THE OIL CONTENT OF FLAXSEED 15 
Table 10. — Influence of field-damaged seed upon the oil content of flaxseed 
Crop year 
1920 1 
Number of samples. 
Average percentage of oil 
Maximum percentage of oil 
Minimum percentage of oil 
Range in oil content 
19211 
Number of samples 
Average percentage of oil 
Maximum percentage of oil 
Minimum percentage of oil 
Range in oil content 
1922 1 
Number of samples 
Average percentage of oil 
Maximum percentage of oil 
Minimum percentage of oil 
Range in oil content 
1923 1 
Number of samples 
Average percentage of oil 
Maximum percentage of oil 
Minimum percentage of oil 
Range in oil content 
1924 1 
Number of samples 
Average percentage of oil 
Maximum percentage of oil 
Minimum percentage of oil 
Range in oil content 
AVERAGE OF ALL CROP YEARS 
Number of samples 
Average percentage of oil 
Maximum percentage of oil 
Minimum percentage of oil 
Range in oil content 
Percentage of damaged seeds 
Oto 
0.99 
58 
40.40 
43.05 
38.22 
4.83 
39.86 
43.30 
35. 37 
7.93 
40.53 
43.25 
36.42 
94 
40.97 
44.22 
38.01 
6.21 
41.16 
44.44 
36.83 
7.61 
365 
40.58 
43.65 
36.97 
lto 
2.99 
45 
40.00 
42.26 
37.77 
4.49 
74 
39.16 
42.30 
37.52 
4.78 
39.86 
42.36 
36.07 
6.29 
140 
40.71 
44.33 
36.55 
7.78 
95 
41.05 
44.48 
38.30 
6.18 
440 
40.15 
43. 14 
37.24 
5.90 
3 to 
47 
40.14 
42.43 
38.27 
4.16 
131 
40.30 
42.71 
38.02 
40.63 
43.11 
37.18 
5.93 
41.52 
43.65 
39.39 
4.26 
133 
41.10 
44.26 
35.23 
9.03 
496 
40.92 
43.23 
37.62 
5.61 
7 to 
10 
40.17 
41.88 
37.86 
4.02 
71 
40.52 
10 to 
14.99 
42. 89 1 
36.30 
6.59 
20 
40.48 
42.42 
37.61 
4.81 
37 
41.35 
43.84 
38.27 
5.57 
12 
41.67 
43.13 
39.49 
3.64 
150 
40.83 
42.83 
37.90 
4.93 
40.90 
41.56 
1.87 
53 
40.34 
43.04 
37.00 
6.04 
17 
40.66 
42.47 
37.78 
4.69 
29 
41.76 
43.68 
38.55 
5.13 
41.15 
43.82 
39.80 
4.02 
114 
40.96 
42.91 
38.50 
4.41 
15 to 
24.99 
3 
39.84 
40. 14 
39.69 
.45 
48 
40.35 
42.88 
40.30 
41.96 
37.64 
4.32 
30 
41.34 
43.61 
37.73 
5.88 
4 
41.12 
41.52 
40.32 
1.20 
92 
40.63 
42.02 
38.39 
3.63 
25 to 
34.99 
1 
31.12 
31.12 
31.12 

17 
40. 73 
43.11 
38.55 
4.56 
2 
40.04 
41.09 
39.00 
2.09 
5 
42.23 
42.62 
42.03 
.59 
1 
39.38 
39.38 
39.38 

26 
38.70 
39.46 
38.01 
1.45 
35 to 
49.99 
50 to 
74.99 
26 
39. 88 40. 02 
42. 51 41. 81 
35. 99 39. 40 
6. 52 2. 41 
1 
42.96 
42.96 
42.96 

27 
41.42 
42.73 
39.47 
3.26 
2 
40. 78 
42.03 
39.53 
2.50 
40.40 
44.92 
39.47 
5.45 
75 to 
100 
4 
39.56 
40.19 
38.90 
1.29 
2 
42.17 
42.97 
41.38 
1.59 
40.87 
41.58 
40.14 
1.44 
1 Crop year begins Sept. 1. 
It is believed, however, that a fairer representation of the rela- 
tionship between damaged condition and oil content would obtain 
if, instead of basing conclusions on the law of averages, comparisons 
were made of the oil content of sound and damaged kernels from 
within the same sample. Acting on this assumption, separations 
were made and studied with samples containing varying quantities 
and kinds of damaged kernels, samples containing varying degrees 
of field damage, and samples containing damage caused by fire, by 
water, and by heat from fermentation. 
The various separations were made by hand and ground in a mor- 
tar with sand to a condition suitable for extraction. In this way, 
no loss of the individual types occurred during grinding. The 
data from this study are given in Table 11. In this table the field- 
