108 ANALYSES OF THE OAT. 



3. Ash of the chaff. 



20 '000 grs. Calculated without coal, cartionie 

 acid or organic mattei. 



Silica 7-500 44-876 



Coal 1-120 



Phosphates 2-900 17-348 



Carbonate of lime .... 1-090 6-520 



Magnesia 0-098 0-582 



Potash 4-200 25-130 



Soda 0-890 5-324 



Carbonic acid and organic matter - 1*742 



19-540 99-S00 



COMPOSITION OF THE PHOSrHATES. 



Silica 0-03 



Phosphate of iron - - - - - - 0'04 



Lime 0-05 



Magnesia 0-31 



Phosphoric acid 1 • 91 



COMPOSITION OP THE PHOSPHATES OF THE GRAIN OF EACH ACRE. 



West. Middle. East. 



Soluble silica 0-025 0-030 0-030 



Phosphate of peroxide of iron • - . 0-375 0-190 0-190 



Magnesia 1-234 1314 1-234 



Lime 0-727 0'665 0-694 



Phosphoric acid 2"839 3-201 2-592 



II. Organic constituents of the oat or grain of each acre respectively. 



1. East acre. 



236"40 grs. oats yielded of 



Percentage. 



Paler* or husks 69-30 29-314 



Kernels 167-10 70-686 



194- 16 grs. kernels gave of 



Fine white flour 115-12 59-291 



Bran (about like that separated at the mills) 79-02 40-709 



Flour. 

 115" 12 grs. Hour gave of 



Starch 89-91 77-232 



Epidermis, pilose*, gluten and oil - 4"32 3-752 



Percentage of ash in the epidermis and pilose (mostly pilose) 2-315. Nothing more was 

 obtained from this specimen of flour. 



* The pilose is the short hairs appended to the epidermis. 



