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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Dec. 



Comparison of Brans from Different States. 



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41 



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3 



Protein, per cent. 



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Fat, per cent. 



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Winter Wheat: 



Pennsylvania 



New England States, lS'JS-9, 



Spring Wheat: 



Pennsylvania 



New Kngland, 1S98-9 



All Varieties: 



I'ennsylvania, 



New England, 1S9S-9 



New York, 1&98-9 



4.26 

 4.4 



4.63 

 4.9 



4.4S 



4.7 



4.79 



In general, the range of composition found in the Pennsylvania 

 samples is not greater than was found to occur in New York during 

 the first year of the operation of the food control law' enacted by 

 the latter State; but the brans sold in New England, where exami- 

 nations of the cattle foods have been made for a longer period, 

 show a quite distinct superiority in average composition. 



Determinations of fiber were made in a number of instances 

 where the proportion of protein fell below 14.5 per cent. The per- 

 centages of this constituent found in such cases vary from 7.90 to 

 12.62, quantities very similar to those obtained by Connecticut* in 

 recent bran analyses. 



The number of brans that were distinctly indicated to be spring 

 and winter wheat brans respectively', is too small to afford a basie 

 for comparison. A larger number of analyses reported sometime 

 since by the Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment 

 Station,! exhibit a superiority in protein content for average spring 

 bran exceeding that shown by the New England averages above indi- 

 cated. 



•B. 130, pp. 22-5. 



t Bulletin 48. December. 1S99. 



