The Chemical Composition of Green Sprouted Oats 



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Experiment No. 2. 



A second experiment was undertaken in glass dishes as it 

 was thought that possibly some leaching might take place in 

 the wooden trays which were provided with .drainage, it being 

 impossible in practice not to add an excess of water and be sure 

 that enough had been added to wet all the oats. Four covered 

 glass crystalizing dishes were used for the purpose. Two hun- 

 dred grams of oats were put in each dish and treated as nearly 

 as possible the same as those sprouted in the trays but only 

 enough water was added to keep the oats moist. At the labora- 

 tory temperatures the sprouting did not go on as . rapidly as it 

 did in the sprouting closet and about 3 days were allowed 

 between each sprouting. In the fourth sprouting the tops were 

 about 3 to 4 inches high, about the size that they are ordinarily 

 fed. The results are given in the following tables. 



This Table Shoivs the Composition of Oats and Sprouted 0,ats 



Sprouted in Glass Dishes, Calculated to Water 



Free Basis. 



Oats 



First sprouting, 3 

 Second sprouting, 6 days 

 Third sprouting, 8 days 

 Fourth sprouting, 11 days 



3.90 

 3.27 

 3.50 

 3.67 

 3.80 



Protein 



11.67 

 12.52 



8.73 



8.04 



11.95 11.12 

 12.86 10.90 

 13.66 12.33 



2.-2 



percent per cent percent 



69.43 

 69.83 

 67.03 

 66.30 

 64.58 



ok 



CO O a 



per cent 



6.27 

 6.34 

 6.40 

 6.27 

 5.63 



percent percent 



57.0 

 54.8 

 43.5 

 42.2 

 31.9 



45.7 

 43.7 

 41.1 

 34.5 



24.4 



per cent 



3.19 

 3.66 

 7.64 

 7.95 

 13.1 



This Table Shows the Amount of Dry Matter and Nutrients in 



the Oats and Sprouted Oats at Different Stages of 



Growth in Glass Dishes. 







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rotein 





itrogen 



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xtract 



<a 



tarch 



cid 



Lrength 



03 





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grams 



grams 



grams 



grams 



grams 



grams 



grams 



grams 



Oats 



180 



7 02 



21 00 



15 7 



125 3 



11 28 



102.6 

 91.7 



5 72 



First sprouting 



166.9 



5.45 



20.9 



13.4 



116.6 



10.58 



6.11 



Second sprouting 



170.0 



5.98 



20.3 



18.9 



114.0 



10.88 



73.96 



12.99 



Third sprouting 



154.2 



5.65 



19.83 



16.81 



102.2 



9.66 



65.1 



12.26 



Fourth sprouting 



151.9 



5.69 



19.75 



18.48 



97.45 



8.44 



47.85 



19.62 



