126 MAINE AGRICULTURAL i:xPI:rIMI:NT STATION. I903. 



MILLING EXPERIMENT NO. 4. 



At Houlton. White Russian wheat that has been grown in 

 Aroostook county for many years. The wheat used in this 

 experiment weighed 840 pounds. The result of the milhng test, 

 calculated for 100 pounds of wheat, and the analyses of the wheat 

 and the milling products, are given in the tables which follow. 



PRODUCTS OBTAINED AT HOULTON, MAINE, FROM MILLING ONE HUN- 

 DRED POUNDS OF MAINE GROWN WHITE RUSSIAN WHEAT AND THE 

 DISTRIBUTION OF NITROGEN THEREIN. 



O . 



•faJ ;^ 

 * ID 



If 



Wheat and its Milling Products. 



Distribution of 

 Nitrogen. 



Kind. 



Amount. 



By weight. 



By per cent. 



6612 

 6613 

 6614 



6615 

 6616 



Wheat 



Patent flour 



Seconfl grade flour 

 Total flour 



Middlings 



Bran 



Total offals ... 



Total products 



Pounds. 



100.0 



54.0 



16.2 



70.2 



12.6 

 17.2 



29.8 



100.0 



Pounds. 



1.5?5 



.82 



.29 



1.11 



.34 



.40 

 .74 



1.85 



Per cent. 



100.0 



44.3 



15.7 



60.0 



18.4 

 21.6 

 40. 



100.0 



COMPOSITION OF MAINE GROWN WHITE RUSSIAN WHEAT AND MILL 

 ING PRODUCTS OBTAINED AT HOULTON, MAINE, CALCULATED TO 

 WATER CONTENT AT TIME OF MILLING AND TO WATER-FREE BASIS. 



o . 



^ s 



Wheat and its Milling 

 Products. 



a 



o ^ 



*j 3 



o s S 



Per 



In fresh substance. cent. 



6612 Wheat 11.82 



6613 Patent flour 14.84 



6614 Second grade flour 15.20 



6615 Shorts i 10.79 



6616 Bran 11.38 



6612 

 6613 

 6614 

 6615 

 6616 



In dry matter. 



Wheat 



Patent flour 



Second grade flour — 



Shorts 



Bran 



Per 



cent. 

 1.85 

 1.51 

 1.77 

 2.65 

 2.31 



2.10 

 1.77 

 2.09 

 2.97 

 2.61 



Per 



cent. 

 10.54 

 8.61 

 10.09 

 15.10 

 13.17 



11.95 

 10.11 

 11.90 

 16.93 

 14.86 



Per 

 cent. 



2.18 



.79 



.63 



5.59 



3.92 



2.47 



.93 



.74 



6.27 



4.42 



Per 



cent. 



1.92 



.24 



.39 



5.00 



8.23 



2.18 



.28 



.46 



5.60 



9.29 



Per 



cent. 

 71.90 

 75.20 

 72.98 

 60.07 

 58.22 



81.54 

 88.30 

 86.06 

 67.33 

 65.70 



Per 

 cent. 



1.64 

 .32 

 .71 



3.45 



5.08 



1.86 

 .38 



.84 

 3.87 

 5.73 



Calo- 

 ries. 

 3.852 

 3.660 

 3.639 

 4.149 

 4.015 



4.368 

 4.298 

 4.291 

 4.651 

 4.531 



