Analyses of Ashes of FlaiUs. 
613 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaGT: — 
Actual Quantities. Per Centage 
Grain ... 464 . . 45-71 
Straw ... 497 . . 48-97 
Chaff 
51 
5-32 
54-29 
Total . . 1015 100-00 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash ; — 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Water. 
12-5 
10-46 
12-00 
Ash. 
1-72 
5-50 
15-06 
Produce and mineral matter of an acre : — 
I'roduce. 
cv.ts. lbs. 
.11 8 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
11 
1 
96 
Grain as 1000 
1000 0 
1071 
1 
71-01 
16-3) 
1187-3 
2187-3 
1'394 
Ash cvlculated 
on tlry substance. 
i-96 
6-14 
17-11 
Mineral Matter, 
lbs. 
73 
22 
Total 
24 26A 
Specimen No. 18. — Creeping Wheat. 
From Sir John Johnstone * 
[Soil, hazel loam ; subsoil, gravel ; geological formation, Oxford clay, 
covered by calcareous rubble ; undrained. After fair crop of potatoes 
manured with 12 loads of farm-yard manure. Dibbled November 
28th, 1845 ; crop looked very thin ; lagged August 22nd. Estimated 
yield 16 bushels per acre; straw pretty strong; grain good, 61 Ibs. to 
the bushel.] 
Average length of the straw 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff : — 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Actual Quantities. 
. 719 
. 820 
. 143 
Per C«ntage 
42-75 
48 
J-751 
i-50/ 
57-25 
Total . .1682 100-00 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash : — 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Water. 
13-00 
12-13 
12-00 
Ash. 
1-90 
6-83 
14-31 
42 inches. 
Grain as 1000. 
1000-0 
^^■'='^:;}i34i-8 
198- 
2341-8 
Ash calculated 
on dry substance. 
2-18 
7-77 
16-25 
From a farm in his own occupation. 
