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78 having 200 kilograms per hectare, 16 were below medium. Nitrogenous 

 manures are not, accordingly, to be considered advisable on barley. 



As to the relation of percentage of albuminoids, weight per bushel, 

 and consistency to the quality of the grain, Dr. Maercker remarks : 



For a long time the author has busied himself with the question whether the amount 

 of albuminoids stood in any relation to the value of barley, and in many cases this 

 question could be answered that with few exceptions a barley rich in albuminoids is 

 of poor quality, while a low content of albuminoids in general was an expression of 

 high quality. It is, of course, understood that exterior conditions, rain, moisture, &c., 

 can injure their value and make the barleys of low albuminoids of less worth than 

 others richer in nitrogen. In proof of this, the decisions of the judges and the testi- 

 mony of the laboratory furnish all that is desired. 



The albuminoids in the crop as given in the previous table were over 

 1 per cent, higher than in the seed, and the quality was adjudged corre- 

 spondingly poorer, and the specimen considered to be the worst was found 

 to have increased 2.08 per cent, over the seed. Comparing the decision 

 of the judges with the percentages of albuminoids the following coinci- 

 dence was found : 



From these figures it cannot be denied "that high content of albumi- 

 noids appears to be incompatible with high quality." 



To the weight the judges paid little attention. The determinations 

 showed no relation between quality and weight. 



Weight per hectoliter in kilograms* of the seed was as follows: 



And of the crops in the mean : 



The weight of the crop is on the average less than the seed ; but be- 

 tween the different varieties there is no difference in the mean weight, 

 despite the fact that there is a difference in quality. 



* Kilogram per hectoliter x .77.52 = pounds per bushel. 



