ANALYSES OF THE OAT. 



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Percentage of water, dry matter and ash in the kernels. 

 100 grs. of kernels yielded of 



Water 9-412 



Dry kernels 90-588 



Ash 5-242 



Ash calculated dry --..... 2-475 



Organic matter calculated dry •-.... 97-525 



Kernels. 

 100 grs. of kernels gave of 



Starch 



Albumen - . - . 



Casein or avenine - - - 

 Dextrine, or gum and mucilage 



Oil 



Gluten 



Sugar and extractive matter 



Epidermis and pilose 



Water 



102-582 



100-000 



289-06 grs. gave of 



Palese or husk 

 Kernels 



2. Middle acre. 



89-06 

 200-00 



Percentage, 



30-810 

 69-190 



196-40 grs. kernels yielded of 



Fine white flour - - - - 114-000 58-045 



Bran (about as it is obtained at the mills) 82*400 41-955 



Flour. 

 100 grs. of the flour gave of 



Starch 82-70 



Epidermis, gluten, oil and pilose, mostly pilose - - 2-28 



Percentage of ash in pilose 3-289. This gave no Co^, a large percentage of silicic acid, 

 a small quantity of phosphates, lime and magnesia, and a mere trace of Soj. 



Casein - - - - 2-16 



Dextrine or gum - - - - - - - 1'68 



Water 10-40 



The sugar, extractive matter, oil, gluten and albumen were not quantitatively obtained 

 (very small, mostly in bran). 



