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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



IX. 



" Western (White) Dent Corn." 

 (The sample was obtained from George Puffer, Esq., Mount Palatine, HI.) 



The ear contained sixteen rows of kernels of a white color. 

 Its average length was 8.5 inches, and its average weight 

 was about ten ounces, and consisted of eighty-four per cent 

 of kernels and sixteen per cent of cob. The average weight 

 of one kernel was .3 gram. 



One hundred parts contain : — 



3 



o 



8 







o . 

 a k. 

 3 » 



2 a 



a 5 



§ s 



C 03 



bo ^ 



O <u 



1 1 



o 



I— < 

 3 



i 



Kernels . 



10.0000 



4.2665 



11.5286 



70.3231 



2.5000 



1.3818 



Nutritive ratio of kernels, 1 : 7.07. 



" Western (yellow') Dent Corn." 

 (The sample was obtained from George Puffer, Esq., Mount Palatine, HI.) 



The ear contained from twenty to twenty-four rows of 

 kernels of a yellow color. Its average length was about 

 eight inches. Its average weight was from twelve to thir- 

 teen ounces, and consisted of eighty-six per cent of kernels 

 and fourteen per cent of cob. The average weight of one 

 kernel was .3 gram. 



One hundred parts contain : — 



