^2 THE SOIL OF THE COTTON STATES. 
Silica 0.150 grains. 
Carbonic acid 4.100 " 
Chlorine 1.105 " 
Sulphuric acid 0.779 " 
Phosphoric acid 0.581 " 
Lime l.oro « 
Magnesia 0.250 " 
Potash 4.412 « 
Soda 2.140 « 
14.587 
Loss 0.413 
15.000 
One thousand grains of the seeds yielded thirty-nine 
grains of ashes, which consist of — 
0.080 
grains 
1.018 
li 
0.480 
u 
0.892 
u 
10.690 
u 
1.126 
(( 
7.600 
u 
13.096 
u 
4018 
(( 
39.000 
(( 
Analysis of the Seeds of a Short-staple Cotton Plant, from 
Jachson, Mississippi. 
One thousand grains of the seed, burned, yielded 
twenty-eight grains of ashes, which consist of— 
