Analyses of Asltcs of Plants. 
037 
Specimen No. 4G. — Rep-Straw White Wheat. 
From Mr. J. C. Morton. 
[Soil, clayey loam ; subsoil, clay; geological formation, a member of 
the Silurian series, probably the Ludlow rock. Drained ; 7 years in 
tillage. After good crop of clover, drilled at 9 inches, January, 1846. 
Crop very much laid ; mown second week in August. Estimated 
yield 35 bushels an acre ; straw stiff, grain good ; 63 lbs.] 
Average length of straw . . .46 inches. 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff: — 
-Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Actual Quantities. 
. . 1232 
. . 13S4 
. . 253 
Per Centage. 
42-94 
48-241 
8-S2' 
57 -OG 
2869 100-00 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash : — 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Water. 
11- 00 
12- 30 
12-00 
Ash. 
1-60 
4-20 
9-45 
Grain as 1000. 
. 1000-0 
. 11-23-0 
. 205 
1-0) 
)-4| 
13-28-4 
2328-4 
1 '413 
Asli calculated 
on dry substance. 
1 -80 
4-79 
10-73 
Produce of mineral matter of an acre : — 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Produce, 
cwts. lbs. 
19 77 
22 12 
2 23^ 
41 OA 
Slineral Matter, 
lbs. 
104 
162^i 
Analysis of the ash of the grain: — 
Silica 
. 3-89 . . 
Phosphoric Acid . . . 
. 46-79 . . 
Sulphuric Acid . 
none. . • 
Carbonic Acid 
. none. 
Lime 
. 1-15 . . 
Magnesia 
. 13-39 . . 
Peroxide of Iron . . 
-91 . . 
Potash 
. 30-02 . . 
Soda ...... 
. 3-82 . . 
Chloride of Sodium ■ 
none . 
' Removed from an Acre, 
lbs. ozs. 
1 6 
16 8 
0 
<t HA 
0 5 
10 9^ 
1 5,^, 
35 3f5 
2 U 2 
