AS BULLETIN 824, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TaBLE 35.—Determination of crude fiber 
Crude Crude 
1 
Sample No. ee Sample No. ! rae 
*‘Closed’’ flowers: Per cent || ‘‘Open”’ flowers—Continued. Per cent 
TIGR Ye ae aA AROS arcane | koi 22. 89 20438 ps8 Sate seen SE are See ie eB ek 32. 54 
PAGZ TRAE LS SS iw EAL ACE eee 18. 65 20439 SUE ee ee ike 1t7/ 
HAG IO eater eee eee an Me eR Le 20. 63 DAA io i's SENS Re AO Rel ee 30. il 
WA QB Die nee ornare toa eSB bee 19. 80 QO0ABD 2. wt: ord Sethe Negi aa 32. 13 
PAO SA eNkes Mei ai, (ERE AA ee Ree ew ee, 20. 62 204A: oN eae Re enn ee 31. 99 
TAQ RG Bek pena os Eee a ee oa ap an 20. 03 | DOAAG TAREE CS ae ae aes ee ee 28. 82 
NBO ee cel eel ay ee ee ne cee Lopes 20. 94 DUT BAS oi Oe A het ee 29. 96 
TBO 2 eu eae Peek ro ot Cae eA cre 22. 73 DIQVS Es ee eet Ag it nl eg ae ee 35. 85 
IU GU s)s Aeneas NOs = eine Men ee Se rie vac! L 21. 96 
le G7 kes See oie SB, yale Sayan cee nee an Soe 20. 39 Mii iran Ss nee aes 27. 20 
TU7( C/U eee op 8 Le ae eR Ow Sy) ae 21. 61 Maxam. 2 23> jon ae 35. 85 
LIZ fa DS 2G ak a Re SEAM neiereps Bee ne Sp ene ee 19. 45 Average (28 samples)_.____________ 31. 02 
MOD (poeeetar aes. Seca eT eee sell 23. 83 
FANG G3 Se 8 Se rae AR RR BE eer 21.97 || Dalmatian stems: | 
DIN SG) Sis ee eae Lae hella SS amen el 21. 47 TAQ D5! Mappa eae no seal | 1 e le e 34. 55 
QVARG) Bots Bein Stee oe, PO A 24. 70 PAQQ8 Sie EEE HPL) RUSS Staessen ae 36. 45 
PAL ee eines ed een ee eee Pe 7Al 14931 boa posse So. Hee ee Roe 33. 54 
TA) Se Rae Se SEEN eer a eat SE 24. 03 VAS Te Saph ae eae Bae eee ee 39. 05 
DO Llipentes alee SORE PERS Le Sete 23. 91 R4AQ4 GE Sige eae el ei ee 35. 43 
FOB ORS eee Ree Ce sa A nad 22. 47 DIY Geers, epee Meee eC ETO a 38. 82 
DOOM Ass ree Rl AN. Hes SN tae ee 8 ae al 21. 46 Ay GV Ripe 2 Lik a aa ee ae Con SL Ba OS fe 38. 92 
DOT D Or sO Li 2 Belek cele as big eel 24, 10 NTA SS oe Ns ge ae 38. 27 
HGH CSS et lal Spee eh waa tie Sa tue 23. 54 | 3 74.7 | ena cee a saline ee Dies ibe Pie) os 39. 71 
2ST PURE tee RCRD ee Nee, AE 22. 86 | ZB Q3 © pete EO Ee Oe Oo a eas 38. 23 
DANN Grob We tettne 8 Rice hve SOC ee ae eee Odile ESS SO b sre oe oes Se ga ge 38. 61 
ASTM ONS Rebas 2 Wee SOR a IES ea FD OS 23. 78 ES SSO Les ae I ane 39. 13 
DAG D5 ee eee 2 oe Beg tte Bas ee ede 23. 03 7/0) boy eee one ieee Mee Sl Are eee 8 Sone rE ee A 38. 10 
DAG O hres tar AE Se et 33. 60 
IVEi Re ee See Ee SS ee 18. 65 DAQO A et 0 Fe OO at eS eee 42. 98 
HV ep RG URTIN ses een at eee ee 24. 70 
Average (27 samples)__-___.________- 22.09 | UG baubcoyb rile ee a Nees See eS Peas 33. 54 
Mi aixain The ote ee eee 42. 98 
““Open’’ flowers: Average (15 samples) _____________- 37. 69 
LS 20 ey Seng Se a eA Rh ee a Spel2 
WORRY SOS eee eee ek een feet vt 30.13 || Japanese stems: 
PR ie SR SIR any ets OR a te aA ah PY 31. 55 21369 Epes SE SAE SEY Oe eee 39. 07 
TE 40 5 ae Tee es pa Tetra Bate any SS 2) 29. 79 D251 G bite ee Seas a ae Se ae ee 46. 19 
286 0 eee ee Se ees See ee 27. 20 2298 GT err a ee ae he ee one een | 32. 39 
PAO Geta ree et ee irae wins clearer phe 33. 11 DO ee 46. 12 
HAGA Y wees saa teach cease Ys Sale ERs FD eile DA DGD wre ee OE See RR ee phd ell Be ee 44, 46 
AOS is eee es SEC RO Bee cas 29. 48 JASCO eka 5 eS a PE ae ee 42.99 
TAG GD ee epee eee eo 30. 28 DAB 9 Dis Sia Ne eh RS a Se eee 46. 24 
NAO (eu ies 2 ES oe ee 8 31.18 DADO ae Se ETS Ser oo one 47.45 
U5 QOS LEE ee SS yea a ee Ne ee 30. 03 PAB94s Re eae CN eee ee 48. 05 
L(G Ge easeasecgie pearance Ge ane Ie Niner ame ge a genet 29.17 DAB OH err te ane ete ener 47.31 
TEPER SR So 0) Re pape Meet RE ee ah PO 34. 70 JAS IGN ce 5 OS oe ade 2 Se 48. 79 
L/P hie he SR em ee eecpe OF, 12 Sa nce tL emege 29. 48 ZOOS Te. bo 2 oe ak es ae ee ed pein rae 43. 49 
TWAS PADS scheme ah a aks RAS 3 coe fee Oe ae te A 32. 80 SS 
TAS GUS Sieh SaaS Arcee SEE warren sd 30. 13 Minimum Se ae eee 32. 39 
CUA 7d Sel eC RA BGs eee oy oe ne 30. 27 Maxim Wim 3 Sa eee See 48. 79 
ZQTAG Fi saa ae Rey ARS Sete See 32. 23 Average (12 samples) _________--___ 44. 38 
DAD 6 Se a= oe in op 5 aly ee ROR es oh Be 33. 87 el 
Pols (2 sare epee 2 Ro ee pana eee gate oe td 27. 63 IAVGrALCOLSLCHIS = =e ye eee 40. 66 
1 Unless otherwise indicated, all samples were obtained from Europe. 
2 Source unknown. 
3 Obtained from Japan. 
The ash content is highest in closed flowers, next highest in open 
flowers, and lowest in the stems. A higher percentage of the ash of 
stems is insoluble in hydrochloric acid than in the case of the flowers, 
although calculated back to the original material the difference is 
shieht. It is only when the ash a the ash insoluble in acid are 
markedly above the normal for flowers that much importance 1s 
attached to these determinations. 
A striking thing in the figures for nitrogen and for phosphoric acid 
is that they run fairly constant for the same material (Chrysanthemum 
cinerarizfolium), no matter what its source. This uniformity in the 
amount of certain ingredients present in Pyrethrum flowers and stems 
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