IMPORTANCE AND CHARACTER OF MILLED RICE IMPORTED. 7 



Table III. — Results of chemical analyses of rice imported into the United States com- 

 pared with the analyses of patent flour from hard spring wheat, hard winter wheat, and 

 soft winter wheat, and with the analyses of "table grits" and unbolted meal made from, 

 ichite corn. 



Type and description of 



Mois- 

 ture. 



Ash. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Calculated to a moisture-free 

 basis. 



sample. 



Ash. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Tapan: 



P.ct. 

 11.52 



12.21 

 11.81 



11.80 



12.06 



11.81 



11.97 

 11.80 



12.33 



P.ct. 

 1.22 



1.31 

 .79 



.55 



.55 



.38 



.74 

 .40 



.89 



P. ct. 

 1.92 



.43 



.29 



.13 



.20 

 .21 



.IS 

 .17 



.25 



P.ct. 

 6.75 



6.14 

 7.38 



6.59 



8.06 



7.06 



S.06 

 7.75 



7.19 



P.ct. 

 1.10 



.41 



.37 



.36 

 .40 

 .40 



.46 

 .40 



.41 



P.ct. 

 1.38 



1.49 

 .90 



.63 



.62 



.43 



.84 

 .45 



1.02 



P.ct. 

 2.17 



.49 

 .33 



.15 



.23 



.24 



.20 

 .19 



.29 



P.ct. 

 7.63 



6.99 



8.37 



7.47 

 9.17 

 S.01 



9.16 

 8.79 



8.20 



P.ct. 



1.24 



Coated with talc or some 



siliceous mineral 



Glutinous, lmcoated 



Grown in Italy; heavily 



.47 

 .42 



.40 



Chinese: 



.46 



Siam: 



.45 



Patna: 



Coated with glucose and 

 talc or some siliceous 



.51 



Java: 



.45 



B&ssein: 



Coated with glucose and 

 talc or some siliceous 



.47 









Hard spring wheat, patent 

 flour ' 













.55 



.52 



.70 

 .62 

 1.49 



1.34 



1.15 



1.54 

 1.47 

 4.61 



14.30 



11.57 



10.38 

 9.38 

 9.58 





Hard winter wheat, patent 





- 











Soft winter wheat, patent 

 flour 3 



























































1 North Dakota Experiment Station Bulletin No. 89. 1910. 



- Kansas Experiment Station Bulletin No. 202. 1915. 



s Department of Agriculture. Chemical Division Bulletin No. 1. 1883. 



4 United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 215. 1915. 



The ash, ether extract, and crude fiber of the "brown" or partly 

 milled Japan rice are very high as compared with the same con- 

 stituents in other types of rice and other subdivisions of the Japan 

 type. This indicates that in the ordinary method of milling rice, 

 where practically all of the bran coat is removed, the percentage of 

 these constituents is materially decreased. 



The Japan rice marked "coated with talc," which has a very 

 powdery surface, is shown on analysis to yield 1.49 per cent of ash. 

 This is an exceedingly large ash content for milled rice, as shown 

 when it i- compared with that of uncoated milled rice of the same 

 type grown in the United States, the ash content of which is only 

 0.51 per cent. The glutinous Japan rice, which does not seem to be 

 milled as deeply as the other milled rices, contains a relatively large 

 quantity of ash and also shows a relatively high percentage of pro- 

 tein. Of the other rice type, it is shown that as a rule the addition 

 of a coating materia] increases the ash content bu1 1ms Little effect 

 upon ilic amounts of other constituents. 



