ANALYSES OF MILLET. 



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Millet heads, cut while in blossom, gave the following results : 



Silica ....... 



Phosphates of lime, magnesia and iron - 

 Carbonate of lime .... 



Magnesia ...... 



Potash ....... 



Soda -.-.... 



Chlorine • - . . . - 

 Sulphuric acid ..... 



Organic matter and carbonic acid - 



45-083 



20-000 

 0-160 

 0-130 

 4-250 



14-650 

 trace. 



12-390 

 3-145 



99-788 



The large quantity of soda, compared with potash, is quite remarkable. I have no op- 

 portunity for repeating (he work for the purpose of confirming or disproving this result. 

 The almost total absence of chlorine where so much soda exists, is also unfrequent. 



ANALYSIS OF MILLET SEED OR GRAIN. 

 Silica ..... 

 Phosphates of lime, magnesia and 

 Carbonate of lime 

 Magnesia 



Potash - 



Soda . 



Sulphuric acid 



Chlorine 



Phosphate of the alkalies 



Organic matter 



ron 



44-294 

 34-555 



none. 



none. 

 7-178 

 8.239 



trace. 



trace 

 0-620 

 1-459 



From five grains of the ash of millet seed, only a trace of sulphate of barytes was ob- 

 served. The presence of sulphur is, however, clearly indicated in the organic analysis, 

 though only feebly in the ash analyses ; the large quantity of nitrogenous matter proving 

 that it must be present in a larger amount than appears in the inorganic analysis. 



ANALYSIS OF THE STRAW OF THE RIPE MILLET. 



Elements in a ton of millet straw. 



