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NOTES ON ANALYSES OF MAIZE. 



In regard to the more important constituents, the chief variations 

 noted in the domestic products are as follows : In regard to moisture, 

 both the largest and smallest content were found in samples from Indi- 

 ana. In regard to the size and weight of the kernels, the finest sample 

 was from Kentucky, in which each grain weighed nearly half a gram. 

 The smallest reported was a Wisconsin sample, but this being one of 

 pop corn could not be compared with the others. The next smallest 

 sample was from. Indiana, 100 kernels weighing only 33.045 grams. 



In albuminoids Kentucky furnished the sample having the largest 

 quantity and Indiana the smallest. A sample from Kentucky contained 

 the highest percentage of oil and one from Indiana the lowest. The 

 extreme variations in other constituents can be seen from the table below. 



Of the foreign exhibits, the sample containing the heaviest and 

 largest kernels was from New South Wales, and the one containing 

 the smallest and lightest from Bulgaria. In moisture the Bulgarian 

 sample occupied first pos ition and one from New South Wales the last 

 A sample from the Argentine Republic contained the largest percent- 

 age of albuminoids and one from Xew South Wales the smallest. A 

 sample from New South Wales had the highest and one from Bulgaria 

 the lowest content of oil. Following is the table of comparisons of 

 maxima, minima, and means of the samples analyzed from the Colum- 

 bian Exhibition. 



Table of maxima, minima, and means. 



