ANALYSES OF THE OAT. 
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Percentage of water , dry matter and ash in the kernels. 
100 grs. of kernels yielded of 
W ater - 
Dry kernels .... 
Ash. 
Ash calculated dry - 
Organic matter calculated dry - 
Kernels. 
100 grs. of kernels gave of 
Percentage: calculated dry. 
Starch - ... - 
55-000 
59*291 
Albumen .... 
1-800 
1-932 
Casein or avenine ... 
. 
- 
- 
- 
15-769 
16-984 
Dextrine, or gum and mucilage 
- 
- 
. 
- 
7-280 
7-861 
Oil ..... 
3-3S0 
3-644 
Gluten ----- 
1*680 
1-803 
Sugar and extractive matter 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2-120 
2-278 
Epidermis and pilose 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5*750 
6-207 
Water ..... 
9*412 
102-582 100-000 
9-412 
90-588 
5-242 
2-475 
97-525 
2. Middle acre. 
289*06 grs. gave of 
Percentage, 
Palere or husk - - - - - 89-06 30*810 
Kernels ...... 200*00 69*190 
196'40 grs. kernels yielded of 
Fine white flour » 114-000 58-045 
Bran (about as it is obtained at the mills) 82 -400 41*955 
Flour. 
100 grs. of the flour gave of 
Starch - - » - - » * - - 82*70 
Epidermis, gluten, oil and pilose, mostly pilose - » 2*28 
Percentage of ash in pilose 3*289. This gave no Co 2 , a large percentage of silicic acid, 
a small quantity of phosphates, lime and magnesia, and a mere trace of So 3 . 
Casein - - » - - - - - - 2*16 
Dextrine or gum - - - - - - - 1‘68 
Water - - - - - * - - - 10-40 
The sugar, extractive matter, oil, gluten and albumen were not quantitatively obtained 
(very small, mostly in bran). 
