14 BULLETIN 839, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 11. — Results of examination of middlings stocks — Continued. 
Sample No. 
Type of wheat. 
Bolting cloth. 
Bran 
particles 
Hairs. 
Total. 
15196-K-G.. 
17144-L-N.. 
17190-L-M... 
17125-L-BB . 
17128-L-Q... 
17173-L-Q... 
17173-L-R.. 
17133-L-W.. 
17165-L-I..., 
15196-K-F. 
17144-L-0. 
17190-L-N. 
17128-L-R. 
17159-L-M. 
17133-L-X. 
17165-L-J., 
17167-L-L. 
17190-L-O. 
I7173-L-S. 
17165-L-K. 
17167-L-S. 
SIXTH MIDDLINGS STOCK. 
Hard 
....do 
....do 
Hard and soft. 
....do 
....do 
....do 
Soft 
....do 
llxx, 12xx, 13xx, 14xx. 
llx, 12x, 13xx 
llxx, 12xx 
(?) 
(?) 
(?) 
(?) 
(?) 
12xx 
SEVENTH MEDDLINGS STOCK. 
Hard 12xx, 13xx, 14xx. 
do. 
do 
Hard and soft. 
....do 
Soft 
....do 
....do 
12x, 13x. 
13xx, 14xx. 
(?) 
&::::::: 
12xx, 13xx. 
(?) 
EIGHTH MIDDLINGS STOCK. 
Hard 
Hard and soft. 
Soft •-... 
Soft. 
13xx, 14xx . 
(?) 
13xx, 14xx. 
NINTH MIDDLINGS STOCK. 
(?) 
26 
24 
139 
87 
70 
41 
22 
140 
60 
16 
36 
119 
63 
104 
194 
143 
45 
137 
51 
264 
92 
25 
56 
25 
172 
102 
107 
107 
57 
158 
78 
25 
40 
162 
89 
182 
210 
166 
160 
103 
117 
The average results obtained on the middlings stocks examined 
have been summarized in Table 12. 
Table 12. — Summary of results of examination of middlings stocks. 
Average. 
Bran 
particles, 
Hairs. 
Total. 
First middlings.... 
Second middlings- 
Third middlings .. . 
Fourth middlings . . 
Fifth middlings 
Sixth middlings . . . 
Seventh middlings . 
Eighth middlings. . 
Ninth middlings... 
24 
29 
21 
41 
46 
65 
90 
150 
92 
51 
64 
91 
116 
187 
117 
The results in Table 12 clearly demonstrate that the middlings 
stocks are much cleaner than stocks obtained from the break rolls. 
The first five middlings stocks average low in the total offal count, 
while the stocks from the sixth to ninth middlings, inclusive, average 
appreciably higher. In other words, the more thorough the purifi- 
cation process, the lower will be the offal count. 
For the purpose of showing the offal count on the stocks which pass 
into some so-called patent flours, three different sets of mill streams 
