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buiuinoids. Actual analysis of the mixed remainder from the individ- 

 ual analyses of the hulls furnished the following results: 



The small number from the West contained rather more albuminoids 

 than the average results for that part of the country, but for the other 

 sections there is a close agreement. In these samples, oil was deter- 

 mined and found to be extremely small in amount, following the per- 

 centage of albuminoid}-, the largest amount of both of these constituents 

 being in the Western hulls, and there seems to be a more or less intimate 

 connection between them. 



Of all the cereals this is the richest in oil and albuminoids, the aver- 

 age for the former being 8.14 per cent, and for the latter 14.31 ; of course 

 diminished relatively in the grain as fed, the average composition of 

 which would probably be, as calculated from the average for each por- 

 tion 



An average of 20 analyses of oats in the husk given by Brewer and 

 153 given by Koeuig are given as follows for comparison: 



