ANALYSES OF WHEAT. 
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Proportions of grain , straw and chaff of several varieties of wheat. 
1. Old Red'chaff Wheat 
Actual quantities. 
Per centum. 
Grain ------- 
724 grs. 
100-000 
Chaff. 
221 
30-524 
Straw ....... 
1154 
159-392 
2. Palaver a Wheat. 
Grain ....... 
1240 
100-000 
Chaff ....... 
292 
23-548 
Straw ....... 
1444 
116-209 
3. Indiana Wheat. 
Grain -. 
556-50 
100-000 
Chaff. 
129-50 
23-270 
Straw. 
611-00 
109-811 
4. Improved Flint Wheat. 
Grain ....... 
1130 
100-000 
Chaff. 
272 
24-070 
Straw ....... 
1323 
117-079 
5. Harmon Wheat. 
Grain. 
1207-50 
100-000 
Chaff. 
300-00 
24-844 
Straw ...... 
1166-50 
96-604 
To determine the foregoing proportions of grain, etc., I took from a small bundle those 
heads and straw which remained perfect, a certain number, and shelled the grain, and 
weighed each part by itself. This method of determining the proportions of grain, chaff 
and straw, has been found as correct, if not more so, as weighing large quantities in the 
usual way. Due care must, of course, be taken to avoid losses in separating the grain. 
IX. IMPROVED WHITE-FLINT WHEAT. 
Analysis of the straw. 
Silica - -.42‘60 
Carbonate of lime.- 8-90 
Phosphates of lime, magnesia and iron - - 9'30 
Potash - - - - - - - - 22’76 
Soda.5-28 
Magnesia - - - - - - - 1-58 
Sulphuric acid - - - - - - 5-85 
Chlorine - - - - - - - 1*86 
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