632 
Anahjses of Aslics of Plants. 
Piodiice and mineral matter of an acre :- 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Total 
Produce, 
cwts, lbs, 
22 50 
28 44 
3 94 
.14 12 
Analysis of the ash of the grain : — 
Silica 3-60 
Phosphoric Acid 49 '22 
Sulphuric Acid '18 
Carbonic Acid none. 
Lime 2'51 
Magnesia 12' 38 
Peroxide of Iron -08 
Potash 30-32 
Soda -07 
Chloride of Sodium .... 1'60 
Total 99-96 
Mineral Matter. 
11)S. 
161^ 
258fii 
Removed from an Acre, 
lbs. 07,S . 
21 44 
0 
■'■re 
1 1*. 
13 1^ 
0 0 
0 11 
til 
43 2i?i 
Specimen No. 42. — Hopeton Wheat. 
From Mr. J. C. Morton. 
Soil, silicious sand ; subsoil, sand and rock ; geological formation, 
old red-siindstone ; drained ; old arable land. After fair crop of 
clover (some earth of a clayey character was laid on tlic land in the 
autumn of 1845, at the rate of about 30 cubic yards per acre, — it 
evidently had an important intluence on the crop). Drilled at 9 
inches, February, 1846; heavy crop; mown tliird week in August. 
Estimated yield 40 bushels per acre; straw strong and flaggy; grain 
good, 62 lbs. to the bushel.] 
Average lenoth of the straw . , 44 inches. 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff':- 
r 
12 
Actual (Juantitifs, Per Centaj^c. (irain as 1000. 
Grain . . . 1207 . . 42-3 . . lOOO-O 
Straw . . . 1423 . . 49■8C^^^., . . 1167-0) 
ChalV ... 224 
Total . . . 2851 100-00 2352-3 
Specific gravity of the grain , . 1"391 
P( r ccnfage of water and ash : — 
Water. .^.ll. Ash calculate.lT 
ttn dry substance. 
Grain . . . 12-rj . . 1-7C . . 2-01 
Straw . . . i:i-7 . . A-U, . . 4-82 
Chair . . . ll-.l . . 10-, 'it; . . 11-70 
