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ANALYSES OF WHEAT. 
XIV. HOPETON WHEAT*. 
Length of straw, 44 inches. 
1 . Relation of grain , straw and chaff. 
Grain = 
Straw - 
Chaff - 
Actual quantities. 
1207 
1423 
224 
Percentage. 
42-30 
49-86 ) 
7-84 i 
57-70 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Grain 
Straw 
Chaff 
Specific gravity of the grain - - » 1 - 391 
2 . Percentage of water and ash. 
Water. 
Ash. 
Ash calculated dry. 
= 
• 
- 
. 
- 
12-5 
1-76 
2-01 
. 
. 
. 
- 
. 
- 
13-7 
4-16 
4-82 
. 
. 
- 
. 
. 
. 
11-5 
10-36 
11-70 
3 . Produce, and mineral matter of an acre. 
Produce. Mineral matter. 
22-16 43-5 
. 25-94 120-4 
4-11 57-6 
4. Analysis of the ash of the grain . 
Silica 
3-20 
Removed from an acre , 
lbs. oz. 
1 6-6 
Phosphoric acid 
- 
44-44 
19 
6.0 
Sulphuric acid - 
Carbonic acid 
Lime - 
trace. 
none. 
8-21 
3 
9-2 
Magnesia - 
9-27 
4 
3-3 
Peroxide of iron 
0-08 
0 
0-9 
Potash ... 
32-14 
17 
13-8 
Soda 
2-14 
1 
8-8 
Chloride of sodium - 
none. 
99-97 43 9-7 
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society. 
