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than 3,000,000 tons, barring the quantity which may be 

 exported. 



334. Composition of milling products of wheat. — It 

 is a fact worthy of special comment that because of 

 a somewhat irrational standard of excellence for bread, 

 certain parts of the wheat kernel best adapted to the 

 nourishment of young and growing anima,ls are separated 

 with great care to be used by the brute life of the farm 

 rather than by the farmer and his family. A comparison 

 of the composition of the whole wheat kernel, white 

 floiu", and the various parts of the offal emphasizes this 

 point. The figures given are taken from the results of 

 an investigation by Snyder, of Minnesota, in which he 

 compared the composition of different grades of wheat 

 with that of the floiu- and products obtained from them: 



The greater richness of ~ the coatings of the kernel 

 in mineral matter, protein, fiber, and oil is made plaia 

 by this comparison. There is four times as large a per- 

 centage of mineral matter and of oil in the whole wheat 

 as in the flour, nearly one-third more protein and con- 

 siderably less starch. On the other hand, the bran is not 

 less than ten times richer in mineral compoimds and oil 



