New Yoke Agricultural Experiment Station. 
453 
Ash Analyses. 
Partial analyses of the ash from sixteen of the timothies were 
made, and the results are tabulated below: 
PLAT. 
Ash. 
Phos- 
phoric 
p 2 a o 5 
Potash. 
E 2 O 
Soda. 
l\a 2 U 
Lime. 
La U 
Magne- 
sia. 
MgO 
1 
4 
33 
5.52 
33 
04 
10.76 
8.56 
2.20 
II 
4 
09 
3.73 
27 
56 
6.99 
9.92 
1.96 
TTT 
111 
5 
11 
5.00 
32 
32 
2.56 
7.52 
1 .96 
IV 
4 
76 
6.44 
33 
77 
5.36 
8.24 
1.85 
V 
5 
23 
7.40 
35 
21 
88 
3.47 
1.71 
VI 
4 
33 
4.96 
32 
4.48 
8.64 
2.53 
VII 
4 
84 
8.46 
34 
16 
8.01 
14.00 
1.84 
XIII 
5 
25 
5.12 
31 
96 
2.64 
7.44 
1.87 
XIV 
4 
96 
4.34 
36 
08 
7.96 
7.92 
1.96 
XV 
5 
54 
6.95 
30 
72 
5.28 
10.00 
2.24 
XVI 
5 
51 
5.63 
34 
72 
5.58 
8.80 
.95 
XVII 
4 
96 
32 
96 
3.48 
9.84 
1.76 
XVIII 
5 
06 
6.55 
34 
96 
5.28 
8.56 
1.85 
XIX 
5 
54 
6.14 
29 
96 
7.76 
2.04 
XX 
4 
84 
6.67 
39 
92 
4.72 
7.36 
2.08 
XXI 
4 
52 
5.99 
36 
87 
5.24 
6.96 
2.12 
COHIIEb 
Ash Constituents, Calculated in Dry Substance of Hays. 
PLAT. 
Phos- 
phoric 
acid. 
p 2 o 5 
Potash. 
K 2 O 
Soda. 
Na 2 O 
Lime. 
Ca O 
Magne- 
sia. 
MgO 
Nitro- 
gen. 
I 
.238 
1.431 
.466 
.371 
.095 
1.11 
II 
.153 
1.127 
.286 
.406 
.080 
1.20 
Ill 
.255 
1.651 
.131 
.384 
.100 
1.20 
IV 
.316 
1.607 
.255 
.403 
:088 
1.35 
V 
.387 
1.841 
.181 
.089 
1.40 
VI 
.215 
1.424 
.194 
.374 
.109 
1.28 
VII 
.409 
1.653 
.388 
.677 
.089 
1.23 
XIII 
.269 
1.678 
.138 
.390 
.097 
1.23 
XIV 
.215 
1.789 
.395 
.323 
.097 
1.12 
XV 
.384 
1.702 
.292 
.554 
.125 
1.30 
XVI 
.310 
1.913 
.307 
.485 
.052 
1.45 
XVII 
1.635 
.173 
.488 
.087 
1.27 
XVIII 
.331 
1.769 
.267 
.433 
.105 
1.11 
XIX 
.340 
1.660 
.430 
.113 
1.25 
XX 
.323 
1.448 
.228 
.356 
.100 
1.14 
XXI 
.271 
1.666 
.237 
.314 
.096 
1.19 
• The results obtained from the experiments of this year, to determine 
the influence of fertilizers upon the composition of timothy and clover, 
show us nothing as to the possible influence of fertilizers. The soil 
upon which we are experimenting, it seems, is sufficiently rich to pro- 
duce good crops, under favorable conditions, without the use of f ertili- 
