46 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



there Avere used in the distilleries of the United States dur- 

 ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900 : — 



Bushels com, 16,277,034 



Bushels rye, 4,070,8fil 



Bushels malt, 2,721,124 



Bushels wheat, 27,225 



Bushels oats, ■ . . 15,414 



Bushels barley, 1.328 



Bushels mill feed and other materials, . . . 1,276 



Bushels grain of 60 pounds, .... 23,114,262 



At present the annual output of distillers' dried grains in 

 this country is less than 40,000 tons ; but, if all the distillery 

 slop were dried by perfect machinery, the country would 

 produce about 170,000 tons yearly. The output of single 

 distilleries varies from ll/o to 40 tons per day. Alcohol and 

 spirits grains are produced in the largest establishments, 

 which are generally operated throughout the year. Bourbon 

 and rye whiskey grains are produced in smaller distilleries, 

 rarely turning out more than 5 tons per day, and they are 

 in operation only between November and July. 



Where Distillers' Grains are consumed. — Very few grains 

 have been thus far used in the United States, they being 

 mostly exported and consumed in Germany. Statistics of 

 the quantity exported have been lacking until recently, 

 because of the classification employed. The export of dis- 

 tillers' dried grains, brewers' dried grains and malt sprouts, 

 from July 1 to Oct. 31, 1900, was 22,347 tons, or about 

 5,600 tons per month. How much of this is distillers' dried 

 grains is a trifle uncertain. It is estimated that the exports 

 from July to October consisted of about 50 per cent, brewers' 

 dried grains, 35 per cent, distillers' dried grains and 15 per 

 cent, malt sprouts ; that from January 1 to June 30 distillers' 

 grains will predominate, and that the total export of the 

 latter will amount to about 28,000 tons during the present 

 fiscal year.* 



* For the larger part of the above information we are indebted to the J. W. Biles 

 Company, Cincinnati, 0. 



