Anali/sex of Ashes of Plants 
63;j 
Per centasfC of water and ash : 
Grain 
Srraw 
Chaff 
Water. 
12-50 
ll-SO 
14-00 
«= Ash. 
1-73 
4-68 
13-78 
Produce and mineral matter of an acre : — 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Total 
Produce. 
c\\-ts. lbs. 
21 4 
27 102,«j 
53 2->Jn 
Analysis of the ash of the grain : — 
Silica 2 -03 
Phosphoric Acid 47-41 
Sulphuric Acid uone. 
Carbonic Acid none. 
Lime 3-39 
Magnesia 14-05 
Peroxide of Iron -67 
Potash 29-91 
Soda 1 • S7 
Chloride of Sodiuni .... none. 
Total 99 -S6 
Analysis of the ash of the straw and chaflf :- 
Silica 70-50 
Phosphoric Acid 5-77 
.Sulphuric Acid 3-31 
Carbonic Acid none. 
Lime 3-53 
Magnesia 3-29 
Peroxide of Iron -14 
Potash . 12-76 
Sofia . . .... -68 
Chloride of Sodium .... none. 
Total 99-93 
Ash calculated 
on dry substance. 
1-97 
5-30 
16-02 
Mineral Matter. 
Ills. 
63ns 
252-; 
Iff 
Remove.] from an Acr*- 
lbs. ozs. 
1 1 
19 5 
1 6 
5 HA 
0 4A 
12 2ft 
0 12ft 
40 lOi, 
Removed from an Acts. 
\bs. ozs. 
119 7tL 
0 7 
7 S 
7 0 
27 1 
1 G 
211 14^; 
Specimen No. 45. — Red-Straw White "Wheat. 
From Mr. J. C. Morton. 
[Soil, calcareous, brashy and Ehallow ; subsoil, carboniferous limestone 
rock : geological formation, carboniferous limestone ; naturally drv. 
After clover and rye-grass, not a heavy crop. Drilled at 9 inches, 
bushels to the acre, November, 1843. Looked short in the straw and 
thin ; mown 2nd week in August. Estimated yield 30 bushels an acre ; 
straw strong ; grain good, 61 lbs. to the bushel.] 
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