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ANALYSES OF BU< KWHEAT. 



Composition of the ash of buckwheat. 



Removed in every )0 bushels of seed. 



Carbonic acid --.... trace. 



Silicic acid 1-95 0-245 



Sulphuric acid 1-55 0-195 



Phosphoric acid 49 -S5 6-281 



Lime 3-01 0-379 



Magnesia 15-84 1-995 



Potash 21-27 2-6S0 



Soda 2-32 0-292 



Chlorine 0'30 0-037 



Organic acids 2-75 0-346 



98-84 S. 12-450 



PHOPORTIOXS. 



Water 12-875 



Dry matter 87-125 



Ash 3-600 



Ash calculated on the dry matter ... 4-132 S. 



Proximate organic analysis of buckwheat. 



Starch 



Sugar and extractive matter .... 



Dextrine or gum - * - 



Epidermis ....... 



A light-gray matter taken up by a weak solution 

 of caustic potash from the bodies insoluble in 

 water and boiling alcohol . - . - 



Albumen ....... 



Casein -------- 



Matter dissolved out of the bodies insoluble in 

 water, by boiling alcohol : rising with a sub- 

 stance analogous to water - 



Oil 



Water 



42-47 

 6-16 

 1-60 



14-42 



10-10 

 6-70 

 0-78 



2-66 

 0-47 



12-88 



98-24 S. 



