PROF. JOHNSTON.
This gentleman, in a recent edition of his "Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology," tells us that from experiments made in the laboratory of the Agricultural Association of Scotland, wheat and oats, when analyzed, contain of nutritious properties the following proportion:
| Musc. matter. | Fat. | Starch. | |
| Wheat, | 10 pounds, | 3 pounds, | 50 pounds. |
| Oats, | 18 " | 6 " | 65 " |
Thus oats, and even wheat, are quite rich in that which forms muscular matter in the human body.