IN'ew Yokk Agricultural Experiment Station. 53 



Analyses of Samples of Wheat Middlings. 



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Perct. Perct. Perct. Perct. Perct Per ct. Per ct. 



421. Middlings 9.77 3.78 18.75 6.07 32.5 55.54 6.09 



423. Middlings, Pillsbury's 



brown 8.62 5.10 17.43 10.05 21.2 53.12 5.68 



441. Middlings 10.69 3.47 17.06 3.45 42.9 60.58 4.75 



452. Middlings, Minn, hard 



red 9.97 5.00 18.13 



469. Middlings, winter wheat. 8.56 4.88 19.50 



477. Middlings, western 9.66 3.23 15.94 



483. Middlings, winter wheat. 11.41 2.52 14.81 



515. Middlings, western 10.08 4.51 16.06 



516. Middlings, red dog 9.44 3.60 20.68 



671. Middlings, red dog 9.52 2.70 10.81 



675 . Middlings 10 . 39 4.86 17 . 03 



678. Middlings, daisy b 10.78 4.86 18.25 



680. Middlings, Adrian 10.61 2.74 20.06 



683. Middlings 10.10 4.08 17.19 



684. Middlings 9.94 4.48 19.81 



689. Middlings 10.14 4.10 18.00 



693. Middlings, shorts 10.71 2.97 17.88 



701. Middlings 9.63 2.39 15.31 



Averages 10.00 3.85 17.41 



Average starch and 



sugar, 9 samples 35 . 



With tlie exception of sample No. 671, the composition of the 

 middlings does not exhibit any unusual variations. The explana- 

 tion of the variations which occur in bran apply equally to mid- 

 dlings. The latter appear to be frilly the equal of the former in 

 uniformity and reliability. The middlings as found in 'New York 

 seem to differ from the brans in containing on the average mate- 

 rially more protein, and as is to be expected, more starch, the 

 proportion of fiber being less. Digestion experiments, so far 

 conducted, leave no doubt as to the greater digestibility of the 

 middlings, a conclusion which is entirely consistent with related 

 facts. Wliy, then, bran should be an apparently more popular 

 dairy feeding stuff than middlings is not clear. There are sub- 

 stantial reasons for believing that the popular judgment is in error, 

 a statement which is worthy the attention of dairymen. 



It is recognized, of course, that so-called middlings are some- 

 times a catch-all for inferior refuse materials, and if this condition 

 of affairs is found to be prevalent in New York it may be necessary 



