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The results which have been quoted, while showing that the standard 

 to be reached if possible is a large mealy grain with not more than 8 per 

 cent, of albuminoids as described by Maercker, seem to prove rather 

 conclusively that little barely of this quality is produced on the Conti- 

 nent or elsewhere. The best ranges in the neighborhood of 9.5 per cent, 

 and from 10 to 11 is a fair average. 



The sixty samples from all parts of the United States and twelve 

 from Canada, collected for the present investigation, will, when exam- 

 ined in connection with the previous results at home and abroad, give 

 us a reasonable basis for deciding as to our shortcomings and peculi- 

 arities. 



AMERICAN BARLEY. 



The samples of American barley have been collected through our 

 agents from those parts of the country where it is a crop of prominence. 

 They represent fairly well the production of the United States. The 

 largest number of analyses are not for the largest areas of production- 

 New York, Wisconsin, and California, which raise more than half the 

 crop but they are scattered through all the States where any amount 

 of barley is grown. In considering the average features of the crop as 

 it is found in market, regard must be had especially for the figures for 

 Canada and the three States named, although the California barley never 

 reaches our Eastern markets. 



The other cereals have been analyzed free from any hulls or chaff. 

 It would have been of interest for comparison to have been able to sep- 

 arate the barleys in the same way. Owing to the close adherence this 

 is very difficult, but in a few cases it was attempted and the analyses 

 of these specimens are given, together with a few of the naked 

 varieties. 



The sources of the barleys are described in the following tables. 



