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3. Composition of the chaff. 
Silica. 65'360 
Phosphate ....... 13*260 
Carbonate of lime ..... 4*200 
Magnesia ....... 0*512 
Potash 4*740 
Soda ........ 3*751 
Chlorine ....... 1*210 
Sulphuric acid ...... 8*967 
Organic matter ...... 4*268 
II. BARLEY RAISED IN ALBANY COUNTY. 
Harvested July 25. 
Pl. LVIIj Fig. 1, two-rowed barley; fig. 2, four-rowed barley; fig. 3, smut; fig. 4, spores. 
PROPORTIONS. 
145*50 grs. of the grain gave 
. Per centum. 
Water.. 63*90 43*90 
Ash. 5*25 3*60 
Ash calculated dry - - - . - 9*46 
100 grs. of the straw gave 
Dry matter ....... 49*500 
Ash.2*375 
Specific gravity ..... 1*234. 
The specific gravity of this barley, although the same variety, the two-rowed, is greater 
than that grown in Western New-York in the Wheat district. The plant seemed to be 
of a larger growth, having a length of straw 3 feet. 
1. Comparative proportion of grain to straw , etc. 
Actual quantities. Per centum. 
Grain . 666*00 100*00 
Straw - - - - - - * 732*00 109*90 
Chaff ....... 124*00 18*61 
