On Malting. 93 



Contents in one Gallon. In one Pint. 



Cubic inches. Cubic inches* 



Carbonic acid gas - 7-9 0*9875 



Sulphuretted hydrogen gas ir 1-375 



18-9 2-3625 



[To be continued.] 



XVII. On Malting. By John Caur, Esq. 



[Continued from p. 50.] 



Weight of Malt. 



OEVERAL erroneous opinions are delivered in the evidence 

 given before the committee respecting the goodness of 

 malt being determined by its weight. Abstractedly con- 

 sidered, weight indeed does not afford any certain data 

 for estimating the worth of malt, because bad malt may be 

 either heavier or lighter than that which is good. If the ve- 

 getation of the grain has been imperfect, or not carried suf- 

 ficiently far, the product will be part malt and part barley, 

 and of course heavier than good malt : but if on the other 

 hand the vegetation has been carried too far, too much of 

 the substance, and of course weight, of the grain will have 

 been driven out, and the malt will be light in proportion as 

 the injuring cause has been allowed to operate : in this way 

 malt may be rendered light and unproductive to any extent 

 at the discretion of the maltster. 



But notwithstanding all this, in every instance where the 

 grain has been perfectly malted, weight is the only certain 

 standard now known for determining the value of malt; and 

 this is now so well understood in the markets, that it is not 

 unusual for the buyer of malt to be provided with a pair of 

 hcales and a small measure, and to govern his opinion of 

 the price by the weight which his measure of the sample 

 yields. In all malt, therefore, which has been perfectly 

 malted, there can ■}:)e no question of the heaviest being ihc 



best, 



