CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MAIZE GRAIN 671 



it would not be practicable to recover it ; only that — or a por- chap. 

 tion of that — which is contained in the germ, is available to ' 

 the manufacturer. Multiplying 4-67 per cent by 82 per cent 

 we obtain 3 - 8 per cent, which is the amount of oil contained 

 in the embryo. 



For convenience of reference the writer has worked out the 

 several percentages from Hopkins's (3) tables of analyses of 

 low protein, medium protein, and high protein ears. These 

 are given in Table CXV, following : — 



