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Results from different Soils and Mills, but from the same Variety and 

 Weight per Bushel. 



Weight per 



Variety. 



Mill. 



Potato 



Scotch Birlie 



Siberian 



... Echt ... 

 Denwell 

 Tipperty 



... Echt ... 

 Denwell 

 Cairnbulg 



... Echt ... 

 Denwell 

 Tipperty 

 Cairnbulg 



Bushel. 

 Lb. 

 43 

 43i 

 43 

 42f 

 43 

 43* 

 44? 

 45 

 44 

 45 



Meal. 



Per cent. 

 56-0 

 61 *9 

 62*5 



58-3 

 62*2 

 59'8 

 60 • 1 

 60 • 1 

 62*2 

 6i-6 



Through the kindness of Mr. James Hogarth, miller, Kirk- 

 caldy, we have been supplied with the results of two trial 

 grists made recently with oats weighing respectively 42 lb. and 

 44 lb. per bushel. Ten quarters of each were milled, and, 

 neglecting details, it appears that the 42 lb. oats gave 56*6 

 per cent, of meal, and the 44 lb. sample 55 -8 per cent. ; but 

 the difference can be accounted for as the heavier oats contained 

 1 J per cent, more moisture than the lighter. Moisture so 

 frequently accounts for extra weight in oats that bushel weight 

 before the grain is kiln-dried is an uncertain guide to milling 

 power. 



What is the Effect of Soil on Milling Property ? — It is well 

 known that millers have a preference for oats from certain 

 soils, and even from particular farms. Two of the trials 

 throw some light on this preference. Tipperty is on a stiff 

 boulder clay not far from the sea ; Echt is on a light gravelly 

 drift soil about twelve miles inland. 





Tipperty Boulder 



Echt Gravelly 





Clay. 



Drift. 





Per cent, of MeaJ. 



Per cent, of Mea 



Siberian 



62 • 2 



60 • 1 



Thousand Dollar 



62-8 



59'5 



Waverley 



6i'3 



6cr 1 



Scotch Birlie ... 



... ... 62*5 



58-3 



Wide Awake ... 



58-3 



57-i 



Potato ... ... 



62-5 



56-5 



Newmarket 



59*5 



6cr 1 



Banner ... 



58-3 



59*8 



Average 



60 • 9 



58-9 



