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Jenkins and Winton,* from which the figures 
in the foregoing table, representing averages, 
are given. ‘These represent per cents in fresh 
or air-dry material. 
Mr. Clifford Richardson, as Assistant Chemist 
of the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, made aspecial study of the chemical com- 
position of American cereals.y As based upon 
over 200 analyses of corn from different parts 
of America, he says: “Corn may be said, there- 
fore, without doubt, to be very constant in its 
composition within narrow limits.” The fol- 
lowing figures are taken from Richardson’s re- 
port, the average results of 202 analyses made 
in 1852 and 1883, showing per cent in the grain 
of the substances specified: 
[STEN Sogn Sitters ee ee en 1.55 per cent. 
ἈΠ ΠΡ ΝῊ ΤΟΣ Δ τ a5) ars are Goi «si ae xO Bhs oa be 10.39 per cent. 
PE ONCE 8s 9 2 apt at ees, ay aise τὰς Ὡς anos 1.66 per cent. 
Composition of mill products.—The com- 
position of the mill products of Indian corn is 
shown in the following figures, which are aver- 
ages taken from Jenkins’ and Winton’s tables, 
previously referred to: 
* A Compilation of Analyses of American Feeding Stuffs, 
by E. H. Jenkins, Ph. D., and A. L. Winton, Ph. B., United 
States Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Sta- 
tions. Experiment Station Bulletin No, 11, 1892, p. 155. 
7 An Investigation of the Composition of American Wheat 
and Corn, by Ciifford Richardson, Department of Agricul- 
ture, Chemical Division. Bulletin No. 1, p. 69; Bulletin No. 
4, p. 98; Bulletin No. 9, p. 82. Washington, 1883, 1884, 1886. 
