Qd " On Malting. 



place where I have been, except giving the thick slsinned 

 corn a fVw hours more of time in the cistern, no further at- 

 tention is paid as to treating ihciri differently from others. 



It has long been a pretty generally received opinion 

 amongst farmers and other:^, that barleys grown on heavy 

 lands contain a larger proportion of earthy matter than those 

 produced from light lands j but from the chemical analysis 

 of both kinds it has been found that there is no truth in this 

 opinion, and that the proportion of calcareous an^ other 

 earths is the same in light as in heavy land barley, -atid that 

 the real difference between the two lies merely in the husk : 

 all therefore that we are authorised tq conclude on the sub- 

 ject is, that in equal weights or measures, the coarser skin- 

 ried grain contains a large proportion of waste, and on that 

 account only is less proper for the purpose of malting. 



There is another distinction of barleys which the agetits 

 of the watering party have advanced in support of their case, 

 and that is, that though the large fine barleys of Hertford- 

 shire and in the southern parts of the kingdom are malted 

 without waterina; upon the floors, yet that the inferior corn 

 more northwards does require and cannot be maUed without 

 sprinkling: now I am well convinced the case is directly 

 contrary to their statement. It is a well-known fact that the 

 thinner, lighter, and more inferior the barleys are, the more' 

 api me they to run themselves out in a too quick vegetation; 

 and haviiiii of ihemselvcs but little substance, ihe less of it 

 can be parted with in the process of malting; whereas the 

 large fi le plump barleys of Hertfordshire both require more 

 water to malt them, and could much better admit a portion 

 of their substance to be wasted in the process ; and such 

 barlevs actually having a less aptitude to run out in vegeta- 

 linir, they would require and would stand watering much 

 better than the others : the conclusion therefore is just, and 

 the fact really is, that as the finest barleys in the kingdom 

 are actually best malted by not being watered on the floors, 

 so the inferior kinds would be benefited in a higher propor- 

 tion by being resiricted to. the same process, for which they 

 are naturally better adapted. 



Frauds 



