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1971-Ji. From be collection of the Atchison, Topoka and Snnta Fe" Rail road. Crown 

 in Kansas. 



B ABLET. 



1978. Distributed by the Department. 1884. Imperial. 



The analyses are as follows : 



Miscellaneous ao///.sr.s, 1884-'8">. 



Kernel 70.6 per cent. 



t Hulls 29.45 per cent. 



It is unnecessary to call particular attention to these analyses. The 

 New Zealand wheat was a selected exhibition sample, very large and 

 heavy, and of rather a soft character. It is rather poor in ash and oil, 

 and quite rich in albuminoids. 



The specimens from California and Dakota sustain the usual reputa- 

 tion of the grain from those States. 



The samples of corn vary very little in composition for the different 

 localities. The only exception which it is of interest to observe is in 

 the case of the plump and shriveled grains grown in the District of 

 Columbia from seed produced in Kansas. While not varying at all 

 among themselves in composition, the plump and shriveled grains have 

 departed quite remarkably from the composition of the parent seed from 

 Kansas. Among the remaining specimens the usual narrow limits of 

 variation in this cereal are seen. Even Minnesota, which produces a 

 wheat rich in nitrogen, does not excel in its corn in this respect. 



The analyses of oats show no peculiarities ; the sample from New 



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