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WILLIAM EUGENE PICKLER 



TABLE 1 



Diastatic activity of air-dry barley grains (checks) 



TABLE 2 



Diastatic activity of air-dry barley grains (checks) at 80°C. 



TABLE 3 

 Per cent of water in samples used for diastase determination 



tration from distilled water to a saturated solution of CaCl 2 , 

 varied from 10.91 to 32.48%. Above a saturated solution of 

 CaCl 2 , (1), air-dry barley grains take up only 2.15% of water 

 but when placed above a solution approximately half as dense, 

 (1-1), they absorb 7.68%, or about 3.5 times the quantity. 

 When the density of the solution is again reduced by mixing 1 



