ANALYSES OF MAIZE. 



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The husks, 



Husks. 



Silica 26-922 lbs. 



Earthy phosphates - - . . . 14-831 



Lime - 0-254 



Magnesia ....... 0*040 



Potash 1-984 



Soda - . . - , - . . . 5-555 



Chlorine 3-141 



Sulphuric acid 3*770 



The cobs and kernels, 



Silica . 



Earthy phosphates 



Lime 



Magnesia 



Potash - 



Soda 



Chlorine 



Sulphuric acid 



27-831 



61-849 



The several amounts, according to the foregoing results, will stand as follows ; 



lbs. oz. 



Silica 173 12-496 



Earthy phosphates 93 3-984 



Lime 13 9-248 



Magnesia 5 0-752 



Potash 66 2-944 



Soda 61 15-184 



Chlorine 28 7-328 



Sulphuric acid 29 11-696 



471 15-632 



Maize must be ranked then among the most exhausting crops. It is evident that poor 

 soils will scarcely repay the farmer for its cultivation. It is evident, too, that unlike other 

 cereals, there is little danger of using too much manure in its cultivation. It is not liable 

 to run to foliage, and thereby fail to produce grain ; neither will it lodge, or fall down by 

 its own excessive disproportion of organic to its inorganic matter. 



There is one more important view which may be taken of the analyses : they will dispel 

 the notion so frequently inculcated by writers and lecturers, that bone earth is the main 



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