Analyses of Ashes uf Plants. 
G29 
Analysis of the ash of the grain ; 
Removed from an Acre. 
lbs. ozs. 
4-23 
. . 1 Zf^ 
.- . 11 5f, 
Phospboric Acid . . 
• 
. 39-97 • 
Sulphuric Aciil • . 
• 15 
0 07, 
Carbonic Acid 
• 
none 
1*32 
• • " •'IS 
. . 3 12 
. 13'26 
Peroxide of Iron . . 
trace 
. 36-43 
. . .15 
Soda 
4- 62 
Chloride of Sodium . 
. none 
99-98 
28 6^ 
Specimkn No. 39. — Hopeton Wheat. 
From Mr. J. C. Morton. 
[•SoiY, stiff clay; subsoil, clay; geological formation, Silurian or old 
red-sandstone; imperfectly drained; old arable land. After man- 
gold-wurzel, 40 tons per acre. Drilled February, 1846 ; short 
straw ; heavy crop ; mown third week in August. Estimated yield 
36 bushels an acre ; straw strong, slightly mildewed ; grain rather 
thin, 6H ibs. per bushel.] 
Average length of the stra 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaft':' 
Actual Quantities. Pe 
Grain . . . 1050 . . 
Straw ... 1060 . . 
Chaff ... 164 . . 
Total . . 2274 1 
Specific gravity of the gra 
Per centage of water and ash : — 
Water. 
Grain ... 12-00 
Straw ... 13-30 
Cliaff . . . 13-00 
Produce and mineral matter of an at 
Produce, 
cuts. lbs. 
Grain . . . 19 86 
Straw ... 19 105^^, 
Chafl' . . . 3 9fj 
43 inches. 
r Centaije. Gr.iin as 1000. 
46-17 . 10000 
46-62). „ „.j . 1009-01, , 
7-2ir^'S^ . 156-l}^l''''^ 
00-00 2165-1 
in . . 1-382 
Ash. 
;re : — 
.\sli calculated 
on dry substance. 
1"63 . . 1-81 
4-27 . . 4-92 
14-29 . . 16-42 
Mineral Matter, 
lbs. 
To(al . 
42 89,\ 
