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Analyses of Ashes of Plants. 
Produce and mineral matter removed from an acre : — 
Produce. Mineral Matter, 
cwt. lbs. lbs. 
Grain . . . 7 2S . . 1 li'o 
Straw . . . f> lOOfj . . Afi^r, 
Chaff ... 1 60t"3 , . '2o 
Total . . 15 91/5 77A 
Specimen No. 5. — Bristol-red Wheat. 
Field 6. College Farm. 
[Soil, brash and clay (calcareous) ; subsoil, clay and rock ; geological 
formation, Bradford clay intermixed with forest marble ; undrained. 
After two years' failure in turnips (last crop of turnips manured with 
Peruvian guano, 1^ cwt. ; bones, 4 bushels; ashes, 14 bushels per 
acre.* AYheat drilled at 9 inches, November 4th, 1845 ; aj)pearance 
of the crop very good; reaped; carried August 14th. Estimated 
yield per acre 32 bushels ; straw strong and bright ; grain good, 
61 f lbs. to the bushel.] 
Average length of the straw 
Relation of grain, straw, and chafi": — 
Grain 
Straw 
Cliaff 
Actual Quantities. 
, . 901 
, . 861 
. . 195 
Per Centage. 
4fi-0 
10 
Total . . 1957 100-0 
Specific gravity of grain . 
Per ccntage of water and ash : — 
Grain 
Straw 
Cliafl' 
Mater. 
11- 50 
12- 13 
11-00 
Ash. 
1'54 
3-92 
11-98 
38 inches. 
Grain as 1000. 
1000-0 
955-0 
1171-0 
210-01 
2171«0 
1-370 
Aah calciiUtf il 
on dry substance. 
1-74 
4-46 
13-46 
Produce and mineral matter removed from an acre: — 
Grain 
Straw 
CiialT 
Produce, 
cwts. lbs. 
17 72 
10 95 
3 89 a 
IS 
Mineral Matter, 
lbs. 
Total 
38 32^5 
171 
* Of (lie two failures of turnips taking place in consecutive years, the first occurred 
before the farm came into possession of this College (llie farm was entered upon in 
IMarch, 1845. This specimen (No. 5), together with specimens 7, 8, and 10, ate the 
produce of an exi)erinient in the same field, (Tlie numbers of the fields have bee n 
since sliglitly altered.) 
