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ANALYSES OF BUCKWHEAT. 



Composition of the ash of buckwheat. 



Removed in erery 10 bnahelf of eeed. 



Carbonic acid .-••-- trace. 



Silicic acid 1-95 0-245 



Sulphuric acid 1*55 0-195 



Phosphoric acid 49-86 6-281 



Lime 301 0379 



Magnesia - - 16-84 1-995 



Potash 21-27 2-680 



Soda 2-32 0-292 



Chlorine 0-30 0037 



Organic acids ^ 0346 



98-84 S. 12-450 



raoroBTiom. 



Water 12875 



Dry matter 87-125 



Ash 3-600 



Ash calculated on the dry matter - - - 4-132 S. 



Proximate organic analysis of buckwheat. 



Starch 42-47 



Sugar and extractive matter - - - - 6 "16 



Dextrine or gum ...--- I'W 



Epidermis - - - • " ' ' 14'** 

 A light-gray matter taken up by a weak solution 

 of caustic potash from the bodies insoluble in 



water and boiling alcohol - - • - 10-10 



Albumen ^''^^ 



Casein ; ^'^^ 



Matter dissolved out of the bodies insoluble m 

 water, by boiling alcohol : rising with a sub- 



stance analogous to water . - - - <: oo 



Oil 0-47 



Water 12^ 



98-24 S. 



