— 1 1 — 
1 
2 
1804 . 
Per cent. 
4.49 
417 
7.86 
1806 . 
Per cent. 
8.68 
8.12 
7.81 
A 
4 
6.29 
8.84 
5 
6.30 
8.54 
6. 
6.91 
7 
4-70 
7.27 
8 
431 
6.68 
9 
4-40 
7.61 
10 
6.61 
7-17 
II 
5 - 8 i 
7-94 
12 
6.52 
13 
8 . 26 
14 
7 - 14 
8.17 
15 
7 46 
8.72 
16 
-I- 4 I 
17 
8.62 
If this increase of moisture had not been accompanied 
by an increase in the percentage of nitrogen in the dry mat- 
ter, I would have attributed it, in spite of the fact that the 
bottles were sealed, to the absorption of moisture. 
I 
o 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
TO 
I 1 
I 2 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
NITROGEN IN NEW AND OlA) HAV. 
1804 . 
1806 . 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
2.989 
. .2.604 
2.878 
..2.740 
2.132 
..2.459 
'^•314 
. . 181 
2.770 
2 . 382 
..2.037 
2 . 500 
149 
2.627 
•• 3-013 
3 • 037 
..2.572 
-•b 57 
.2.00s 
2.912 
, .401 
3.051 
, .2 . 566 
2 . 588 
,.2.047 
2 . 426 
,.2.522 
2 . 702 
. .2 . S62 
2.680 
. .2.658 
2.657 
In the above table the percentages are calculated on 
the dry material. The two series, of course, represent the 
same samples. There is no regularity in the amount of the 
increase in case of either the water or the nitrogen. This 
