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MISCELLANEOUS ENQUIRIES 



finally after drying and screening ; these samples being sent to 

 Rothamsted for analysis. 



The results are summarised in the following table, which 

 shows for each sample the changes during the various stages, 

 as calculated back to 100 parts in the original material. 



TABLE XCII. Loss of Constituents at certain Stages, and at the conclusion 

 of the Malting Process. Proportion to 100 "before Steeping. 



For example, dealing with sample No. 1, we see that 100 

 parts of grain yielded 79 parts of malt and 2*2 of malt dust, a 

 loss of weight of nearly 19 per cent. This loss was, however, 

 largely water, for the next row of figures shows that of 100 

 parts of dry matter in the original material 91*8 were recovered 

 in the malt and malt dust. During steeping 0'4 per cent, of dry 

 matter was lost, consisting of mineral matter (largely dirt 

 washed off the grain), a little nitrogenous matter, and the ready- 

 formed sugar in the barley. During the process of growing on 

 the floor something over 4 per cent, of dry matter is lost ; the 

 table, for instance, shows a fall from 99 '6 parts of the original 

 dry matter to 95 '9 parts, by the eighth day. This loss is due to 

 the respiration process accompanying growth, and represents 



