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ANALYSIS OF BEANS. 
5. Stems and leaves of the Windsor bean. 
Removed in a ton of bean straw. 
Silica - 
- 
35-10 
35-907 lbs. 
Earthy phosphates - 
- 
13-65 
13-452 
Lime ... 
28-125 
28-771 
Magnesia 
trace. 
Potash - 
16-030 
16*398 
Soda ... 
trace. 
Sulphuric acid 
1-005 
1-028 
Chlorine 
2-315 
95-725 
2-368 
97-924 
6 . Pod of the Windsor bean. 
Silica - 
4-500 
Phosphates - 
26-000 
Lime ... 
- 
22-500 
Magnesia 
2-420 
Potash . - - 
19-440 
Soda ... 
11-260 
Sulphuric acid 
2-600 
Chlorine 
1-160 
Organic matter 
2-300 
Carbonic acid 
5-453 
97-506 
kite Kidney bean. 
Silica ... 
0-80 
Earthy and alkaline phosphates 
30-95 
Lime ... 
0-35 
Magnesia 
0-45 
Potash ... 
35-04 
Soda ... 
2-42 
Sulphuric acid 
• 4-98 
Chlorine 
0-52 
Organic matter 
6-60 
Carbonic acid 
18-85 
100-96 
Bean ash always contains more or less of carbonic acid. As it effervesces briskly with 
acids; so, the amount of organic matter seems to be greater than in other kinds of ash. 
The bean burns without difficulty, and furnishes a white ash in lumps of the size and 
