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MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I903. 



MILLING EXPERIMENT NO. 4. 



At Houlton. White Russian wheat that has been strewn in 

 Aroostook county for many years. The wheat used in this 

 experinient weighed 840 pounds. The result of the milh'njy 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 OHTAIN'KD AT HOULTON, MAINE FROM MILLING ONK IIUN- 

 DRKD POUNDS OF MAINK GROWN WHITE RUSSIAN WHEAT AND THE 

 DISTRIBUTION OF NITROGEN THEREIN. 



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Wheat and its Milling Products. 



Distribution of 

 Nitrogen. 



Rind. 



6H12 

 6613 

 6614 



6615 

 6616 



Wheat 



Patent flour 



Second grade flour 

 Total flour. .. . 



Middlings .... 



Bran 



Total offals 



Total products 



Amount. 



I'ounds. 

 100.0 

 54.0 

 16.2 

 70.2 



12.6 

 17.2 

 29.8 



By weight. By per cent. 



Pounds. 



J. 85 

 .82 

 .29 



1.11 



.34 

 .40 

 .74 



1.85 



Per cent. 

 100.0 

 44.3 

 15.7 

 60.0 



18.4 

 21.'!? 

 40.0 



100.0 



COMPOSITION OF MAINE GROWN WHITE RUSSIAN WHEAT AND MILL 

 ING PRODUCTS OBTAINED AT HOULTON, MAINE, CALCULATED TO 

 WATER CONTENT AT TIME OF MILLING AND TO WATER-FREE BASIS. 























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Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Calo- 





In fresh substance. 



cent. 



cent. 



cent. 



cent. 



cent. 



cent. 



cent. 



ries. 



6612 



Wheat 



11. S2 



1.85 



10.54 



2.18 



1.92 



71.90 



1.64 



3.852 



6613 



Patent flour 



14.84 



1..51 



.".61 



.79 



.24 



75.2(1 



.32 



3.660 



6614 



Second grade flour 



15.20 



1.77 



10.09 



.63 



.39 



72.98 



.71 



3.639 



6615 



Shorts 



10.79 



2.65 



15.10 



5.. 59 



5.00 



60.07 



3.45 



4.149 



6616 



Bran 



In dry matter. 



11.38 



2.31 



13.17 



3.92 



8.23 



58.22 



5.08 



4.015 



6612 



Wheat 





2.10 



11.95 



2.47 



2.1b 



81 54 



1.86 



4.368 



6fil.H 



Patent flour 





1.77 



10.11 



.93 



.28 



88.30 



.38 



4.298 



6614 







2.09 



11.90 



.74 



.46 



86.06 



.84 



4.291 



6615 



Shorts 





2.97 

 2.61 



16.93 

 14.86 



6.27 

 4.42 



5.60 

 9.29 



67.. 33 

 65.70 



3.87 

 5.73 



4.651 



6616 







4.531 











