4 
ACTION OF L' ME AS A MANURE. 
• 
Takara- 
Sliiratama. 
Shinriki. 
Shinshy 
u 
toku. 
vvase. 
Moisture . 
15.98 1 
% 
14.20 % 
14 46 % 
I 4-55 
% 
In the dry matter : 
Crude protein 
9-25 
1 1 
9- 8 4 >> 
10.42 )> 
10.94 
11 
» fat . 
2.16 
11 
2.66 ,, 
2.84 ,, 
2.68 
11 
,, fibre . 
I.24 
11 
i -45 » 
2.21 ,, 
1.93 
11 
Nitrogen-free ex¬ 
tract . 
85.82 
11 
85- 0 3 »» 
8 3-35 » 
S 3 -I 5 
11 
Ash free from sand 
and coal . 
I.47 
11 
1.02 ,, 
1.18 ,, 
1.30 
11 
Sand . 
, O.06 
11 
11 
J 1 
— 
11 
Total nitrogen 
. 1.481 
i i 
i -574 » 
1.667 » 
1.760 
11 
Albuminoid nitro 
gen . 
■ 1 -397 
11 
1.442 ,, 
1.500 „ 
I- 5 M 
11 
Non-albuminoid ni¬ 
trogen . 
. 0.084 
11 
0.132 ,, 
0.167 ,, 
0.246 
1 ) 
In 100 parts of the ash : 
Potash. 
,22.00 
i i 
22.94 » 
23-45 >. 
22.63 
11 
Soda . 
■ 2.75 
i i 
4-94 » 
5-17 » 
4.81 
11 
Lime . 
. 4.08 
11 
3-24 » 
2.98 ,, 
3 - 3 6 
11 
Magnesia . 
• 9- 6 3 
yy 
10.54 » 
ii -97 11 
10.85 
11 
Ferric oxide. 
■ 3 - 7 s 
19 
1-03 „ 
o -93 11 
I - 3 ° 
11 
Phosphoric acid .. 
.52. 10 
11 
5 1 *37 >> 
5 i -26 „ 
5°-39 
11 
Sulphuric acid 
. 1.27 
1 1 
1-85 ,, 
1.08 ,, 
1.82 
11 
Silica . 
• 3 - 7 8 
1 1 
3- I 4 » 
2.91 ,, 
3-!9 
11 
Chlorine . 
. 2.60 
11 
1-05 „ 
00 
Oh 
6 
1.14 
11 
The rice under examination 
appears accordingly to be some- 
what poor in crude 
protein 
1 
while with 
regard to 
the other 
ingredients no clue can be detected which in any way explains 
the peculiar brittle condition of the grain. The proportion 
g.25% of crude protein must indeed be considered as low, as 
in exact manuring experiments made in 1889 in our college, 3 * 
3 Bulletin of the Imperial College of Agriculture and Dendrology No. 8, 
p. 25 . 
