Analyses of Ashes of Plants. 
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Specimen No. 23. — Red Wheat. 
From Sir John Johnstone.* 
[Soil, weak clay loam ; subsoil, clay and sand, wet ; geological formation, 
blue clays of coal-grit ; undrained. After naked summer fallow, 
6 or 8 loads of good rotten farm-yard manure i)er acre applied for 
the wheat ; sown broadcast in November ; crop looked well towards 
harvest, but the seed was two years old, and much of it did not come 
up ; bagged August 24th. Estimated yield 20 bushels per acre ; 
straw strong, but weathered; grain weak, 60 lbs. to the bushel.] 
Average length of the straw 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff : — 
Grain . 
S+raw . 
Cliaff . 
Total 
.Actual Quantities. 
. 1140 
. 104S 
. 233 
. 2i2l 
Per Centage. 
47-09 
100-00 
38 inches. 
Grain as 1000 
1000- 0 
919 
242 
)-3l 
$•9/ 
nG2-2 
2162-2 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash :— 
■V^tcr. 
Grain . 
Straw . 
Cbaff . 
11 •■Vl 
12-07 
1350 
Ash. 
1-75 
5.Cj 
1302 
1-352 
Ash calculated 
on dry substance. 
1-98 
C-42 
1505 
Produce and mineral matter of an acre :- 
Grain • 
Straw . 
Chaff . 
ftoduce. 
cwts, lbs. 
10 
9 
2 
80 
94 
67^ 
Mineral Matter, 
lbs. 
21 
62 
Total 
23 
T(5 
Specimen No. 2i. — White Wheat. 
From Sir John Johnstone.f 
[aS'oiV, weak sandy clay, but dry, having been furrow-drained ; subsoil, 
clay alternating w ith sandy seams ; geological formation, blue clays 
of coal-grit ; drained. After turnips fed off w ith slieep. (The manure 
for the turnips consisted of 8 or 10 loads of farm-yard manure, 2 loads 
of ashes, and a load or two of a compost of sea-weed and soil applied 
to the worst parts.) Sown broadcast February 12th, 1846 ; looked 
poor in May till harrowed — afterwards improved wondeifully, and 
■was at harvest a nice even crop ; bagged August 24th. Estimated 
yield 24 bushels per acre ; straw strong-, but weathered ; grain good 
quality, 61 lbs. to the bushel.] 
* From Mr. Herbert Prodham's tarni. 
t From a farm iu the occupation of Mr. John 'Willis, Scalby, N. R. cf Vi;tkil]ire. 
