ANALYSES OF BARLEY. 
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I remarked, in the foregoing paragraph, that this sample of grain gave a result some¬ 
what different from that of barley grown in Western New-York. It will be observed, also, 
that the straw is different, having less lime, magnesia and chlorine. This straw differs 
also from a sample received from Col. H. S. Randall, of Cortland county. 
III. BARLEY RECEIVED FROM Col. H. S. RANDALL. 
Raised in Cortlandville, Cortland county. Rock of the county, shales of the Ithaca group, greenish 
gray, and subject to decomposition ; surface undulating ; beds of northern drift not unfrequent. 
PROPORTIONS. 
Actual quantities. Ash. Percentage of ash. 
Grain 344-31 10-66 3-096 
Chaff ...... 62-18 3-50 5*628 
Straw ..... 210-00 7-05 3-357 
Analysis of the straw. 
Silica ........ 37-800 
Phosphates (25*0): 
Phosphate of peroxide of iron - » > 12-500 
Lime ....... 12-150 
Magnesia ....... 0-300 
Carbonate of lime ..... 11-900 
Magnesia ....... 4’950 
Potash ........ 8-505 
Soda ........ none. 
Chlorine ....... trace. 
Sulphuric acid > * - - . * 5*312 
Organic matter ...... 4*630 
99-097 B. 
The lime and magnesia, in this sample of barley, exceed considerably that of Judge 
Peters, which was grown upon the shales of the Onondaga-salt group, in which the 
amount of lime exceeds that either of the Hudson-river district, or the higher range of soils 
from the slates and shales of the Hamilton and Chemung groups in the southern tier of 
counties. I have not been furnished, in either case, with the mode of culture, or the 
manures which were used; facts which, perhaps, would throw some light upon the cause 
of the differences in composition of the three samples of barley. 
IV. ANALYSIS FOR OBTAINING THE PROXIMATE ELEMENTS OF BARLEY. 
The method pursued was the mechanical one, by which, from its imperfections, it is 
impossible probably to represent the true composition. This objection, however, bears 
with greater force upon the separation of the starch and products representing the gluten. 
Raised and furnished by Judge Peters, of Genesee county. 
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