WHEAT FEEDS. 



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WHEAT FEEDS. 



The average composition of wheat flour, middlings, shorts, and 

 bran as given by Jenkins and Winton a is as follows : 



TABLE 13. Average percentage composition of wheat jlour, middlings, shorts, and bran. 



[Compiled.] 



The average composition of middlings and bran from winter and 

 spring wheat sold in Connecticut 5 in 1905 is as follows: 



TABLE 14. Average percentage composition of middlings and bran. 

 [Compiled.] 



The samples of Red Dog examined (Table 15) are evidently true to 

 name, and, as we would expect in a low grade of flour, contain a larger 

 amount of protein than would appear in a high-grade flour. 



All of the samples except No. 1847 contain about the quantity of 

 crude fiber that would be expected. In No. 1847 the fiber is high, but 

 the high starch content, together with the microscopic examination, 

 shows that this is not due to an excess of hulls. 



The samples of middlings examined all contain a quantity of pro- 

 tein agreeing well with the average. The tendency to high contents 

 of ash, crude fiber, and pentosans, and to a low content of starch in 

 samples Nos. 1834 and 1937 would indicate that they more closely 

 resembled bran than middlings as regards a number of their con- 

 stituents. 



All samples of bran examined appear to be unadulterated and to 

 correspond quite closely to the average composition for bran as given 

 in Table 13-. 



Loc. cit. 



b Report of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1905, Part III. 



