ANALYSES OF BEANS. 



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ANALYSIS OF BEANS. 



5. Stems and leaves of the Windsor bean. 



Removed in a ton of bean"straw. 



Silica 35-10 35-907 lbs. 



Earthy phosphates 13-65 13-452 



Lime 28-125 28-771 



Magnesia trace. 



Potash 16-030 16-398 



Soda trace. 



Sulphuric acid 1-005 1-028 



Chlorine 2-315 2-368 



95-725 97-924 



6. Pod of the Windsor bean. 



Silica 4-500 



Phosphates 26-000 



Lime 22-500 



Magnesia 2-420 



Potash 19-440 



Soda 11-260 



Sulphuric acid 2-600 



Chlorine 1-160 



Organic matter ------ 2*300 



Carbonic acid ------ 5-453 



97-506 



7. White Kidney bean. 



Silica 0-80 



Earthy and alkaline phosphates - - - 30-95 



Lime - - - - - - - - 0-35 



Magnesia 0*45 



Potash 35-04 



Soda 2-42 



Sulphuric acid 4 -98 



Chlorine 0*52 



Organic matter - - - - - - 6-60 



Carbonic acid - - - - - - 18-85 



100-96 

 Bean ash always contains more or less of carbonic acid. As it effervesces briskly with 

 acids ; so, the amount of organic matter seems to be greater than in other kinds of ash. 

 The bean burns without difficulty, and furnishes a white ash in lumps of the size and 



