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ANAI.A'SES OF THE OAT. 



4. Analysis of the chaff. 



Silica 10-375 



Coal 0-4S0 



Phosphates 0-935 



Carbonate of lime 0-800 



Magnesia 0-570 



Potash 0-430 



Soda - 0-309 



Sulphuric acid -.---. 0-447 



Chlorine 0-123 



14-569 



ANALYSIS OF THE STRAW OF OATS GROWN BY Mr. PETERS' 



Silica 12-350 



Phosphate of peroxide of iron - - - 0-925 



Lime 6-247 



Magnesia 1-945 



Silicic acid ------- 5-575 



Phosphoric acid 4-933 



Lime - - - 0-761 



Magnesia 1-750 



Potash 3S-871 



Soda 3-792 



Chloride of sodium ' 0-214 



Sulphuric acid 0-048 



Carbonic acid -...-- 10-160 



Organic matter 3-300 



99-871 S. 



* This analysis should have been inserted at page 97. The foregoing organic analyses of the oat of the three ex- 

 perimental acres were made by Mr. Salisbury, assistant in the laboratory. 



