steeping, the water gradually acquires a yellow or brown colour. Evaporated, it leaves behind it a blackish brown residue of a disagreable bitter taste. it contains nitrate of soda. the matter taken up by the wathe appears to proceed from the husk of the grain rather than the Kernel. this matter is sel done less than et sel done exceeds 1/50

English Barley swells nearly or 100 give 124.5
Scoth .......1/5 ............... 100 ........ 121.5
Bigg .......1/6 ............... 100 ........ 117.6

the time of the steep les exposed to the open air, it loses all the additional wheight in about 10 days, but the diminution does not stop here; for the grain becomes gradually lighter than at first. the loss is 5 or 6 cent.

Carbonic acid produced is out est dû surement à l’air de l’eau GL [Gay Lussac]
after the grain has been drained, many maltmen let an additional quantity of water flow into the cistern, and remove a slimy mater which resually appears in worm weather. The is after formed into a rectangular heaps, about 16 inches dup, called the couch, and continues commonly in this state