Analyses of Ashes of Plants. 
Analysis of the ash of the grain : — 
Silica . 
Phosphoric Acid 
Sulphuric Acid . 
Carbonic Acid . 
Lime . 
Magnesia 
Peroxide of Iron 
Potash . 
Soda 
Chloride of Sodium 
Total 
5-20 
46-49 
0- 61 
none. 
1- 50 
12-35 
0-22 
31-18 
2- 42 
none. 
99-97 
Removed from an Acre, 
lbs. oz. 
14 lO^i, 
0 3 
none. 
0 7^ 
6^ 
3 
0 
10 
0 
none. 
''To 
^T5 
31 12ft 
Analysis of the ash of the straw, including the chaff belonging to it : 
Removed from an .\cre. 
Silica . 
Phosphoric Acid 
Sulphuric Acid . 
Carbonic Acid . 
Lime 
Magnesia . 
Peroxide of Iron 
Potash . 
Soda . 
Chloride of Sodium 
Total 
lbs. oz. 
73-57 
Ill 2ft 
5-51 
8 H> 
2-14 
3 3ft 
none. 
none. 
5-91 
9 0 
1-25 
1 14 
0-07 
0 1ft 
10-51 
15 14 
1-03 
0 15ft 
none. • . 
none. 
99-99 
150 8ft 
Specimen No. 27- — Creeping Whe.\t. 
From Sir John Johnstone. 
[Soil and geological fo;rmation, &c., same as No. 26 specimen (part of 
the same field, and immediately adjoining) ; the ^Yheiit manured with 
40 stone (.5 cwt ) of Liebig's wheat manure per acre; drilled; 
crop looked well; August 7th. Estimated yield 28 bushels 
per acre (same as unmanuved portion) ; straw weak ; grain good 
quality, 62j lbs. to the bushel.] 
Average length of the straw . . 45 inches. 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff: — 
Grain . 
Straw . 
Chaff . 
Actual Quantities. 
. 7165 
. 9168 
. 1330 
Per Centago. 
40-57 
51-921. „ 
7-53f''' 
43 
(irain as 1000. 
1000 -0 
1279 0 
Total . . 17063 100- 00 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash: — 
1279 01 
185-6) 
24C4-6 
1464-6 
1-372 
Grain . 
Straw . 
Water. 
11- 00 
1 1 • 93 
12- 00 
Ash. 
1-C5 
4-60 
13-05 
Asli calculated 
on dr)' substince. 
1-85 
5-22 
1 1 • 83 
