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Analyses of Ashes of Plants. 
Average length of the straw 
Rehition of grain, straw, and chaff : — 
Grain . 
StiMW . 
Cliaft' . 
Total 
Actual Quantities 
. 970 
. 9Sl 
173 
. 2124 
Per Centnse. 
45-67 
100 00 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash : — ■ 
Giaiii 
Straw 
Water. 
13- 0 
14- 0 
12-0 
Ash. 
1-59 
4-00 
13-46 
Produce and mineral matter of an acre 
Produce, 
cwts. lbs. 
. 13 8 
. 13 21 
. 2 3CA 
41 inches. 
Grain as inoo. 
1000-0 
1(109-0 
178-21 
21S7-2 
11?57'2 
1-351 
Ash calculated 
on dry substance, 
1-82 
4-05 
15-29 
Grain . 
Straw . 
Chaff , 
Total 
28 65A 
re 
Mineral Matter. 
11.S. 
- m 
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Specimen No. 25. — Crkeping Wheat, 
From Sir John Johnstone.* 
[Soil., red clay; suhsoif, red sand and clay, with ruhble; geological 
formation, grey stone — a species of oolitic limestone; undraiiied. 
After good crop of turnips, all eat off by sheej) ; turnips raised by 
16 bushels of bones, and 1 load of ashes with 6 loads of farm-yard 
manure per acre. Sown broadcast the first week of January, 1846 ; 
looked thin in May, but improved and turned out well ; bagged 
August 24th. Estimated yield 24 bushels an acre ; straw strong 
grain of good quality, lbs. to the bushel ] 
. 40 inches. 
Average length of the straw 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff : — 
Actual yuantitici. Per Centage, 
Grain . . . 102O . . 46-28 
Straw . . . 1001 . . 45-42 
Cliaff ... 183 . . 8 
)-42) 
^3l/ 
53-73 
Grain as 1000. 
1000-0 
981 
179 
SI-4) 
79-5/ 
1160-9 
Total 
. 2201 100-00 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash : — 
2160-9 
1-367 
Grain 
Si raw 
Cliaff 
Water. 
12- 00 
10-84 
13- 00 
Aah. 
1-70 
3-73 
13'40 
Ash calculated 
on dry substance. 
1-93 
4-18 
15"40 
From tlic farm of Mr. William Hopper, of Hackness, 
