MANURING EXPERIMENTS WITH PADDY RICE (THIRD YEAR). 
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The percentage composition of the hulled grain was as 
follows : 
Complete 
manure. 
Without 
potash. 
Without 
phosphoric 
acid. 
Without 
nitrogen. 
7 o 
7 o 
7 o 
7 c 
Moisture . 
15-33 
14.99 
15-37 
I 5- 2 5 
In 100 parts of dry matter : 
Crude protein . 
10.82 
10.46 
12.81 
9.60 
„ fibre . 
1.12 
1.10 
1.01 
0.99 
fat . 
2.78 
2-53 
2.4I 
2-33 
Nitrogen-free extract .. 
84.22 
84.71 
82.93 
85.67 
Ash. 
1.06 
1.20 
0.84 
1.41 
Total nitrogen . 
I- 73 I 
J - 6 73 
2.O5O 
1-536 
Albuminoid nitrogen .. 
1.683 
1.615 
10 
O 
OO 
1.272 
Non-albuminoid nitrogen .. 
0.048 
0.058 
0.245 
0.264 
do., per cent of total nitrogen. 
2.8 
3-5 
II *3 
17.2 
In 100 parts of ash : 
Potash. 
24.75 
22.11 
26.10 
28.63 
Lime . 
2.50 
I *77 
2-49 
i *44 
Ferric oxide. 
0.71 
O.42 
0.59 
0.54 
Phosphoric acid. 
50.03 
48.38 
40.51 
53-13 
Silica . 
5-36 
4-36 
4.44 
3-74 
Chlorine . 
2.6r 
2.20 
2.95 
1.26 
Upon comparing these figures with the order of the quality 
of the .4. kinds of grain, we notice that the content of..crude 
protein well bears Out the judgment on the quality- formerly 
