G38 
Analyses of Ashes of Plants. 
Analysis of the ash of the straw ; 
Silica . . . 
Phosphoric Acid 
Sul])huric Acid 
Carbonic Acid 
Lime .... 
Magnesia . . 
Peroxide of Iron 
Potash .... 
Soda .... 
Chloride of Sodium 
Total .... 
Analysis of the ash of the chaff 
Silica .... 
Phosphoric Acid . 
Sulphuric Acid . 
Carbonic Acid 
Lime .... 
Magnesia . 
Peroxide of Iron 
Potash .... 
Soda .... 
Cliloride of Sodium 
Total . . 
03-89 
2- 75 
3- 09 
-•V2 
1- 94 
•45 
17-98 
2- 17 
99-98 
81-22 
4-31 
none. 
none. 
1-SS 
1-27 
0- 37 
9-14 
1- 79 
none. 
Removed from an Acre, 
lbs. ozs. 
65 14t?5 
2 13^5 
4 0^, 
2 0 
0 7/, 
18 11 
2 . 9 
103 UA 
RemoveJ from an Aero, 
lbs. ozs. 
19 0 
1 0 
0 7 
0 4A 
99-98 
23 5,i 
Specimen No. 47. — Red-Stravv White Wheat. 
From Mr. J. C. Morton. 
\^Soil, calcareous and silicious sand mixed with clay; subsoil, half the 
field rock and iialf deep clay ; geological formation, Ludlow or Wen- 
lock rock, Silurian; drained; 7 years in arable, after carrots 15 tons 
per acre. Drilled at 9 inches, Dec. 1S45; a good deal laid; moioi 
second week in August. Estimated yield 40 bushels an acre ; straw 
stiff; grfiin good 63 lbs. to the bushel.] 
Average length of the straw . . 42 inches. 
Relation of grain, straw, and chaff : — 
Specific gravity of the grain 
Per centage of water and ash : — 
Water. 
Grain . . . 11-00 . . 
Straw . . . 13-19 . . 
Chaff ... 11-50 . , 
Grain as 1000. 
inoo 
j,,_|l510 
2510 
1-377 
Asli caloulnted 
on dry sulstance. 
I -so . . 2-13 
7-3G . . 8-47 
15-SS . . 17-94 
Actual Quantities. 
Grain ... 1324 
Straw ... 1739 
Chaff ... 261 
Total . . 3324 
Per Centage. 
39-83 . . 
\2;g}G0-i7 ; ; 
100 00 
