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EYPEKIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL WORK 



Table I. — Composition of naked barley from Cyprus. 



I Naked 



barlev 



Moisture 



Total nitrogenous substances 



True prottins 



Other nit. subs. . . . 



Fat 



Carbohydrates 



Fibre 



Ash 



Albuminoid ratio 



Food units 



Per cent 

 10.4 



1I.5 

 10.3 

 1.2 

 1.9 

 72.4 

 1.8 

 2.0 



I : 6.7 

 106 



English 

 barley 



Per cent 



149 

 8.0 



1-5 

 68.5 



4-5 

 2.6 



: 9.0 

 92 



Azof barley 



Per cent 

 12.9 

 12.3 



2.5 



65.1 



4-4 



2.8 



I :5-7 

 102 



Table II. — Composition of tepary beans, of Voandzeia suhterranea beans 

 and of the residual meal from water-melon seeds. 



Moisture . 



Total nitrogenous substances 



True proteins 



Other nit. sub 



Fat 



Carbohydrates 



Fibre 



Ash 



Albuminoid ratio 



Food units 



Per cent 

 12.0 

 23.6 

 20.6 



3-0 

 1.8 



57-^ 

 2.7 

 3-2 



1 : 2.9 

 119 



Per cent 



9.5 



18.3 



17-5 



I.O 



0.5 



26.9 



41-9 

 2.9 



I : 1.5 



74 



to 0.0025) ; i^^ subsequent crops this high content was considerably reduc- 

 ed though it still remained above that of the imported beans. It would 

 appear from the results obtained that the prussic acid content is affected 

 by the weather conditions, but not, on the other hand, by the nature of the 

 soil on which the crop is grown. The Californian Lima beans yielded seed 

 smaller than the original sample and containing 0.0045 per cent of prussic 



