ANALYSES OP COTTON PLANT AND SEEP. 



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The following are the results 1*882 grammes of the ash was 



used : 



FOUND. 



Phosphoric Acid, 



Oxide of Iron, . 



Coal, . 



Sulphuric Acid, 



Oxide of Lime, 



Oxide of Magnesia, 



Potassa, 



Soda, 



Silicic Acid, 



Loss and Chlorine, 



0-667 

 0-075 

 0020 

 0060 

 0-204 

 0-200 

 0-523 

 0-051 



PER CENTAGE. 



35-43 PO 5 . 



3-33 Fe 2 O 3 . 



1-05 Coal. 



3-19 S0 3 . 

 10-88 CaO. 

 10-61 MgO. 

 27-82 KO. 



2-75 NaO. 



Trace. 

 4'84 



100-00 

 Suggestive Remarks. 



On examining the foregoing analysis of the cotton seed, we 

 see that they abound in the phosphates and alkalies. Drs. 

 Will and Fresenius, in their analysis of the cereal grains, 

 show that wheat also abounds largely in these constituents. 



In order to enable the reader to make the comparison, we 

 give the analysis of red and white wheat, as published by 

 them. It is as follows : 



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