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Average physical properties of oats. 



Oats having the husk (pallets and at times glumes) adherent is neces- 

 sarily lighter than wheat in weight per hundred grains. The heaviest 

 is from the Pacific slope, and the South ranks next, owing, as has been 

 said, to its large size. In weight per bushel, however, the fluffy husk 

 of the Southern grain makes it the lowest in the country, while the 

 Pacific slope retains the highest weight per bushel, as also size and 

 weight per 100, showing it to have a plump, well-filled grain. 



The average for the country, 37.2 pounds, appears rather high in com- 

 parison with the most common legal weight, 32 pounds, but, as in the 

 case of wheat, the determinations have been proved correct for the 

 specimens examined, and are not mere estimates. The samples are, too, 

 apparently lair averages, as the figures giving percentages of clean 

 grain in the specimens as received show that no particular pains was 

 taken to prepare them for exhibition before reaching us. The range 



