A 100-G LABORATORY CORN WET-MILLING PROCEDURE

A 100-g laboratory corn wet-milling procedure was developed in order t o reduce sample size and labor time requirements for determining the m illing characteristics of corn samples. The procedure gives starch yie lds statistically similar to those of a l-kg laboratory procedure with a standard deviation in replicates of 0.36% when the replicates were performed during the same week, and 0.60% when replicates were perform ed weekly during the course of a year. In a properly equipped laborato ry, the procedure can be performed at the rate of 40 samples per week using three trained personnel.