ANALYSES OF BARLEY. 



2. Analysis of the ash of the grain. 



Silica .... 



Phosphates (57-849): 



of lime, iron and magnesia 



of soda and potash 

 Carbonate of lime 

 Magnesia - 

 Potash 



Soda ... 

 Chlorine 

 Sulphuric acid 





Amount of elements in 50 lbs of grata 



23-807 



6-854 oz. 



41-603 



11-981 



16-246 



4-678 



none. 





none. 





12-035 



3-466 



5-460 



1-572 



none. 





none. 





28-551 oz. 



Calculating that an acre will yield 30 bushels, and that a bushel weighs 50 lbs., there will 

 be removed from it the following amounts of the elements, taking the foregoing analysis 

 as correct : 



In Silica .12-855 lbs. 



Phosphates 31-148 



Potash 6-493 



Soda 2-948 



53-449 lbs. 



It will be observed that this barley differs somewhat in composition from that grown in 

 the Wheat district of this State ; but as the analyses which have as yet been made are few, 

 it will not be safe to make generalizations from them. Barley is regarded as a lime plant, 

 when compared with wheat. The lime and magnesia, in this last analysis, seem to be 

 combined entirely with phosphoric acid, as usually is the case in wheat. 



3. Analysis of the straw and chaff. 



Percentage of ash, 5-00. 



Silica 



Phosphates 

 Lime 

 Magnesia 

 Potash - 

 Soda 



Sulphuric acid 

 Chlorine 



70-001 



Mineral matter removed in 

 ton of si raw and chaff. 



78-401 lbs. 



10-678 



11-959 



0-081 



0-090 



trace. 





10-678 



11-959 



2-983 



3-340 



5-733 



6-420 



none. 







112- 169 lbs. 



The amount of silica is increased by the mixture of the chaff with the straw : the chaff 

 wives 5^ per centum of ash, the straw about 4. 



