ANALYSES OF RICE GRAIN. 
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In the above mentioned exhibition we collected as many 
specimens of Japanese rice as possible and mixed for analysis 
equal quantities of it in order to obtain figures which might rep¬ 
resent the medium composition of this important vegetable product 
with greater accuracy than do the few analyses hitherto made. 
Thus we mixed 578 specimens and subjected the mixture to an 
ralysis, which gave the followin 
Water . 
13 - 54 ^ 
the Dry Matter ; 
Crude protein . 
10.12 „ 
„ fibre . 
1.12 „ 
„ fat . 
2-52 
Nitrogen-free extract ... 
84.79 .» 
Ash. 
i -47 » 
Total nitrogen . 
1617 „ 
Albuminoid nitrogen ... 
i -495 » 
Non-albuminoid „ 
0.122 „ 
j, per cent of total N.... 
7-4 „ 
results : 
In ioo Parts of Ash : 
Potash. 
. 22-4 7 
Soda . 
. 4-55 
Lime . 
. 2.93 
Magnesia . 
.12.60 
Ferric oxide 
. 1-63 
Phosphoric acid ... 
.48.31 
Sulphuric acid ... 
. 0.23 
Silica . 
. 6.53 
Chlorine . 
. 0.91 
