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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



On account of the different amounts of water in these 

 samples, their relative comjDositions are not plainly seen. 

 Comparisons between them can be easier made by arranging 

 the results in another table, in which the composition of a 

 hundred pounds of the dry matter of each sample is given. 

 Table No. II. is computed for this purpose. 



The ash of corn-stalks is that portion which cannot be 

 destroyed hy fire. It is not in the least affected by fermen- 

 * tation, nor is it probable that its total amount was in an}^ 

 way changed, either after the corn was packed away in the 

 silo or after it was stacked. It is therefore adopted as a 

 standard in comparing the above analyses. 



It has been shown that one hundred pounds of the green 

 corn contained seventy-five pounds of water : four hundred 

 pounds, therefore, of this corn, would have yielded one hun- 

 dred pounds of dry matter containing six pounds and thirty- 

 two hundredths of ash. The question now is, What is the 

 weight of dry matter in the ensilage and in the field-cured 

 stalks, which contains six pounds and thirty-two hundredths 

 of ash? A simple calculation from the figures in Table No. 

 II. gives the following results : — 



