ANALYSES OF THE OAT. 
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The ash of the chaff amounts to - 3'56 per centum; 
And of water to .... 7 ’00. 
The chaff, from its thinness, is usually well dried in the sun, though it seems to absorb 
moisture from the atmosphere. These specimens had been exposed to the dry air of the 
heated room for some time previous to their analysis. 
5. Analysis of two specimens of oats , straw and its chaff : one of the ripe oat, and the other im¬ 
mature, or cut when in blossom. It is the variety often known under the name of Tantain 
oats. Its stalk is large and vigorous : the grain is blackish. It was furnished by Mr. Nathan 
Salisbury, of Scott, Cortland county, and was grown upon the Chemung shales above the 
Tully limestone. 
PROPORTIONS. 
Unripe Tantain oats (in blossom) sun-dried . 
Water - - - - - * - - 9’48 
Ash.3-15 
Calculated dry - - - - - - - 3 - 4S 
Ripe Tantain oats. 
Water - 9”53 
Ash ......... 2-37 
Calculated dry.2 ”61 
Straw of the unripe oat. 
Water • - - - - - - - 8 ”40 
Ash ........ g-06 
Calculated dry - * - - - • - 5*52 
Straw of the ripe oat. 
Water.8‘33 
Ash -.7-30 
Calculated dry -.7-96 
Chaff of the unripe oat. 
Water - -.. 9'10 
Ash ........ g-94 
Calculated dry - - - - - - - 6-53 
Chaff of the ripe oat. 
Water.11 ”99 
Ash.- 5-61 
Calculated dry - - - - - - - 6 ”38 
