DISCUSSION OF KK.sri/rs. 



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of the-e two cla-.-e^ of barley on -teepillr jv. however. <jllite different. 



The Meely and half-Meely grains of the low-protein barley ?% are 

 changed diirinir thi> pro<-<-- to ;i L r reatcr decree than are tho-e of hiijfh 

 protein content. Thi> fact i> more definitely brought out by compar- 

 ing the -ample- of hi^h and low protein content after -teepin^. For 

 example. -_M -ample- with more than l-J/J.") per rent of protein irave 

 a cneilieient of iiu-aline of T8.8, while l.'i -ample> with le-^ than 11 

 pel- .-nit of protein irave a mealine-- coeflicient of ^7.8. 



The -aine -ample- I.efore -teepin^ eontainetl 17 per cent ^teely and 

 ID pel- cent mealy, with a coi-tlii-ieiit of inealine-> of (H.7. and II per 

 eent -teelv. and I'J per cent mealy, with '1.1 coefficient of mcaline->. 

 re-pect ively. Tln-' I'e-ult- -how that permanent -tei-ly irrain- an- 

 i icher in pi-otein. ami if not carefully malted they t'urni-h ^teely malt 

 and -inker-. The hi^h-protein hai'ley uinleruent a -J I percent modi- 

 tication n -ie.-|:nL r . while the lo\\ protein larley> \\ere moditieil to 

 the .-\lrnt of 85 pel- cent . I h,- e-tunatiuii of the coellicieiit d' meali- 

 [fl important only when made after Mcepm^. A- tin- hiirh-protein 

 liarley- contain a larirer p<-n-,-nta^e of -teely Lfrain- and have a lower 

 < o.-tlicient of iiu-aliiM' than the lou protein harley^, it follow^ that 

 -ie,-l\ -rain- contain less extract than do mealy OD6& Thi- i- -hown 

 in t he fol h \\ in^ t alle : 



"ir inn-it it* <mpared a* tt /// ./M///r-/ ,! // mi. 



I rn v\ n i'i i: . i \i "i Ml *M 01 UNI MII R >i BBPINO, 



MORK THV\ ::. 1'KK CKNT 



MK.V1.Y :i.VlXS AKTKK STKKriNC. 



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