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Or for the two seasons : 



Average -composition of Colorado wheats for the two seasons, 1881-'82. 

 Number of varieties analyzed 45 



Weight of 100 grains grams. . 4. 682 



Water per cent . . 9. 57 



Ash do.... 2.21 



Oil do 2.38 



Carbh ydrates do 70. 91 



Crude fiber do * 1. 62 



Albuminoids do 13. 31 



100. 00 



Nitrogen '. do 2. 13 



Specimens of the crop of 1883 have been examined, and the average 

 for that year obtained. 



Average composition of Colorado wheat, crop of 1883. 

 Number of varieties aualvzed 57 



Weight of 100 grains grams.. 3.941 



Water per cent. . 9. 38 



Ash do.... 2.09 



Undetermined do.... 76.79 



Albuminoids do . . . . 11. 74 



100. 00 



Nitrogen do 1. 88 



It is plain that there has been a very marked falling off in albumi- 

 noids. Twenty-eight of the fifty-seven varieties examined this year were 

 also among the specimens of 1881. The averages for the two years of 

 the same varieties show in the same way changes such as were seen in 

 the average of all. 



Average composition of twenty-seven Colorado wheats in 1881 and in 1833. 



1881. 1883. 



I 



Weight of 100 grains grama . 



Water per cen t . 



Ash do... 



Undetermined do... 



Albuminoids do . . . 



4. 947 4. 197 



9.83 9.15 



2.23 i 2.00 



74. 52 76. 66 



13.42 12.19 



I 100. 00 ] 100. 00 

 Nitrogen do \ 2.15 j 1.95 



