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CASE No. 196. Harvest-home figures made of wheat ears 

 113. known in Cornwall and West Devon as Keen-babies or Corn- 

 babies. On the bottom shelf observe native Indian hand mill 

 for grinding wheat, and a model of a native flour mill from the 

 Punjab. 



CASE No. 197. Series of products obtained in the process of 

 jl^ milling wheat. In grinding wheat two distinct products 

 known as Floor and Bran are produced, the first a fine white 

 powder, the second a coarse husky substance. Both flour and 

 bran are, however, of several degrees of fineness, such as fine 

 flour, seconds, bran, pollard, and sharps. These several mill 

 products are obtained by a system of screening. Fine wheat 

 flour is poorer than Seconds flour in bone-forming and flesh- 

 forming matters, but it contains more starch. 



Note series of wheats from different localities in India. 



No. 198. Flour buried by Captain Beechey, E.N., in 

 1826 at Chamisso Island, Kotzebue Sound, for the use of 

 Sir John Franklin, and when dug up by Captain Kellet, R.N., 

 in 1849, found to be perfectly good. 



Observe specimens of wheat starch prepared for finishing 

 lace, silk, or cotton. 



No. 199. Various sorts of Maccaroni and Vermicelli 

 prepared from fine wheat flour in Italy and Sicily. 



Observe sample of wheat attacked by the disease known as 

 Mildew, a microscopic fungus {Puccinia graminis, Pers.), 

 widely distributed over the world, on grasses, and especially on 

 cereals. 



No. 200. Copy of an etching from a painting by Berghem 

 drawn with the Smut op Wheat {Ustilago segetum, Bittm.). 



Note samples of paper pulp, and finished papers made from 

 straw. 



CASE This Case is devoted entirely to illustrations of wlioat straw 

 115. used for plaiting, together with examples of plait and articles 

 made from it. 



In the upper division note Tuscan straws of various qualities 

 from Florence, the produce of Triticum sativum, var. cBstivum, 

 also bleached straw ready for sizing, and assorted straws ready 

 for splitting. 



No. 201. Straw Hat as used in Noithern Portugal, and 

 basket used by the peasantry about Pavia. 



