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RESEARCHES OX THE COMPOSITION 
straw and stalks are applied. As might have been expected, 
the ashes of wood are far more valuable as manure, than 
those obtained from straw. 
XV. Various Kinds of Straw and Chaff. 
These materials are used as litter for domestic animals, 
and for the preparation of compost and ashes. The results 
of analyses are given in the following tables : 
Oryza 
sativa. 
Oryza 
sativa. 
N g 
og 
c2 A 
a> .2; 
Hordeum 
vulgare. 
3 S 
II 
a g 
^ 3 
3 5 
t i 0) 
O t o 
'3 - u * 
£-1 G 
3 
.2o 
3 «5 
Straw*. 
Paddy rice. 
Straw*. 
Upland rice. 
6 
o 
it ^ 
Oj 
É • 
c3 w 
02 
. • * 
àij§ 
-j-< G 
02- 
S 
% S» 
B* 6. 
s 35 
“g 
s ! 
d 
ts 
to — 
g 
Water . 
10.27 
14.06 
11.60 
18.30 
9.31 
— 
_ 
— 
— 
— 
In loo p. oj dry matter: 
Crude protein . 
5.15 
3.89 
6.65 
7.47 
4.56 
6.30 
5.00 
4.09 
10.63 
6.76 
,. tat . 
2.12 
2.92 
3.00 
1.73 
0.77 
2.29 
1.44 
4.27 
2.58 
1.57 
,, fibre . 
11.86 
40.76 
41.28 
44.07 
49.09 
46.52 
48.96 
43.81 
41.79 
38.65 
Nitrogenfree extract. 
44.11 
42.72 
41.31 
35.56 
2^.15 
37.37 
36.5 2 
39.85 
35.21 
43.66 
Ash . 
6.76 
10.31 
7.16 
11.17 
18.43 
7.52 
8.08 
7.96 
9.79 
9.36 
Total nitrogen. 
0.825 
0.639 
1.063 
1.195 
0.730 
0.923 
0.8Ö1 
0.655 
1.70 
1.081 
0.72° 
0.565 
0.840 
0.711 
0.736 
1.59 
0.766 
In 100 ]>■ oj ash: 
Potasli . 
16.24 
Soda. 
1.61 
0.57 
1.17 
1.77 
1.66 
4.17 
5.63 
1.87 
2.53 
2.83 
Lime . 
3-41 
3.72 
1.80 
6.12 
0.42 
2.97 
5.88 
3.62 
5.38 
6.55 
Magnesia . 
2.57 
2.54 
1.52 
4.56 
1.04 
2.43 
1.10 
9.18 
9.98 
4.37 
erric. oxide. 
0.63 
1.50 
0.64 
0.79 
0.36 
0.77 
0.96 
1.55 
1.63 
1.95 
Phosphoric acid. 
1.44 
1.59 
0.90 
1.73 
1.20 
3.34 
1.91 
3.00 
5.13 
3.65 
Sulphuric acid. 
1.09 
1.82 
0.78 
1.64 
trace 
1.10 
1.65 
3.09 
6.90 
3.02 
Silica . 
77.00 
73.30 
80.66 
70.94 
93.13 
50.19 
4S.58 
33.43 
41.66 
55.28 
Chlorine. 
2.11 
3.10 
2.88 
3.83 
0.01 
5.37 
14.95 
13.81 
9.38 
5.43 
* Completely dead ripe. 
* Winter grown barley • 
Cut rather eax’ly. 
