WHEATS AND FLOURS OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY 



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MILLING EXPERIMENT NO. 3. 



At Houlton. Fife wheat grown in Maine in 1901. the prog- 

 eny of seed brought from the Northwest in 1896. The wheat 

 used in the experiment weighed 1619 pounds. The results of 

 the mining test, calculated for 100 pounds of wheat, and the 

 analysis of the wheat and the milling products, are given in the 

 tables which follow. 



PRODUCTS OBTAINED AT HOULTON, MAIN'E. FROM MILLING ONE HUN- 

 DRED POUNDS OF MAINE GROWN FIFE WHEAT AND THE DISTRIBU- 

 TION OF NITROGEN THEREIN. 



O . 



Urn r^ 



cz 



Cm "* 



Wheat and Its Products. 



DlSTRIBCTIOX OF 



Nitrogen. 



Kind. 



Amount, j By weight. By percent. 



6607 

 6608 

 660y 



6610 

 6611 



Wheat 



Patent flour 



Second grade flour 

 Total flour 



Middlings 



Bran 



Total offals .... 



Total products 



Pounds. 



100.0 



.55.8 



15.0 



70.8 



15.4 

 13.8 



100.0 



Pounds. 



1.87 

 .86 

 .28 



l.U 



.39 

 .29 

 .68 



1.82 



Percent. 



100.0 



47.2 



15.4 



6-2.6 



21.4 

 16.0 

 37.4 



100.0 



COMPOSITION OF MAINE GROWN FIFE WHEAT AND MILLING PRODUCTS 

 OBTAINED AT HOULTON, CALCULATED TO WATER CONTENT AT TIME 

 OF MILLING AND TU THE WATER-FREE liASIS. 



O . 



Wheat and its Milling 

 Products. 



0-, r. Z 



c = c 



oJ = . 



-9 ^ 



Per 



Per 



In Fresh Substance. cent. 'cent 



6607 Wheat 11.48i 



6608 Patent flour 13.62 



6609 Second graile flour 12.70: 



6610 Shorts 10.10 



6611 Bran 10.27 



In Drv Matter. 



6607 Wheat .* 



mi}>< Patent flour 



6609 Second grade flour ... . 



6610 Shorts 



6611 Bran 



Per 

 cent. 

 1.87 10.66 

 1.53: 8.7J 

 1.83! 10.43 

 2. 49 14.20 

 2.11 12.03 



Per 

 cent. 

 2.34 

 1.09 

 2.15 

 5.71 

 4.72 



I ' i 

 Per Per Per Calo- 



cent.'cent. cent-! ries. 



1.96 71.64 1.9-2 3.886 



.16 75.97 



.37 73.30 



4.86 61.19 



9.37, 57.64 



2.11 



1.77 



12.04 

 10.1(1 



2.64 

 1.-26 

 2.46 

 6.35 



2.10 1I.95 

 2.77; 15. 80 

 2.35! 13.41 5.26 10.44 64.24 



2.2L 80.94 

 .19; 87.94 

 .41j 83.97 



5.41' 68.06 



44 3.723 



1.05 3.824 



3.94 4.118 



5.97 4.041 



2.17 4.390 

 .51 4.3KI 

 1.20 I 4.3>0 

 4.:18 i.-r,>l 

 6.65 4.504 



