]\nSCELLANEOUS ANALYSES. 



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Analysis of the Ash of the Clinton Grape. 



100.00 



100.00 



Analysis of the Baldwin Apple (Matured). 

 One hundred parts of ash, soluble in hydrochloric acid, 



contained : — 



Sesquioxide of iron, 

 Potassium oxide, . 

 Sodium oxide, 

 Magnesium oxide, 

 Calcium oxide, 

 Phosphoric acid, . 

 Insoluble in hydrochloi 



ic. 



1.08 



63.54 



1.71 



5.52 



7.28 



20.87 



3.68 



Analysis of the Ash of Corn Cobs (Longfellow Variety). 



One hundred parts of cobs contained : — 



Moisture of cobs at 100° C. 12.00 



Ash (crude), 1.38 



Organic matter, 86.62 



One hundred parts of the ash contained : — 



Potassium oxide, 65.89 



Sodium oxide, 2.94 



Calcium oxide, . 2.61 



Magnesium oxide, 3.22 



Ferric oxide, 1.16 



Phosphoric acid, 5.44 



Silica and sand, 18.74 



The per cent, of potash present is as large as that found 

 in many of our cultivated grapes. 



Ash Analysis of Beet sugar Molasses. 



[From Roots grown on College grounds.] 



Moisture, 5.27 



Potassium oxide, 24.60 per cent. 



Sodium oxide, 15.84 " " 



Magnesium oxide, .... ... 2.24 " " 



Calcium oxide, 9.10 " " 



