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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



A. — Summary of Analyses of Corn (Kernels'). 



C. A. Goessmann, 1879. 



Kernels. 



B. — Nutritive Ratio. — Summary of Analyses of Corn (Kernels') w\th Refer- 

 ence to the Digestibility of its Constituents ; viz., Nitrogenous Matter, 85 

 percent; Fat, 76 per cent; Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 9 J^ per cent; 

 Cellulose, SJf, per cent. 



The above-described samples of corn rank, with reference 

 to their feeding-value, as follows : — 



IV. — Blue Mexican Sweet-Corn : Palmer, Mass. 



XI. — Crosby Sweet- Corn : Greenfield, Mass. 



III. — Tip-Corn : Chicopee, Mass. 



VI. — Canada Dutton Corn : Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



