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Average composition, per cent, and per ton, of various kinds of 

 agricultural produce, etc. 



Linseed cake 



Cotton-seed cake. . 



Rape cake 



Linseed 



Beans 



Peas 



Tares 



Lentils 



Malt dust 



Locust beans 



Indian meal 



Wheat 



Barley 



Malt 



Oats 



Fine pollard* 



Coarse poUardf. . . 

 Wheat bran ..... 



Clover hay 



Meadow hay 



Bean straw 



Pel straw 



Wheat straw 



Barley straw 



Oat straw 



Mangel-wurzel . . , 

 Swedish turnips. . , 

 Common turnips. . 



Potatoes 



Carrots 



Parsnips 



PER CENT. 



1.87 

 1-35 

 1.60 

 1. 17 

 6.44 

 7.52 

 7-95 

 1.2; 



0.90 

 0.85 

 0-S5 

 O.J7 

 o 48 

 0.09 



LBS. PER (LONG) TON. 



i,97« 

 '.994 

 i»994 

 2,016 

 1,882 

 1,893 

 1,892 

 1.971 

 2,106 

 1,904 

 »,97 

 1,904 

 1, 882 

 2,118 

 1,926 

 1.926 

 1,926 

 1,926 

 1,882 

 1, 



1.848 



1,857 



1,882 



1.904 



1,859 



280 



246 



179 



537 



•^ e 



106.4 

 145.6 

 112.0 

 85.1 

 89.6 

 76.2 

 94.1 

 96.3 

 94.1 

 28.0 

 40.} 

 40-3 

 37.0 

 38 I 

 44.8 

 58.2 



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* Middlings, Canielle. 



t Shipstuff. 



Table, showing the proportion of solid matter and water in 1 00 parts 

 each ofthefollozving articles of diet. 



Wheat 



Peas 



Rice 



Beans 



Rye 



Corn 



Oatmeal 



Wheat bread 



Mutton , 



Chicken 



Designation. 



Lean beef 26 



Eggs ! 26 



Veal j 25 



[ Potatoes 25 



; Pork I 24 



I Codfish I 21 



Blood ' 20 



j Trout 19 



i Apples 18 



Pears I 16 



Designation. 



Carrots 



Beets 



Milk 



Oysters 



Cabbage 



Turnips 



Water melon 

 Cucumber .. , 



