28 
BULLETIN 839, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 
The bran particle count varied from 169 to 353, with an average 
of 273. The hair count ranged from 88 to 335, with an average of 
182. The total offal count varied from 263 to 654, with an average 
of 456. 
LOW-GRADE FLOURS MILLED FROM SOFT WHEATS. 
The eight samples of low-grade flour milled from soft wheats ranged 
from 2 to 10 per cent, with bleaching being practiced in some instances 
and not in others. Table 34 gives the results of this examination. 
Table 34. — Results of examination of low-grade flours milled from soft wheats. 
Sample No. 
Commer- 
cialgrade. 
Bleached. 
Bran par- 
ticles. 
Hairs. 
Total. 
17136-L-Y 
"Percent 
low- 
grade.'" 
(?) 
(?) 
2 
3 
4| 
4i 
6 
10 
(?) 
202 
143 
309 
238 
402 
390 
307 
331 
27 
257 
145 
261 
219 
139 
124 
80 
229 
17185-L-G 
No 
400 
17176-L-X 
No... 
454 
17188-L-W 
No 
499 
15123-K-Z 
Yes 
621 
15126-K-CCC 
No 
529 
17178-L-BBS 
No 
431 
17165-L-Y . .... 
Yes .. 
411 
The bran particle count varied from 143 to 402, with an average 
of 302. The hair count ranged from 27 to 261, with an average of 
140. The total offal count varied from 229 to 621, with an average of 
446. 
LOW-GRADE FLOURS MILLED FROM BLENDED WHEATS. 
Eight samples of flour stated to have been milled from blended 
wheats ranged in commercial grades from 1} to 10 per cent, only one 
sample of the number being represented as having been bleached. 
The results of the examination are shown in Table 35. 
Table 35. — Results of examination of low-grade flours milled from blended wheats. 
Sample No. 
Commer- 
cial grade. 
Bleached. 
Bran par- 
ticles. 
Hairs. 
Total. 
17123-L-EE 
"Percent 
low- 
grade." 
(?) 
(?) 
u 
3| 
4" 
5 
10 
10 
No 
394 
100 
211 
357 
397 
237 
281 
262 
59 
61 
76 
141 
183 
94 
131 
132 
453 
17128-L-T 
No 
161 
17117-L-Y 
No 
287 
17115- L-F . 
(?) 
498 
17120-L-J 
580 
17171-L-D. 
No 
331 
1 71 72- L- A A 
412 
17179- L-AAA 
No 
394 
The bran particle count had limitations of from 100 to 397, with 
an average of 279. The hair count varied from 59 to 183, with an 
average of 109. The total offal count ranged from 161 to 580. with 
an average count of 389. 
