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in the wet weight, dry weight, and total water content of kerels. Judged 
by these indicators all varieties follow about the same course. Though 
Baku requires a day or two longer in maturing, its water content, as 
shown in figures 6 and 7, and its wet weight and dry weights, as shown 
in figures 8 to 11, are quite comparable to those of Jet. 
Fig. 7.—Average total water content in kernels of Baku barley from flowering to maturity at Aberdeen* 
Idaho, in 1919 and 1920. 
WATER CONTENT AND DRY WEIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL KERNELS 
In Table I are given the complete records of the individual kernels of 
these two varieties for the period under observation. While the number 
of observations is so great as to make a direct digest of these data 
difficult, a number of facts are evident. In the table the kernels are 
