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Analijscs of Ashes of Plants. 
Average length of" the straw . . 39 inches. 
RcLitioii of grain, straw, and chaff: — 
Actual Quantities. I'et Centage, Grain as 1 000. 
(Jraiu . . . 4-2'J . . 46-58 . . 1000-0 
Straw ... 411 . . 41-e-2K, . . 957- 71,,,. _ 
Chaff . . . i.1 . . S-SO/"^ . . ISS- 
Total . . '1-21 100-00 'il4j-7 
Specific gravity of the grain . . l*37o 
Per centnge of water and ash : — 
A 1, E Asli calculated 
on dry sulxstance. 
Grain ... 11-50 . . I -55 . . 1-75 
Straw ... 10-52 . . 4-33 . . 4-83 
Cliaff . . . 13-13 . . 16-47 . . 18-96 
Produce and mineral matter removed from an acre : — 
Produce. Mineral Matter. 
C'Vts. lbs. lbs. 
Grain ... 8 96 . . 15,^ 
Straw ... 8 51 . . 41V^ 
Chaff ... 1 74,1; . . 30^1 
Total . .21 OOA hlX 
Specimen No. 14. — Talavkra or Spring Wheat. 
From Sir John Johnstone. 
[<S'o<7, sand, clay, and grit; subsoil, sand and grit; geological fornintion, 
the coal-grit of tlie middle oolite ; not drained. After poor cmp of 
turnips fed off by sheep (10 or 12 curt-lna<ls of short manure for 
turnips). Sown broadcast the middle of February, 1846; looked well 
in ^lay and at harvest; bagged August 22nd. Estimated vicld 
20 bushels per acre ; straw of middling strei;gth ; grain good, 6'i lbs. 
to the bushel.] * 
Average length of the straw . . 44 inches. 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff : — 
Actual Quantities. Per Centa^e. Grain as lOon. 
Grain ... 570 . . 12-73 . . 1000- 0 
Straw ... 077 . . 50-2'21,- ot • . 1175-01 
Chaff ... 95 
Total . . 1348 . . 100-00 2339 -9 
Specific gravity of the grain . . 1 "37 
" From the same farm as No. 13 specimen. 
