656 MAIZE 



CHAP. The horny starch from each half will then, usually, remain 



XIIL in one piece; this is then carefully scraped to remove all 

 adhering particles of white starch or horny gluten, the scrapings 

 being carefully saved and added to the waste material. 



By this method of separation eight different products are 

 obtained, one of these being the waste material made up of 

 particles from the different parts of the endosperm. 



The above notes are taken from Hopkins (3), and the 

 present writer has followed him in employing the term 

 "starch" in a technical or commercial sense, and not as the 

 name of a definite chemical compound. 



610. Relative Proportions of the Parts of the Grain. — The 

 relative proportions of the parts of the grain, as obtained by 

 averaging three analyses compiled from Hopkins's tables, 

 are : — 



Table XCVI. 

 RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF THE PARTS OF MAIZE GRAIN. 



611. Chemical Composition of the Physical Parts of the 

 Grain. — The New Jersey Station has obtained the following 

 results of analyses of the three primary parts of the maize- 

 grain : — 



