WHIJATS AND FLOURS OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY. 



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MILLING fxpe:rim:e;i!JT no. 3. 

 At Hoiilton. Fife wheat grown in Maine in 190 1, the pro- 

 geny of seed brought from the Northwest in 1896. The wheat 

 used in the experiment weighed 1619 pounds. The results of 

 the mining test, calculated for 100 pounds of wheat, and the 

 analyses of the wheat and the milling products, are given in the 

 tables which follow. 



PRODUCTS OBTAINED AT HOULTON, MAINE, FROM MILLING ONE HUN 

 DRED POUNDS OF MAINE GROWN FIFE WHEAT AND THE DISTRIBU 

 TION OF NITROGEN THEREIN. 





Wheat and Its Products. 



Distribution of 

 Nitrogen. 



AmouQt. 



By weight. By per cent. 



6607 



6608 

 6609 



6610 

 6611 



Wheat 



Patent flour 



Second grade flour 



Total flour 



Middlings 



Bran 



Total offals.... 



Total products 



Pounds. 



100 

 55.8 

 15.0 



70.8 



15.4 

 13.8 

 29.2 



100.0 



Pounds. 



1.87 

 .86 

 .28 



l.U 



.39 

 .29 

 .68 



1.82 



Per cent. 



100.0 

 47.2 

 15.4 

 62.6 



21.4 

 16.0 

 37.4 



100. 



COMPOSITION OF MAINE GROWN FIFE WHEAT AND MILLING PRODUCTS 

 OBTAINED AT HOULTON, CALCULATED TO WATER CONTENT AT TIME 

 OF MILLING AND TO THE WATER-FREE BASIS. 























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ries. 



6607 



Wheat 



11.48 



1.87 



10.66 



2.34 



1.96 



71.64 



1.92 



3.886 



HfiOS 



Patent flour 



13.62 



1.53 



8.72 



1.09 



.16 



75.97 



.44 



3.723 



6609 



Second grade flour ... 



12.70 



1.83 



10.43 



2.15 



.37 



73.30 



1.05 



3.824 



6610 



Shorts 



10.10 



2.49 



14.20 



5.71 



4.86 



61.19 



3.94 



4.118 



6611 



Bran.. 



Ita Dry Matter. 



10.27 



2.11 



12.03 



4.72 



9.37 



57.64 



5.97 



4.041 



6607 



Wheat 





2.11 



12.04 



2.64 



2.21 



80.94 



2.17 



4.390 



fifiOS 



Patent floar 





1.77 



10.10 



1.26 



.19 



87.94 



.51 



4.310 



6609 



Second grade flour 





2.10 



11.95 



2.46 



.42 



83.97 



1.20 



4.380 



661(1 



Shorts 





2.77 



15.80 



6.35 



5.41 



68.06 



4.38 



4.581 



6611 







2.35 



13.41 



5.26 



10.44 



64.24 



6.65 



4.504 











