SULPHUR BLEACHING OF COMMERCIAL OATS AND BARLEY. 13 



SUMMARY. 



(1) Oats and barley of inferior quality and condition may be made 

 to resemble that of a better quality by bleaching. 



(2) A profit is derived not onh^ from changing the appearance of 

 the grain but also by increasing the original weight by the addition 

 of moisture. 



(3) Because of the fungi being partially destroA^ed by the bleaching 

 it is probable that bleached oats will carry a higher moisture content 

 than unbleached oats with less danofer of deterioration. 



(4) The vitality of oats and barley is impaired b}^ bleaching and a 

 heavy bleaching is especially harmful. 



(5) Preliminary feeding experiments with both bleached and natural 

 oats showed that horses ate one as readily as the other. 



Approved: 



Ja3ies Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



Washington, I). C, Dcceinher 10^ 1910. 



[Cir. 74] 



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