60 .2830.09 .331 - ]3.11 



2 5 

 u u 



9.60 - 

 7.03J4.90 

 405 5.6G 



k3840.1l| 7.24 1 3.20 - J10162.43 .1824.99 -11 



J5.31 26.65 8.60J 3.52 2.09 5.822.22: .592962 -|l7 



J5.51 32.18 6.41 "* " "'"I -J 



|5.42'28.53 12.07 



8.143.47, .2333.06; 

 1.3810.312.83 .78:31.84! 



- 4.87J4.76 



1 EL* 



J6.37l28.3ll 8.02 4.41 1.82 8.313.41- .31 34.83 -j 3.91J6.66 



5.67|56.23! 6.04J 429 - 5.042.42 .66 20.26 3.401 - 1.66 



7.S4 27.13 8.73 520 .49' 9.64 2.85! .2l'24.67j -13.80,7.25 



2.83 16.03 1 9.1110.18 3.29|ll.69 2.44 157 41.86 - 



5.94J32.93 10.02 4.26; 



8.33J37.50 9J3 4.47 



5.29J31.0911.29 

 6.4541.7910.07 

 5.28J35.20; 9.31 

 9.66 .69! 6.71 



3.68J11.53 



3.22! 9.35 



.40i 5.63'2.71 



Tj - 



.2929.40 - 



6.97 59.18! 634 

 :6.40 60.62 6.32 



4.02 14 94 ! 5.30 .27'24 25 1 - 



6.82'2.59| .28'28 99! .87 

 7.98;3.07:2.4ol36.06! .73 

 1.8523.4722.624.08 .2636.45' - 

 7.21 18.03 26.41 8.15,1 96 14.33 3.72 - 

 3.28 15.20 24.30 5.03J 6l|31.90 -6.24 

 2.3317.3629.674.59 .58 ! 29 61 1.251 - 

 2.82' - I 9.95'2.23! 

 1.3ll - !l2.29,2.64 



.47,3.35 

 11 25 1 31 



6.9o' - 



i 

 .70 3.24 



- J5.ll 



- 1.25 

 2.39! 1.53 



!.45 3.98J - 

 1.77 .131 - 



495 

 .78 

 13.12 



2.27 

 15.58 



A careful examination of the analyses of the ash, or 

 the inorganic constituents of the grasses, will reveal 

 the fact that some important substances are taken from 

 the soil in large quantities, and if the grass is removed 

 in the form of hay, that these must in some way be 

 restored in manure, or exhaustion will follow. Among 

 these are large percentages of silica, which is taken up 

 in solution with water. Phosphoric acid is removed in 

 large quantities, generally found in combination with 



