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Water-free Material (Per Cent.). 



* (a) and (6) grown in same year on same plot. 



t (c) and ((7) grown in different years. 



X Flint varieties, average forty analyses, .Jenkins' and Wiuton's tables. 



As is to be expected, the different samples of millet vary 

 somewhat in composition, depending upon the stage of 

 growth, weather conditions, fertility of land and possible 

 errors in sampling. The natural tendency is for the fibre 

 to increase as the plant approaches maturity. 



Of the total crude protein in sample (d) (6.77 per cent.), 

 6.02 per cent, was found to exist as true albuminoids and 

 .75 per cent, in the form of ainids. The aniids thus repre- 

 sented 12.46 per cent, and the albuminoids 87.54 per cent, 

 of the matter calculated as crude protein. This is what 

 might be expected in immature material of this character. 

 The same sample showed 22.46 per cent, of pentosans, rep- 

 resenting about one-half of the non-nitrogenous extract mat- 

 ter. It is quite prol)a])le, however, that a small quantity of 

 the total pentosans still remained in the crude fibre and 

 could not be counted as extract. 



When the analysis of the millet is compared with that of 

 corn fodder, on the basis of dry matter, one striking differ- 

 •ence is noted, namely, that the fibre is much in excess in the 



