22 BULLETIN 839, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
STRAIGHT FLOURS MILLED FROM SOFT WHEATS. 
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 Xo. 
Commer- 
cial 
grade. 
Bleached. 
Bran 
parti- 
cles. 
Hairs. 
Total. 
11096-K 
"Per cent 
straight." 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
95* 
9% 
97 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
Xo 
52 
41 
56 
92 
89 
50 
111 
119 
55 
109 
153 
93 
97 
109 
52 
34 
92 
:o 
31 
38 
58 
26 
60 
70 
54 
27 
71 
81 
40 
22 
34 
39 
34 
33 
92 
11097-K 
72 
11098-K 
94 
15125- K-B B 
Yes 
150 
15126-K-DL>D 
Yes 
115 
17166-L-Q 
Yes 
110 
15125- K-FF .... 
181 
15125-K-JJ 
Xo .. 
173 
171SS-L-X 
Xo 
82 
15125-K-Y 
Yes 
180 
15125- K-OO . . 
234 
15126-K- AAV 
133 
17136-L-Z 
119 
17165-L-A \ 
Yes 
143 
17176-L-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 81, 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 icheats. 
Sample Xo. 
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* 
97* 
m 
97| 
96* 
98 
100 
(?) 
Xo 
50 
51 
50 
183 
21 
52 
41 
56 
90 
98 
42 
43 
52 
73 
S3 
33 
88 
S6 
26 
22 
28 
18 
36 
40 
31 
38 
47 
30 
28 
29 
26 
37 
45 
47 
5S 
37 
76 
11088-K 
Lightlv 
73 
11089-K 
Heavily 
78 
17118-L-J. 
Xo 
201 
17173 L-V 
57 
11096-K 
Xo 
92 
11097 K.... 
Lightlv 
72 
11098-K 
Heavily 
94 
17120-L-X . 
Yes...'. 
137 
17121-L-SS 
11090-K 
Xo 
Xo 
Lightly 
Heavily 
Yes..,.' 
Xo 
Xo... 
Xo 
Xo 
128 
70 
11091-K 
72 
11092-K 
78 
17117-L-DD 
110 
17115-L-E 
128 
17173-L-W 
80 
15195-K-A 
17128-L-Z.. . 
146 
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