50 AGRICaLTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



9. WHEAT MEAL. 



[From a mill in Amherst, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, . 



Nitrogen ia organic matter (17 cents per 



Crude ash, 



Magnesium oxide, .... 



Calcium oxide, 



Potassium oxide (4J cents per pound) 

 Sodium oxide, ..... 

 Phosplioric acid (6 cents per pound), 



"Valuation per 2,000 lbs., . 



pound), 



Per cent. 



9.83 

 2.21 

 1.22 

 0.05 

 0.17 

 0.54 

 1.06 

 JD.57 



$8 65 



10. WHEAT MIDDLINGS 

 [From a mill in Amherst, Mass.] 



Jlloisture at 100° C, . . . . 



Nitrogen in organic matter (17 cents per pound), 



Crude ash, 



Magnesium oxide, .... 

 Potassium oxide (1^ cents per pound). 

 Calcium oxide, ..... 



Sodium oxide, 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents per pound). 



Per cent. 



9.18 

 2.63 

 2.30 

 0.21 

 0.63 

 0.20 

 0.11 

 0.95 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs $10 63 



11, 12. WHEAT BRAN. 

 [From a mill in Amherst, Mass.] 



Moisture at 100° C, 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents per pound). 



Magnesium oxide, 



Sodium oxide, 



Potassium oxide (4 J cents per pound), . 

 Nitrogen in organic matter (17 cents per pound). 

 Insoluble matter, 



Valuation per 2,000 lbs., 



The above analyses refer to the quality of bran fed of late 

 at the Station. 



