BARLEY. 



337 



phoric acid, 10 lbs. of sulphuric acid, 6 lbs. of mag- 

 nesia, 18 lbs. of potash, and 1 J lbs. of soda, romoved 

 from each acre. 



912. The composition of barley is about — 



Organic matter 

 Inorganic matter 

 Water 



Grain. 



825 



25 



150 



1000 



913. The proportion of the proximate elements of 

 barley, according to the experiments of Hermbstadt, 

 is — 



Barley. 

 Starch . 

 Gluten . 

 Albumen 

 Sugar 

 Gum 

 Fixed oil 



Soluble phosphates 

 Husk . 

 Water . 



1000 JOOO 



914. In the process of malting barley (412, 69^, 

 a large quantity of starch, which the grain naturally 

 contains, is converted into sugar and gum. The fol- 

 lowing analyses by Prout show the relative propor- 

 tions of these substances which he found in the raw 

 and in the malted grain. By Hordein, is meant a 

 peculiar kind of starch, which exists together with 

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