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BULLETIN 839. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
STRAIGHT FLOURS MILLED FROM SOFT """HEATS. 
Seventeen straight flours reported to have been milled from soft 
wheats were examined. The commercial grades ranged from 90 
to 100 per cent. Table 23 gives the results of this examination. 
Table 23. — Results of examination of straight flours milled from soft wheats. 
Sample No. 
Commer- 
cial 
grade. 
Bleached. 
Bran 
parti- 
cles. 
Hairs. 
Total. 
11096-K 
"Per cent 
straight. ■' 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
95* 
W 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
No 
52 
41 
56 
92 
S9 
50 
111 
119 
55 
109 
153 
93 
97 
109 
52 
34 
92 
10 
31 
38 
5S 
25 
60 
70 
54 
27 
71 
SI 
40 
22 
34 
39 
34 
33 
92 
11097-K 
72 
U --K 
94 
15125-K-BB 
Yes.. 
150 
15126-K-DUD.. .. 
Yes . . 
us 
17166-T _Q ; 
110 
15125-K-FF 
Yes . . 
181 
15125- K-JJ 
Xo . 
173 
17188 -L-X 
Xo 
52 
1512.5- K-Y 
Yes... 
150 
15125- K-00 . . 
Yes.. 
234 
15126-K- KAX 
Yes 
133 
17136-Ii-Z. . 
Yes 
119 
17165-L-AA 
Yes.. . 
143 
17176-Ir-W. . . 
Xo 
91 
17185-L-H 
Xo 
68 
17186-L-C 
Xo 
130 
The bran particle count varied from 34 to 153, with an average of 
82, and the hair count varied from 22 to SI. with an average of 45. 
The total offal count ranged from 68 to 234. with an average of 127. 
STRAIGHT FLOURS MILLED FROM BLENDED WHEATS. 
Eighteen samples of flour stated to have been milled from blends 
of hard and soft wheats were examined for their offal content, as in 
the case of the hard and soft types. The commercial grade desig- 
nations varied from 90 to 100 per cent. The results of the exam- 
ination are given in Table 24. 
Table 24. — Results of examination of straight flours milled from blended wheats. 
Sample No. 
Commer- 
cial 
grade. 
Bleached. 
Bran 
parti- 
cles. 
Hairs. 
Total. 
110S7-K 
"Per cent 
straight.'' 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
96 
97 
97* 
&i 
97* 
97-1 
96* 
98 
100 
(T) 
Xo 
50 
51 
50 
1S3 
21 
52 
11 
55 
9S 
42 
43 
'. 
73 
83 
33 
38 
8 
26 
go 
28 
IS 
33 
40 
31 
3S 
47 
3} 
2S 
29 
26 
37 
45 
47 
5S 
37 
76 
110s8-K 
Lightly 
Heavily 
No..... 
Yes 
73 
11059-K.... 
73 
17118-Ii-J 
201 
17173-Ir-V 
57 
11096-K 
No..: 
Lightly 
92 
U097-K. . . . 
72 
U09S-K 
Heavily 
Yes...'. 
94 
1712-''- L-X 
137 
17121-L-SS 
Xo 
Xo 
Lightly 
128 
11090-K 
70 
11091-K 
72 
11092-K 
17117-L-DD 
Heavily 
Yes.. 
78 
110 
1711.5-L-E 
17173-I/-W 
Xo 
Xo 
Xo 
Xo 
128 
80 
15195-K-A 
17128-L-Z 
146 
121 
