Analyses of Ashes of Plants. 
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Produce and mineral matter-of an acre: 
Grain 
Straw 
Cliaff 
Produce, 
cwts. lbs. 
22 
2.5 
4 
IG 
94 
>lf0 
Total . . 52 9^ 
Analysis of the ash of the grain : — 
Silica 3-29 
Phosphoric Acid 44 •44 
Sulphuric Acid ..... trace. 
Carbonic Acid none. 
Lime 8-21 
Magnesia 9 67 
Peroxide of Iron • 08 
Potash 32-14 
Soda 2-14 
Cliloride of Sodium .... none. 
Total . 99-97 
Analysis of the ash of the straw and chaff : — 
Silica 6;-l 
Phosphoric Acid 7-05 
■Sulphuric Acid 5-59 
Carbonic Acid none. 
Lime 4-44 
Magnesia 3-27 
Peroxide of Iron 1-54 
Potash 10-03 
Soda -S'} 
Chloride of Sodium .... none. 
Total 99-97 
Mineral Matter, 
lbs. 
120t1 
-2214 
Removed from an Acre, 
lbs. o/s. 
1 <'fb 
19 6 
1 
14 1 
0 144!, 
43 9^ 
Removed from an Acrt*. 
lbs. 07,S. 
119 6^ 
12 
9 15^ 
5 13 
2 Ufa 
17 laf^ 
1 8 
177 11 
Specimen No. 43. — Red-straw White Wheat. 
From Mr. J. C. Morton. 
\Soil, silicious sandy loam; stibsoil, sand; geological formation, old 
red-sandstone ; drained ; 1 years in tillage. After potatoes, about 
20 sacks per acre ; drilled at 9 inches, 1:^ bushel to acre, in October, 
1845 ; promised 40 bushels an acre, but some of it blighted ; mown 
last week of July. Estimated yield 32 bushels an acre; straw stirt'; 
grain very good, 62 lbs. to the bushel.] 
Average length of the straw . . 47 inches. 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff: — 
.\ctual Quantities. Per Centage. 
Grain ... 1572 . . 44-87 
Straw . . . 1651 . . 47- 13)^. . 
Cliaft" ... 280 . . 8-OOr^'' . 
Grain as 1000. 
1000-0 
l"^"-0[l22S-3 
178-31 
Total . 
3503 
100-00 
222S-3 
