Barley
Barley was originally a native grass of Western Temperate Asia.
It is a very hardy plant and may be grown in high Northern Latitudes. The main part of that grown in England is used for malt in making beer. Pot and pearl barley, from which the fibrous parts of the grain are more or less completely removed, form useful foods. Pot barley is the coarsest kind and, from the same quantity of grain which produces, for example, 2 lbs. of this, only half that quantity of fine pearl barley is obtained. Barley is not a watery food and is very rich in starch.
CONSTITUENT PARTS OF 1 LB. OF PEARL BARLEY.
Water ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Fibrin, etc.
Starch, etc.
Fat Mineral Matter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... oz. grs. 2 146 0 434 12 126 0 91 077 16 0