Analyses of Ashes of Plants. 
60/ 
carried August IStli. Estimated yield 35 bushels per acre; straw 
clean and stiff; grain inferior quality, 59 lbs. to the bushel.] 
Average length of the straw 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff : — 
36 inches. 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Actual Quantities. 
. 1S50 
. 1533 
200 
Per Centage. 
50-4 
41-81 
7-8/ 
49-6 
Grain as 1000. 
1000-0 
82 
154 
S27-3I 
154-7/ 
982-0 
Total . . 3673 100-0 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash : — 
.Water. 
Grain 
Straw 
Chafi' 
11- 5 
10-5 
12- 0 
.\sli. 
1-5JI 
4-74 
10-27 
1982 0 
•313 
Ash calculated 
on dry substance. 
1-74 
5-30 
11-61 
Produce and mineral matter removed from an acre : — 
Produce. 
c\vt5. lbs. 
Mineral Matter, 
lbs. 
Grain . 
Straw . 
Cliati' . . 
. 18 49 
. 15 28^^ 
• 2 95,1, 
. . 3lTfi, 
. . 91 
• . 32^ 
Total 
. 30 501^ 
155^ 
Specimkn No. 10. — Hopeton Wheat. 
Field (i. CoUrge Farm. 
[Soil and previous crop, &c., same as specimen No. 5. Drilled at 
9 inches, November 5th, 1845 ; crop appeared thin on tlie ground; 
reaped ; carried August 13th. Estimated yield 26 Inishels per acre ; 
straw mildewed, pretty strong; grain good, 61 lbs. to the bushel.] 
Average length of the straw 
Relation of g rain, straw, and chaff; — 
Grain 
Straw 
Cliatr 
Ai'tual Quantities. 
. . 2112 
. . 24.j3 
. . 410 
Per Centage. 
42-45 
49'30 
)-30)5 
i-25r 
57*55 
Total . . 4975 100-00 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash : — 
Water. 
Grain 
Straw 
CliafT 
11- 0 
12- 2 
11-0 
Ash. 
1-51 
3-77 
ll-3i 
40 inches. 
Grain as 1000, 
1000-0 
ll(il-3 
194 
1-31 
1-3) 
1355-6 
2355-0 
1-354 
Asli calculated 
on dry substance. 
1-69 
4-40 
12-74 
