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percentage of protein wa- ll. s '. with :i variation of from 10.13 to 

 1 Lit I per cent : .VJ of the>e -ample- contained over 11. ." per cent, while 

 only 1-J had le than 11 per cent of protein. The -ample containing 

 the lowe>t percentage (10.1-". i wa- from Wi>con>in, whereas the sample 

 with the highot percentage (11. '.Mi wa- irrown ' m Montana. The 

 following i- a comparative average >f the nitrogen results ohtained 

 b the Bureau of ('henii>tr and b \Yahl: 



-nits on II,' /(///'.- ml nf thm kinil* of 



in,l mult. 



l'i:..| IN rnXTKXT ol liARl I ^ . 



The following tahle -hou- the MN.-IMI;.- ;iliiniilil of |.rtein found 

 in thr hai'ley- from -r\M-al Sial--. beginning with tin- lo\\e>t percent 

 ol prt-in : 



!' K , ,,!'!>/' \, ' ,,f lii'h | * <l l,n >/./ 



It i- thu- seen that the North Central States or States of the 

 upper Mi issippi Valley produce harley- who>e protein content i> 

 on an average le>- than 1-J per cent. If it l>e a unied. as is done in 

 Kurope, that a low-nitrogen barley i- l>e>t for brewing, then the-e 

 State- produce a better quality of barley for this purpose than those 

 grown in Kun>a>. New York, or South Dakota. On the other hand, 

 i he latter States should produce a more nutritious and therefore 

 a hetter feeding barley and one better -uited for the production of 

 denatured alcohol. Clifford Richardson, in 1886, found that the 

 Dakota barley \\a- the richest in protein. The average of his results 

 on '.<> >ample> of thi- cereal is 1-j.l per cent, very little higher than 

 the average of 11.86 per cent here reported. 



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