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Class 1. Grasses.* 



Water, per cent. 



Timothy, (May 20,) 80 



leaf, 75 



'< whole plant, 78 



" (June, stalk,) 74 



Leaf, 71 



Quack grass, (June 8,) 80 



Spear grass, (May 20,) 80 



Meadow grass, 61 



Club rush, (in blossom,) 38 



Black club rush, (out of blossom,) 40 



Eed clover, (May 12,) , 86 



(" 20, Hoosic,) 88 



" (June 10, stalk,) 80 



( " " leaf,) 73 



Whole plant, 77 



White clover, 81 



Young clover, . . . . , 80 



Class 2. Cereals. 



Water, per cent. 



Oats, sundried grain, 10 



Another, 9 



Straw, 8 



Lewis county, 10 



Unripe rye, heads, 67 



" straw, 55 — 61 



leaf, 69 



Barley, grain, 43 



Millet, heads, 48 



Soule's wheat, (dry,) 10 



Hopeton " (dry,) 12 



Maize, stalks, (June 5,) 92 



" leaves, 87 



Another, sheaths, (July,) 92 



leaves, (July 12,) 60 



* Taken from the second volume of the Agriculture of New-York. 



Note. Fresh bread which is made in Albany, contains 40 per cent of water. Our food, as well as the food of 



cattle, contains always a large quantity of water ; and food which contains but little water, but has an affinity for it, 

 as rusk, is always injurious. 



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