436 
SCOURING LANDS OF CENTRAL SOMERSET. 
Dried at 212° F., 100 parts of the same hay furnished— 
1*414 per cent, of nitrogen, which is equal to 
8*837 per cent, of nitrogenised compounds. 
Sample No. 3 .—Hay from Scouring Land at Meare. 
In a perfectly dry state this hay produced in burning— 
10*24 per cent, of ash in one experiment, and 
10*38 per cent, of ash in another. 
The ash was next submitted to a complete analysis, which 
furnished the subjoined results : 
Composition of the Ash of Ray from Scouring Land at Meare. 
Lime . 
. 12*31 
Magnesia 
2 71 
Oxide of iron . 
*89 
Potash 
. 17*47 
Chloride of potassium . 
. 20*01 
Chloride of sodium 
1*70 
Phosphoric acid 
6*42 
Sulphuric acid . 
3*76 
Silica . 
. 27*22 
Carbonic acid and loss . 
151 
10000 
Dried at 212° F., 100 parts of hay, No. 3, were found to contain— 
1*782 per cent, of nitrogen, which is equivalent to 
11*137 per cent, of nitrogenized compounds. 
Simple, No. 4 .—Hay from Peat-Land at Meare, earthed over with 
Scouring Land. Hay scours. 
100 parts of this hay in a perfectly dry state furnished— 
876 per cent, of ash, and 
2 354 per cent, of nitrogen, which is equal to 
14*712 per cent, of nitrogenised compounds. 
(To he continued '.) 
