New Yoek Ageicultueal Expeeiment Station. 45 

 Analyses of Samples of Linseed Meal. 



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428. Linseed meal, old process. 8.87 5.51 37.25 7.29 10.1 34.64 6.44 



435. Linseed meal, old process. 6.84 5.35 37.25 7.43 7.4 36.21 6.92 



436. Linseed meal, old process. 8.68 5.45 38.06 7.38 9.4 34.31 6.12 

 440. Linseed meal, old process. 8.34 5.39 35.00 8.55 15.0 35.40 7.32 

 443. Linseed meal, old process. 8.53 5.14 36.31 7.60 12.2 36.48 5.94 

 455. Linseed meal, old process, 



Buffalo 8.03 5.35 36.69 6.94 11.6 35.53 7.46 



464. Linseed meal, old process. 8.97 4.85 35.81 7.10 10.4 35.76 7.51 



471. Linseed meal, old process. 8.10 4.86 36.06 6.82 11.4 35.67 8.49 

 481. Linseed meal, old process. 



National 7.75 5.82 35.81 7.54 7.5 36.17 6.91 



491. Linseed meal, old process. 7.37 5.29 36.94 7.43 11.4 36.04 6.93 



501. Linseed meal, old process. 9.43 5.51 28.69 8.59 22.7 40.15 7.63 



517. Linseed meal, old process. 8.45 5.31 36.19 7.03 13.9 34.16 8.86 

 529. Linseed meal, old process. 



Empire 6.89 5.22 38.19 7.11 14.8 36.87 5.72 



699. Linseed meal, old process. 9.76 5.37 32.13 8.16 36.12 8.46 



Average 8.29 5.32 35.74 7.50 12.1 35.96 7.19 



498. Linseed meal, new process, 



Cleveland 10.53 5.01 36.63 8.69 18.4 36.23 2.91 



514. Linseed meal, new process. 10.08 4.95 37.56 7.22 19.1 37.04 3.15 



670. Linseed meal, new process. 10.25 5.33 35.81 8.57 35.99 4.05 



694. Linseed meal, new process, 



Cleveland 9.87 5.36 35.19 8.48 36.31 4.79 



698. Linseed meal, new process. 9.34 5.50 35.50 9.08 37.62 2.96 



Average 10.01 5.23 36.14 8.41 18.7 36.64 3.57 



The linseed meal found in ISTew York seems to be quite uni- 

 formly good. This appears to be the ease in all States. Adul- 

 teration of this feeding stuff is evidently not much practiced. 

 Sample ]^o. 501 contains less protein than it should, but no expla- 

 nation of this fact was discovered. Linseed meal is certainly one 

 of our most valuable and reliable commercial feeding stuffs, though 

 it is evidently expensive as compared with some other articles. 



GLUTEN MEAES. 



As found in the market the principal gluten products are corn 

 bran, consisting mostly of the hulls and germ of the maize kernel, 

 the gluten meals which come principally from the hard or flinty 



