ANALYSES OF BARLEY. 



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n. BARLEY RAISED IN ALBANY COUNTY. 

 Harvested July 25. 

 Pi.. LVII, Fij. 1, two-rowed barley; fig. 2, four-rowed barley; fig. 3, smut; fig. 4, spore*. 



PROPORTIONS. 



145 - 50 grs. of the grain gave 



Per centum. 



Water 63-90 43-90 



Ash 5-25 3'»0 



Ash calculated dry - - • - • 9-46 



100 grs. of the straw gave 



Dry matter 49-600 



Ash 2-375 



Specific gravity - . . . . 1-234. 



The specific gravity of this barley, although the same variety, the two-rowed, is greater 

 than that grown in Western New-York in the Wheat district. The plant seemed to be 

 of a larger growth, having a length of straw 3 feet. 



1. Comparative proportion of grain to straw, etc. 



Actual quantities. Per centum. 



Grain 666-00 100-00 



Straw 732 00 109*90 



Chaff 124-00 18-61 



