22 BULLETIN 839, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



STRAIGHT FLOURS MILLED FROM SOFT WHEATS. 



Seventeen straight flours reported to have been milled from soft 

 wheats were examined. The commercial grades ranged from 90 

 to 100 per cent. Table 23 gives the results of this examination. 



Table 23.— Results of examination of straight flours milled frorn soft wheats. 



Sample No. 



Commer- 

 cial 



grade. 



Bleached. 



Bran 

 parti- 

 cles. 



Hairs. 



Total. 



11096-K 



"Per cent 

 straight." 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 954 

 954 

 97 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



No 



52 

 41 

 56 

 92 

 89 

 50 

 111 

 119 

 55 

 109 

 153 

 93 

 97 

 109 

 52 

 34 

 92 



to 



31 

 38 

 58 

 26 

 60 

 70 

 54 

 27 

 71 

 81 

 40 

 22 

 34 

 39 

 34 

 38 



92 



11097-K 





72 



11098-K 





94 



15125-K-BB 





150 



15126-K-D L'D 



Yes . . . 



115 



17166-L-Q 



Yes 



110 



15125-K-FF .... 



Yes.. 



181 



15125- K-J.T 



No 



173 



17188-L-X 



No 



82 



15125- K-Y 



Yes 



180 



15125- K-OO 



Yes... . 



234 



15126- K-AA A 



Yes.. . 



133 



17136-L-Z 



Yes 



119 



17165-L-A A 





143 



17176-L-W 



No.. 



91 



17185-L-H 



No 



68 



17186- L-C. . 



No . 



130 









The bran particle count varied from 34 to 153, with an average of 

 82, and the hair count varied from 22 to 81, with an average of 45. 

 The total offal count ranged from 68 to 234. with an average of 127. 



STRAIGHT FLOURS MILLED FROM BLENDED WHEATS. 



Eighteen samples of flour stated to have been milled from blends 

 of hard and soft wheats were examined for their offal content, as in 

 the case of the hard and soft types. The commercial grade desig- 

 nations varied from 90 to 100 per cent. The results of the exam- 

 ination are given in Table 24. 



Table 24. — Results of examination of straight flours milled from blended wheats. 



Sample No. 



Commer- 

 cial 



grade. 



Bleached. 



Bran 

 parti- 

 cles. 



Hairs. 



Total. 



110S7-K 



110S8-K 



110S9-K 



17118-L-J... 

 17173-L-V.. 



11096-K 



11097-K 



11098-K 



17120-L-N. . 

 17121-L-SS.. 



11090- K 



11091-K 



11092-K 



17117-L-DD 

 17115-L-E.. 

 17173-L-W . 

 15195- K-A.. 

 17128-L-Z.. 



"Per cent 

 straight." 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 66 

 97 

 97J 

 97§ 

 974 

 97| 

 96A 

 98 

 100 

 (?) 



No 



Lightly. 

 Heavily 



No 



Yes.... 



No 



Lightly. 

 Heavily 

 Yes.... 



No 



No 



Lightly. 

 Heavily 

 Yes.. . 



No 



No 



No 



No 



50 

 51 

 50 

 183 

 21 

 52 

 11 

 56 

 90 

 93 

 42 

 43 

 52 

 73 

 83 

 33 

 88 

 86 



76 

 73 



78 



201 



57 



92 

 72 

 94 

 137 

 128 

 70 

 72 

 73 

 110 

 128 

 80 

 146 

 123 



