New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 435 
Pounds 
in bushel 
wheat. 
Water 282 
Ash 101 
Albuminoids 349 
Crude fiber 160 
Nitrogen free extract 1 . 088 
Fat (ether extract) 099 
Invert sugar, glucose, etc .042 
Sucrose . 118 
Starch 776 
Nitrogen, N 056 
Phosphoric acid, P 3 O s .044 
Potash, K 3 O 021 
Lime, Ca 6 003 
Bran. 
Bran, the outer coating of the wheat, contains twice or three times 
as much fiber as does either of the other products from wheat, and 
proportionately less of each of the other ingredients except ash, which 
is greater, perhaps partly due to foreign matter adhering to the kernel. 
The analysis already given, No. 44, I need not repeat here, but give the 
amount removed by the bran (ten pounds) from one bushel of wheat: 
Pounds from 
bushel wheat. 
Water 1.459 
Ash 506 
Albuminoids 1.416 
Crude fiber 1.000 
Nitrogen free extract 5.277 
Fat (ether extract) 342 
Invert sugar, glucose, etc . 160 
Sucrose . 440 
Starch, etc 4.644 
Nitrogen 228 
Phosphoric acid, P 2 3 . 251 
Potash, K 2 O 083 
Lime, Ca 6 012 
Summary. 
According to Richardson * the average per cent of water for Ameri- 
ican winter wheats is 10.16 against 13.22 for the samples we have ana- 
*Bull. Department Ag., No. 4, p. 30. 
