102 RErORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Xumber. 



Original 

 moisture. 



Gain or 

 loss. 



Second 

 day. 





9. 48 

 7. 80 

 7.85 

 7.97 

 13. G9 



+ .05 



+2.15 

 +2.30 

 +2.15 

 —3. 28 



10.13 

 9. 95 

 10.15 

 10.12 

 10.41 





2110 



2117 







The first day's exposure was sufficient, therefore, to equalize the moist- 

 ure in all the flours, and following them through the succeeding weeks, 

 they all appear to be susceptible to the changes in condition of moist- 

 ure in about the same degree. 



A specimen of the whole grain exposed beside the flour proved itself 

 not as susceptible as the finer material, but nevertheless responded to 

 a certain degree to the daily changes in humidity. A tabulation of the 

 results follow: 



