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it  was  found  to  have  absorbed  about  5 per  cent,  more  moisture, 
and  then  had  the  following  composition  : — 
Composition  of  Malt. 
Moisture 9 '35 
Oil ..  1-97 
* Albuminous  compounds  (flesli-forming  matters)  ..  11  -37 
Sugar  13 '85 
Dextrine,  starch,  and  digestible  fibre 54 ’42 
Woody  fibre  (cellulose) 5'53 
■(■Mineral  matters  (ash)  3 • 51 
100-00 
* Containing  nitrogen  1-82 
t Including  sand  and  silica  1-45 
The  malt,  it  will  be  seen,  contained  a considerable  proportion 
of  sugar  and  a little  more  nitrogen  than  the  barley  from  which 
it  was  made. 
An  average  sample  of  malt-dust  (malt  coombs)  had  the 
following  composition  : — 
Moisture 10-51 
Oil *77 
•Albuminous  compounds  (flesh- forming  matters) ..  24-41 
Dextrine,  sugar,  starch,  and  digestible  fibre . . . . 47'19 
Woody  fibre  (cellulose) 10-28 
Mineral  matters  (ash)  6-84 
100-00 
* Containing  nitrogen  3 • 88 
It  will  be  seen  that  malt-dust  was  very  rich  in  nitrogenous 
organic  matters,  and  also  much  richer  in  mineral  matters  than 
either  malt  or  barley.  The  ash  of  malt-dust,  moreover,  contains 
a good  deal  of  phosphoric  acid,  for  in  the  6'84  per  cent,  of  the 
ash  which  the  malt-dust  furnished,  on  analysis  1 found  1-74  per 
cent,  of  phosphoric  acid.  For  these  reasons  the  malt-dust  was 
given  together  with  the  malt  in  the  feeding  experiments  on  sheep 
w-ith  malt  and  barley. 
With  regard  to  the  loss  which  barley  sustains  in  the  process 
of  malting,  I would  observe  that  the  loss  is  chiefly  due  to  the 
expulsion  of  moisture  in  kiln-drying  the  malt. 
Barley  on  an  average  contains  from  16  to  18  per  cent,  of 
moisture,  and  malt  taken  fresh  from  the  kiln  only  about  4£  per 
cent.  Roughly  speaking,  100  lbs.  of  barley,  containing  18  per 
cent,  of  moisture,  may  be  assumed  to  make  from  75-7 7 £ lbs.  of 
malt,  containing  4£  per  cent,  of  moisture  and  about  lbs.  of 
kiln-dust,  or  the  loss  in  weight  on  an  average  amounts  to 
about  20  per  cent.  Of  this  loss  in  weight,  I find,  however,  only 
