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more thoroughly to the storehouse for the coming genera- 

 tion, in the kernels, its ultimate destination. A. Stockhardt 

 does not hesitate to place dry ground corn-cobs, pound for 

 pound, in feeding-value, on an equal scale with fresh pota- 

 toes. As an addition to the corn-kernels, their mechanical 

 effect, aiding in a better diffusion of a food, which, on ac- 

 count of its high percentage of starch, is apt to cause 

 disturbances in the digestive organs, can only act bene- 

 ficially. 



Green-Maize Fodder. 



1865. — Professor J. Moser of Hungary. After sixty-seven to sev- 

 enty-six days' growth : male flowers just visible. 



Water 85.44 



Ash, free from carb. acid, sand, &c .... 0.720 

 Nitrogenous matter (albuminoids) .... 2.013 



Non-nitrogenous extract matter 6.982 



Fat 0.820 



Cellulose 4.022 



Dry substance in 100 parts 14.56 



Ratio of nitrogenous to non-nitrogenous matter (exclud- 

 ing cellulose) 1 : 3.9 



1867. — Professor J. Moser of Hungary. Two varieties, raised upon 

 a rich soil, and tested respectively on the seventy-first and eighty- 

 seventh day after seeding, contained : — 



I. 



ii. 



Water 



Ash, free from carb. acid, sand, &c. 

 Nitrogenous matter (albuminoids) 

 Non-nitrogenous extract matter . 



Fat 



Cellulose ..... 



Dry substance in 100 parts 



Ratio of nitrogenous to non-nitrogenous matter 



(excluding cellulose) 



84.88 

 0.924 

 2.226 

 5.760 

 0.718 

 5.496 



15.12 



1: 2.9 



86.48 

 0.811 

 1.755 

 6.209 

 0.536 

 4.205 



13.52 



1: 3.8 



The high percentage of albuminoids is explained by the 

 author as being due to a superior condition of the lands 

 under cultivation. 



