EXPERIMENT STATION. 



581 



RYE BRAN (Middlings). 



[Amherst Mills.] 

 74.63 per cent, passed through Mesh 144 to square inch. 



Analysis of Rye Bran with Reference to Fertilizing Constituents. 

 One hundred pails of air-dried Bran contained : — 



Moisture at 100° C, . 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents per pound) , 



Magnesium oxide, 



Calcium oxide, .... 



Feri'ic oxide, .... 



Potassium oxide, (4|^ cents per pound), 



Sodium oxide, .... 



Niti-ogen (17 cents per pound), . 



Insoluble matter, 



Per cent. 



12..54 

 1.26 

 0.32 

 0.09 

 0.02 

 0.81 

 0.03 

 1.84 

 0.17 



Valuation per 2,000 pounds. 



$8 46 



