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Or we may express the results in another form, calculating the 
amount contained in one ton of straw and the products of thirty 
bushels of wheat, expressing the amounts in pounds, as follows: 
Nitrogen. 
Phosphoric 
acid 
Potash. 
K 2 0. 
Lime. 
CaO. 
Straw 
11.20 
2.67 
13.76 
6.20 
Flour 
22.17 
2.76 
1.62 
.39 
Middlings 
3.15 
2.01 
.72 
.06 
Shipstuff 
1.68 
1.32 
.63 
.09 
Bran 
6.84 
7.53 
2.49 
.36 
Totals 
45.04 
16.29 
19.22 
7.10 
During another year we hope to be able to further study the varia- 
tion in, and influence of soil and fertilizers upon, the composition of 
wheat, together with the meteorological influences. 
PER CENT OF WATER IN SOME FARM PRODUCTS. 
1. Varieties of grass in full bloom. 
2. In hay, stored in mows. 
3. In fodder corn. 
4. In corn fodder; stover. 
5. In corn meal. 
No exact data seems to be accessible as to the per cent of water 
contained in many of our common feeding stuffs, in different localities 
and at different times in the year. That the amount varies for 
localities and for different years in the same locality, as well as for the 
different seasons of the year according to time from harvesting, 
there is little question. 
A few determinations of the water in various products have been 
made from time to time during the past two years, and some of the 
results are given in this topic. 
Water in Grasses in Full # Bloom. 
For two years I have taken for analysis samples of different grasses 
at the period of full bloom, and give in parallel columns the per cent 
of water as determined at that time. The samples were taken at the 
same place each year and were mostly from the Station grass-plats: 
