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Milling Properties of Oats. 



[august, 



Birlie were the only varieties that showed much inconsistency 

 as between one mill and another, and it will be noticed that 

 Potato is the worst miller. 



Percentage of Meal 

 (average of five tests). 



Old strains — 



Scotch Birlie 60 'o 



Potato 59*6 



Average ... ... ... ... ... 59'8 



Cross breds — 



Waverley " ". 60 '2 



Newmarket... ... .... ... ... ... 59 '8 



Average ... ... ... ... ... 6o*o 



Importations — 



Siberian ... ... ... ... ... ... 60*7 



Thousand Dollar 60-3 



Wide Awake 60 *o 



Banner ... ... ... ... ... ... 59*7 



Average ... ... ... ... ... 6o*i 



The differences are very small, but they do not justify 

 the reputation of the standard oats as superior millers. 



In 1906 a more complete test, under the most careful super- 

 vision, did nothing to enhance the reputation of Potato. 

 Seed of Thousand Dollar, Potato and Banner was obtained 

 from one farm in Inverness-shire, and sown at Berrymoss, in 

 Aberdeenshire, and Cowfords, in Morayshire. Four quarters 

 of dressed grain of each variety were ground at Berrymoss 

 and 5 qrs. at Cowfords. 



Variety. , 



Per- 

 centage 



of 

 Water. 



Percentage of 

 Husk in 



Percentage 

 of Dust in 



Percentage 

 of Meal 

 Seeds in 



Percentage of 

 Oatmeal in 



Raw 

 Grain. 



Dried 

 •Grain. 



Raw 

 Grain. 



Dried 

 Grain. 



Raw 

 Grain. 



Dried 

 Grain. 



Raw 

 Grain. 



Dried 

 Grain. 



Berrymoss — 





















Thousand Dollar . . . 



I8-82 



13-61 



16-68 



4- 9 8 



6*05 



3-05 



3-76 



59-52 



73-33 



Potato 



19-50 



14*06 



17-47 



5*57 



6'93 



2-82 



3-5I 



58-03 



72-09 



Banner 



18-53 



14-80 



17-99 



5-73 



7-03 



3'27 



4-02 



57-81 



70-96 



Cowfords — 





















Thousand Dollar ... 



10-71 



13-69 



i5'33 



4-17 



4-66 



2'95 



3'33 



68-51 



76-66 



Potato 



11-90 



I2'79 



I4-53 



3^7 



4'39 



3-27 



3-7i 



68-21 



77-36 



Banner 



13-69 



13-69 



15-80 



476 



5-53 



4-17 



4-83 



63-69 



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Judging from these trials, the assumption that Potato and 

 Sandy are considerably and invariably better millers than the 

 newer varieties is seen to be erroneous. The weight of evidence 



