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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Middlings, Lahoratory Ko. 141O6. — This is stated by our correspondent to have 

 been bought from the T. H. Taylor Company, Chatham. Out. Its analysis indicates 

 it to be genuine and of good quality. , 



Lahoratonj Xo. 16891-2. — These are wheat middlings, stated to be the output of 

 the Maple Leaf Milling Company, Kenora, Ont. No. 16891 has the somewhat higher 

 protein content and is, th<^reforc, the more valuable, but both would appear to be of 

 excellent quality. The average protein content of middlings as generally found on 

 the market is between 15-5 and 10 per cent. 



Golden Flax, Lahoratory Xo. 16010. — Regarding this sample our correspondent 

 at Lethbridge, Alta., writes ' This Golden Flax originated no doubt by accident. I 

 have been growing it for three years, starting with a small handful of seed. Planted 

 this year in the middle bf ^laj', it matured 10 days ahead of a field of common flax 

 adjacent. The common flax has a blue flower, this variety has a white flower. It is 

 not as tall but it is a heavier yielder than the common flax. On my field I threshed an 

 average of over 19 bushels to the acre.' 



Several years ago 20 samples, representing as many strains, of flax seed grown on 

 the Experimental Farm at Ottawa. Avere analysed and the following averages were 

 obtained. Protein 24.77 per cent; oil 37.10 per cent. If these figures may be taken as 

 representative of the flax generally grown we may conclude that this Golden Flax, 

 while somewhat lev.- in protein, is very considerably richer in oil than the commercial 

 flax seed on the market. 



Bran, Laboratory No. lJf661. — This was from the mills of the Maple Leaf Milling 

 Company, Kenora, Ont. 



The average coniposition of bran as obtained from analyses made a few years 

 ago, of samples from the principal milling companies of Canada, is as follows: — 



Moisture 11.07 



Protein 14.52 



Fat 4.37 



Carbohydrates 54-19 



Fibre . 10.14 



Ash 5.71 



100.00 



This sample, therefore, with 14-84 per cent protein and 3-95 per cent fat, is 

 genuine and of good quality. 



HullcfiS Oats, Laboratory No. 14483. — This sample was from a strain <oi hulless 

 oats growni on the Exix?rimental Farm, Ottawa. By comparing the data with 



those from a well-ripened sample of Banner oats, it will be seen that the chief 

 points are a higher protein content and a lower percentage of fibre in the hulless 



variety. 



Hulless Oats. Banner Oats. 



Moisture 10.S4 12.74 



Protein 15-89 11.22 



Fat 5.00 4-82 



Carbohydrates 63.^8 58-84 



Fibre •-• 2-32 9.47 



Ash 2-27 2.91 



100-00 - 100.00 



Molasses, Ijahoralory No. 14660. — This is a by-product from the refining of can© 

 BUgar and imported from Louisiana, U.S.A. Cane molasses differs chiefly from beet 

 root molasses in its lower ash content and in being more palatable. 



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