Wiping with a wet d c!oth wa? a]so° fried 1° Tfi W n ® h Y ater ' 
with a brush was resorted to Th' 1GC ai \^ ^ na ^y rubbing- 
b " me,| '° d ' though i"S?; 0 ud ,T o h K“ iSd only prac,ica " 
gave 6 o 4 f™r n ceM.^ioSare and °J-o Wdght i", the air 
ter. The roots in Qpmnlo i\t 1 ^ 9-59 per cent, of dry mat- 
No. , 7 -a LarTmei c„„”, P y' N °' ' 7 " re '«"» "'eld county: 
Water. 
Ash. 
Ether 
Extract. 
Crude 
ProteiD. 
Crude 
Fiber. 
11 , air oned. 
Water free.. 
No. 17 a, air dried 
Water free.. 
4.55 
5.04 
.... 
3.79 
3.97 
3.69 
3.88 
.71 
.72 
1.07 
1.15 
10.81 
11.35 
10.07 
10.66 
25.13 
26.33 
24.18 
25.46 
ct +: 
gss 
p u ~ 
tafr.-P 
£ w 
54.98 
57.63 
55.95 
58.85 
foilo winge*x per i me nt• ?r f hf"refi-° U *" Samp ! es suggested the 
water, the solution filteroH j° tS WGre ex ^ austec i with hot 
residue, dried alToo Seefr t0 ^ness. The 
of the weight of sampled T’ a l nounted to 36.2 per cent. 
pie No. 17 a l s f 7 and t0 45 -S per cent - ^ sam- 
showed that' 44.2-> opr* re experiment with another sample 
were taken into solution ° Thp T t0ta , aslr const i tu ents 
the roots is inadmissahle • al 1 ? SG ^ acts S10w w hy washing 
roots will giveT heir m’i 30 he ext n nt t0 which the dead 
organic mSter to the s^ aS T 1 aS a P ort !°n of their 
still greater than that- of ri‘ t'-u t ti S ’ wbose act ion is probably 
owards determin'nJ the n t' W ?T Nothing was done 
except that their 'rednrin UrG ° f t ^ le dlss olved subtances 
T ehling’s solution tp“ g p ° w ? r was determined by 
n thedried extract C ffi* s P° aded to r2 per cent of sugar 
•oiling with sulphuric 3d ?ni°u nt was not increased by 
i the conversion of start,’- W,tl the usuaI Precautions taken 
sems flottfrv?cStH t0 t SUg h r - J he filtered extract 
f the roots is acid t„«,! ! ed starch. The aqueous extract 
Jgar was produced h t-h It l llus ' E ls possible that the 
-arch. I have expressed T' 10 " if 9 e acid soluti °n on the 
jgar because it ; C P ressed this reducing power m terms of 
5 due to sugar ThTTT^ T because !t is known to 
-st sweet and after ast€ j?f tbe foots in early spring is 
ore marked when the . T " 1 the b ^r taste is much 
tgs are fond of the roots ^"d 't mo r e active. Cattle and 
so, readily acquire a liking f or them! ° med ’ that h ° rSes 
