12 



OIL the Composition of the 



Water . . 



Organic matters containing: ni- 

 trogen, and capable of producing 

 flesh . 



Organic matters not containing 

 nitrogen, and fitted to support 

 animal heat and for the forma- 

 tion of fat ... 



Inorganic substances (ash) . 



I. Experiment. II. Experiment. 



88-567 88-867 



612 



10-124 

 697 



'612 



9-815 

 706 



Average. ' 



88-717 



612 



9-970 

 701 



100-000 100-000 100-000 



Dried at 212 the general composition of carrots, grown in 

 1852, is as follows : 



I. Experiment. II. Experiment. Average. 



Nitrogenised substances (flesh- 

 forming principles) . . 5-462 5'462 5'462 



Substances not containing nitrogen 



(heat and fat producing matters) 88 '438 88 '278 88 -358 



Inorganic substances (ash) . 6-100 6-260 6-180 



100-000 100-000 100-000 



It will be observed that the composition of the carrots grown 

 in 1851 was almost identical with that of the carrots grown in 

 1852. In round numbers carrots may, therefore, be assumed to 

 contain about 88 per cent, of water and 12 per cent, of solid 

 matter. 



Detailed proximate Composition of Carrots. 



The carrots analysed were found to contain 87*234 per cent, 

 of water in one experiment and 87'434 per cent, in a second. 

 On an average they contained, therefore, 87'338 per cent, of 

 water. In the following table the composition of carrots in 

 their natural state, and dried at 212 , is represented : 



Table showing the Proximate Composition of Fresh and Dried White Belgian 



Carrots. 



In Natural State. Dried at 21 2 F. 



Water . 



Cellular fibre . 



Inorganic matters attached to the fibre 



Sugar . 



Salts soluble in alcohol 



Gum and pectin 



Inorganic, salts insoluble in alcohol 



Soluble casern . . 



Insoluble protein compounds 



on . . ! 



Nitrogen in the state of ammoniacal salts 



99-963 



99 707 



