34 



THE GRASSES 



Composition of the ash of agricultural plants and products, giving 

 the average of all trustworthy analyses published up to August, 1865, 

 by Prof. Emile Wolff, of the Royal Academy of Agriculture, at Ilohem- 

 heim, Wirtemberg: 



I— MEADOW HAT AND GRASSES. 



SUBSTANCE. 



Meadow hay 



Young grass 



Dead ripe hay 



Eye grass in flower 



Timothy 



Other sweet grasses , 



Oats, heading out 



Oats in flower : , 



Barley, heading out , 



Barley in flower , 



Winter wheat, heading out 



Winter wheat in flower 



Winter rye, heading out , 



Green cereals, light. 



Green cereals, heavy 



Hungarian millet, green, \Pimimim\ 

 germ) / 



7.78 

 9.32 

 7.73 

 7.10 

 7.01 

 7.27 

 9.46 

 7.23 

 8.93 

 7.04 

 9.73 

 6.99 

 5.42 

 7.20 

 9.21 



2 7.23 



25.6 

 56.2 

 7.6 

 :l.fl 

 28.8 

 33,0 

 41.7 

 39.0 

 38.5 

 26.2 

 34.7 

 25.7 

 38.6 

 29.6 

 35.6 



37.4 .... 



*.9 

 2:8 

 3.4 

 2.1 

 3.7 

 2.6 

 3.5 

 3.2 

 2.9 

 3.1 

 1.5 

 2.2 

 3.1 

 3.9 

 4v7 

 Slo 10.8 6.4 



is 



6.2 



10.5 

 4.4 

 7.8 



10.8 

 7.8 

 8.3 

 8.3 



10.1 

 9.8 

 7.4 

 7.3 



14.7 

 9.1 

 8.1 



n— CLOVER AND FODDER PLANTS. 



