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NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CERTAIN CROPS. 



PROPORTION OF ALCOHOL IN LIQUORS. 



TABLE, showing the ^oportion of 'alcohol in WO parts, each, 

 of the following liquors. 



Designation. Parts in 100 



Scotch Whiskey 54.32 



Irish Whiskey 53.9 



Bum 53.68 



Brandy 53.39 



Gin 51.6 



Port.... 22.9 



Madeira 22 . 27 



Currant 20.55 



Teneriffe 19.79 



Designation. Parts in 100. 



Sherry 19.17 



Claret 15.1 



Champagne 13.8 



Gooseberry 



Elder 



Ale 



Porter.. . , 



11.84 



8.79 



6.87 



4.2 



9.8to5.! 



Prof. Brande. 



NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CERTAIN CROPS. 



If we suppose an acre to yield the following quantities of 

 the usually cultivated crops, the weight of dry starch and 

 gum, of gluten, albumen, casein, &c., of oil or fat, and of 

 saline matter, reaped in each crop, will be represented 

 nearly by the following numbers : 



Johnston 



