New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 45 
ANALYSES OF SAMPLES OF LINSEED MEAL. 





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Per ct. Perct. Perct. Perct. Perct. Perct. Per ct. 
428. Linseed meal, old process. 8.87 5.51 37.25 7.29 10.1 34.64 6.44 
435. Linseed meal, old process. 6.84 5.35 37.25 7.43 7.4 36.21 6.92 
436. Linseed meal, old process. 8.68 5.45 38.06 7.38 9.4 34.31 6.12 
440. Linseed meal, old process. 8.34 5.39 35.00 8.55 15.0 35.40 7.32 
443. Linseed meal, old process. 8.53 5.14 36.31 7.60 12.2 36.48 5.94 
455. Linseed meal, old process, 
REO Ge pera E «wie 8.03 5.35 36.69 6.94 11.6 35.53 7.46 
464. Linseed meal, old process. 8.97 4.85 35.81 7.10 10.4 35.76 7.51 
471. Linseed meal, old process. 8.10 4.86 36.06 6.82 11.4 35.67 8.49 
481. Linseed meal, old process, 
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491. Linseed meal, old process. 7.37 5.29 36.94 7.43 11.4 36.04 6.93 
501. Linseed meal, old process. 9.43 5.51 28.69 8.59 22.7 40.15 7.63 
517. Linseed meal, old process. 8.45 5.31 36.19 7.03 13.9 34.16 8.86 
529. Linseed meal, old process, 
TEYADITG cp. vate yo 7° 2 6.89 5.22 38.19 7.11 14.8 36.87, 5.72 
699. Linseed meal, old process. 9.76 5.37 32.13 8.16 .... 36.12 8.46 
VETO UG 22 AKOR <aki Uiavas 8.29 5.32 35.74 7.50 12.1 35.96 7.19 
498. Linseed meal, new process, 
SIOVOIRT OM ss ois ex eee 10.53 5.01 36.63 8.69 18.4 36.23 2.91 
514. Linseed meal, new process. 10.08 4.95 37.56 7.22 19.1 37.04 3.15 
670. Linseed meal, new process. 10.25 5.33 35.81 8.57 .... 35.99 4.05 
694. Linseed meal, new process, 
CAVA AIL Wis cee os cas OUST 75.8G6.135.19° 8:48. 2.2.) 36.31 4:79 
698. Linseed meal, new process. 9.34 5.50 35.50 9.08 .... 37.62 2.96 
PAVOTAD OMG 6 ected vie oo « 10.01 5.23 36.14 8.41 18.7 36.64 3.57 


The linseed meal found in New York seems to be quite uni- 
formly good. This appears to be the case in all States. Adul- 
teration of this feeding stuff is evidently not much practiced. 
Sample No. 501 contains less protein than it should, but no expla- 
nation of this fact was discovered. Linseed meal is certainly one 
of our most valuable and reliable commercial feeding stuffs, though 
it is evidently expensive as compared with some other articles. 
GLUTEN MEALS. 
As found in the market the principal gluten products are corn 
bran, consisting mostly of the hulls and germ of the maize kernel, 
the gluten meals which come principally from the hard or flinty 
