178 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Teosinte (EucJilcena luxurians). 



[Collected Sept. 7, 1888, in full bloom ] 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 6.0C 



Dry matter, 93.94 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude ash, 



" cellulose, .... 



" fat, 



" protein (nitrogenous matter), 

 Xon-nitrogenous extract matter, . 



100.00 



6.95 



28.88 



1.28 



9.71 



53.18 



100.00 

 In green material, moisture 89.42 j^er cent. ; dry matter, 10.58 per cent. 



Fertilizing Constituents of Teosinte. 



Moisture at 100° C, 6.060 



Calcium oxide, 1.597 



]\Iagnesium oxide, 458 



Ferric oxide, . . . 021 



Sodium oxide, 109 



Potassium oxide (4 J cents per pound), 3.696 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents ])er pound), 546 



Nitrogen (17 cents per pound), 1.460 



Insoluble matter, 315 



Valuation per ton, $8 76 



Lotus villosus {Second Year's Growth). 

 [Collected June 21, 1889, in full bloom.] 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Dry matter, 



Per Cent. 

 10.68 



89.32 

 100.00 



Analysis of Dry Matter 



Crude ash, 



" cellulose, .... 



" fat, 



" protein (nitrogenous matter), 

 Non-nitrogenous extract matter, . 



100.00 

 In green material, moisture 83.37 per cent. ; diy matter, 16.63 per cent. 



8.23 



24.48 



3.00 



13.49 



50.80 



