WHEATS AND FLOURS OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY. 



171 



MILLING E;xpERIM-B;nT NO. J. 



At Houlton. Northwestern grown No. 2 wheat imported by 

 E. Merritt & Sons in 1902. The wheat used in the experiment 

 weighed 804 pounds. The results of the milling 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 HOCJLTON, MAINE, FROM MILLING ONE HUN- 

 DRED POUNDS OK NORTHWESTEKN GROWN NUMBER TWO WHEAT 

 AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF NITROGEN THEREIN. 





Wheat aisd its Milling Products. 



Distribution of 

 Nitrogen. 



Kind. 



By weight. By per cent. 



6627 

 6628 

 6629 



6630 

 6631 



Wheat 



Patent flour 



Second grade flour 

 Total flour 



Middlings 



Bran 



Total offals... 



Total products 



Pounds. 



100.0 



54.1 



14.3 



68.4 



11.2 

 30 4 

 31.6 



Pounds. 



2.29 



1. 10 



.33 



1.43 



.34 

 .54 



2.31 



Per cent. 



100.0 



47.6 



14.3 



61.9 



14.7 

 23.4 

 38.1 



100.0 



COMPOSITION OF NORTHWESTERN GROWN NUMBER TWO WHEAT AND 

 MILLING PRODUCTS OBTAINED AT HOULTON, MAINE, CALCULATED 

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

 BASIS. 



2S 



At. 



Wheat and its Milling 

 Products. 

















t- 











>o 



















S 







.Q 





<s 



c 





« 



4) 



p 







^ 





^ 











7. 



Ph 



^ 







CSS 



o3 a i_^ 

 23 o ft 



6627 

 662f- 

 6629 

 663U 

 6631 



6627 

 6628 

 6629 

 6630 

 6631 



In fresh substance. 



Wheat 



Patent flour 



Second grade flour 



Shorts 



Bran 



Per 



cent. 

 11.39 

 12.13 

 12.14 

 10.22 

 8.31 



In dry matter. 



Wheat 



Patent flour 



Second grade flour . . . 



Shorts 



Bran 



Per 



cent. 

 2.29 

 2.05 

 2.35 

 3.05 

 2.6' 



2.58 

 2.33 

 2.68 

 3.40 

 2.91 



Per 



cent. 

 13.05 

 11.69 

 13.40 

 17.39 

 15.22 



14.73 



13.30 



15.25 



19.3 



16.60 



Per 



Per 



cent. 



cent. 



2.32 



2.35 



1.12 



.18 



2.30 



.48 



5.72 



4.79 



4.48 



8.4S 



2.62 



2.65 



1.27 



.20 



2 62 



.5.T 



6.37 



5.34 



4. 89 



9.25 



Per 



cent. 



68.91 

 74.52 

 70.48 

 57.72 

 58.00 



77.77 

 84.82 

 80.22 

 64.29 

 63.25 



Per 



cent. 

 1.98 

 .36 

 1.20 

 4.16 

 5.51 



2.23 

 .41 

 1.36 

 4.63 

 6.01 



Calo- 

 ries. 

 3.82a 

 3. 812 

 3.831 

 4.112 

 4.109 



4.315 

 4.339 

 4.360 

 4.580 

 4.482 



