the consulting chemist to the Royal Agricultural Society of
England, and Dr. Anderson, chemist to the Highland and Agricultural
Society of Scotland, have made a large number of analyses of the straws
of the cereal and leguminous plants, the results of which are of the
highest interest to the agriculturist. In the following tables the more
important results of these investigations are given:--

ANALYSES OF STRAW, BY DR. VOELCKER.

+--------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| | | | | | |
| | No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. |
| | | | | | |
| | Wheat, | Wheat, | Barley,| Barley,| Oat, |
| |just ripe | over | dead |not too | cut |
| | and well | ripe. | ripe. | ripe. | green. |
| |harvested.| | | | |
+--------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| Water | 13.33 | 9.17 | 15.20 | 17.50 | 16.00 |
| Albumen, and other | | | | | |
| protein compounds:-- | | | | | |
| _a_. Soluble in water | 1.28 | 0.06 | 0.68 | \ | 5.51 |
| | | | | }5.73 | |
| _b_. Insoluble in water| 1.65 | 2.06 | 3.75 | / | 2.98 |
| | | | | | |
| Oil | 1.74 | 0.65 | 1.36 | 1.17 | 1.57 |
| Sugar, mucilage, | | | | | |
| extractive matters, | | | | | |
| &c. (soluble in water) | 4.26 | 3.46 | 2.24 |\ | 16.04 |
| Digestible woody | | | | \ | |
| fibre and cellulose | 19.40 |\ | 5.97 | }71.44| 26.34 |
| Indigestible | | }82.26 | | / | |
| fibre &c. | 54.13 |/ | 66.54 |/ | 24.86 |
| Inorganic matter:-- | | | | | |
| _a._ Soluble | 1.13 | 1.29 | 2.88 | \ | 5.76 |