+--------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | | | | | | | | | No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | | | | | | | | | | Wheat, | Wheat, | Barley,| Barley,| Oat, | | |just ripe | over | dead |not too | cut | | | and well | ripe. | ripe. | ripe. | green. | | |harvested.| | | | | +--------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | Water | 13·33 | 9·17 | 15·20 | 17·50 | 16·00 | | Albumen, and other | | | | | | | protein compounds:-- | | | | | | | _a_. Soluble in water | 1·28 | 0·06 | 0·68 | \ | 5·51 | | | | | | }5·73 | | | _b_. Insoluble in water| 1·65 | 2·06 | 3·75 | / | 2·98 | | | | | | | | | Oil | 1·74 | 0·65 | 1·36 | 1·17 | 1·57 | | Sugar, mucilage, | | | | | | | extractive matters, | | | | | | | &c. (soluble in water) | 4·26 | 3·46 | 2·24 |\ | 16·04 | | Digestible woody | | | | \ | | | fibre and cellulose | 19·40 |\ | 5·97 | }71·44| 26·34 | | Indigestible | | }82·26 | | / | | | fibre &c. | 54·13 |/ | 66·54 |/ | 24·86 | | Inorganic matter:-- | | | | | | | _a._ Soluble | 1·13 | 1·29 | 2·88 | \ | 5·76 | | | | | | }4·52 | | | _b._ Insoluble | 3·08 | 1·05 | 0·38 | / | 0·94 | | +----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | | 100·00 | 100·00 | 100·00 | 100·00 | 100·00 | +--------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+