+--------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | | | | | | | | | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | No. 9. | No. 10.| | | | | | | | | | Oat, cut | Oat, | Bean. | Pea. | Flax | | | when | over | | | Chaff. | | | fairly | ripe. | | | | | | ripe. | | | | | +--------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | Water | 16·00 | 16·00 | 19·40 | 16·02 | 14·60 | | Albumen, and other | | | | | | | protein compounds:-- | | | | | | | _a_. Soluble in water | 2·62 | 1·29 | 1·51 | 3·96 | \ | | | | | | | }4·75 | | _b_. Insoluble in water| 1·46 | 2·36 | 1·85 | 5·90 | / | | | | | | | | | Oil | 1·05 | 1·25 | 1·02 | 2·34 | 2·82 | | Sugar, mucilage, | | | | | | | extractive matters, | | | | | | | &c. (soluble in water) | 10·57 | 3·19 | 4·18 | 8·32 | 8·72 | | Digestible woody | | | | | | | fibre and cellulose | 30·17 | 27·75 | 2·75 | 17·74 | 18·56 | | Indigestible | | | | | | | fibre &c. | 31·78 | 41·82 | 65·58 | 42·79 | 43·12 | | Inorganic matter:-- | | | | | | | _a._ Soluble | 3·64 | 2·26 | 2·31 | 2·72 | 4·07 | | | | | | | | | _b._ Insoluble | 2·71 | 4·08 | 1·40 | 2·21 | 3·36 | | +----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | | 100·00 | 100·00 | 100·00 | 100·00 | 100·00 | +--------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ [.·.] This table contains in a condensed form all the results of Voelcker's analyses of the straws which are given in his paper published in the _Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England_, vol. xxii., part 2. 1862. Nos. 5, 6, and 7 were analysed shortly after being cut, when they contained a high proportion of water. They have, therefore, been calculated to contain 16 per cent. of moisture so as to arrive at accurate relative results. ANALYSES OF STRAW, BY DR. ANDERSON.