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                                                            TABLE IV.

Sample taken from Paddock No. 35, Livestock Research Station, Hosur. (Percentage on dry basis.)

Original
moisture

Total ash

SiO2

Silica free
ash

Calcium as
CaO

Phosphate
as P2O5

Potash as
K2O

Protein as

nitrogen ×

6.25

1929.

July . . . .

..

18.18

11.75

6.43

0.990

0.392

1.108

5.90

August . . . .

66.09

9.42

5.47

3.95

0.566

0.359

1.360

5.88

September . . .

67.43

10.32

6.78

3.54

0.656

0.359

1.124

5.01

October . . . .

73.28

10.29

6.39

3.90

0.552

0.535

2.150

8.48

November . . . .

69.84

7.89

4.29

3.60

0.552

0.434

1.377

8.39

December . . . .

67.60

7.42

4.59

2.83

0.324

0.283

1.750

4.97

1930.

January . . . .

51.84

10.40

6.71

3.69

0.459

0.437

1.671

4.68

February . . . .

35.79

11.26

8.59

2.67

0.501

0.480

0.879

3.10

March . . . .

14.06

11.24

9.45

1.79

0.547

0.315

0.870

2.94

April . . . .

42.41

10.84

7.00

3.84

0.673

0.407

1.435

4.61

May . . . .

53.16

12.16

7.20

4.96

0.510

0.282

1.297

7.22

June . . . .

61.43

11.36

7.06

4.30

0.601

0.386

1.435

6.15

July . . . .

46.87

10.58

6.98

3.60

0.666

0.391

1.480

4.93

August . . . .

45.66

13.88

9.16

4.72

0.849

0.468

1.374

5.98

September . . .

63.85

10.30

6.53

3.77

0.547

0.380

1.500

6.50

October . . . .

. .

10.86

5.86

5.00

0.490

0.517

1.790

7.82

November . . .

69.56

7.61

4.32

3.29

0.417

0.500

1.619

8.76

December . . . .

..

12.89

5.22

7.67

0.280

0.342

1.312

5.95