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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Analyses of. Different Varieties of Corn. 

 Kernels and Cobs. 



" Wheeler's Prolific." 

 (The sample was sent by L. F. Mellen, Esq., from the " Franklin Harvest Club.") 



The ear contained eight rows of kernels of a yellowish- 

 brown to brown color. Its average length was from ten 

 to eleven inches, and its average weight was from 7.5 to 8 

 ounces, and consisted of eighty-three per cent of kernels and 

 seventeen per cent of cob. The average weight of one ker- 

 nel was .438 grams. 



The corn was raised upon a light sandy loam, which had 

 been manured with the " Stockbridge Formula " for corn. 

 The yield amounted to about fifty bushels per acre. 



One hundred parts contain : — 



One hundred parts of the above ash contain in the case 

 of the 



Nutritive ratio of kernels, 1 : 6.52. 



