AMERICAN WHEAT AND CORN. 



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1288. Gold Dust. 



Pennsylvania; crop of 1879 ; yellow wheat. 

 2001. No. 1, Hard spring. 



Minnesota; crop of 1883; hard red spring, from C. A. Pillsbury & Co.'s mill. 

 2111. No. 1, Hard spring. 



Dakota ; crop of 1883. 

 5114. Flour from No. 1. 



Hard spring ; Pillsbury " A," best. 



Ash analyses of wheats and flours. 



The percentage composition of the several ashes include extremely 

 slight variations. The ash of soft wheat contains a little less potash and 

 lime and more magnesia than the ash of the red wheat grown on the 

 same soil, but the variations are too slight for consideration and the 

 composition is quite like the ash of foreign wheat for which Wolff gives 

 the following average : 



Winter 

 wheat. 



Spring 

 wheat. 



Insoluble 

 P 2 5 



MgO 

 CaO 



SOs ........... 



1 ............. 



Fe 2 3 ......... 



Undetermined 



! Percent. 

 . 2.11 



. ! 46. 98 

 31.16 

 11.97 

 3.34 

 2.25 

 .37 

 .22 

 1.31 

 .29 



Total 



Total ash. 



Per cent. 



1.64 



48.63 



29.99 



12.09 



2.93 



1.93 



1.52 



.48 



.51 



.28 



100. 00 

 1.97 



100. 00 



