ANALYSES OF BARLEY. 



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3. Compositicm of the chaff. 



Silica 65-360 



Phosphate 13-260 



Carbonate of lime 4-200 



Magnesia ....... 0-512 



Potash 4-740 



Soda 3-751 



Chlorine ....... 1-210 



Sulphuric acid 8-967 



Organic matter ...... 4 -268 



II. BARLEY RAISED IN ALBANY' COUNTY. 

 Harvested July 25. 

 Pl. LVII, Fig. 1, two-rowed barley; fig. 2, four- rowed barley; fig. 3, smut; fig. 4, spores. 



PROPORTIONS. 



145-50 grs. of the grain gave 



Per Centura. 



Water ........ 63-90 4390 



Ash 5-25 3-60 



Ash calculated dry - • - - • 9-46 



100 grs. of the straw gave 



Dry matter - 49-500 



Ash - - 2-375 



Specific gravity 1*234. 



The specific gravity of this barley, although the same variety, the two-rowed, is greater 

 than that grown in Western New-York in the Wheat district. The plant seemed to be 

 of a larger growth, having a length of straw 3 feet. mp 



Grain 



Straw 

 Chaff 



1. Comparative proportion of grain to straw, etc. . 



Actual quantitiea. Per centum. 



- - - 666-00 100-00 



- - - - - - 732-00 109-90 



124-00 18-61 



