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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



II. Analyses of Fodder. 



DRIED FODDER CORN — (Frost-Bitten). 



[From the Farm of the Experiment Station, 1883.] 



The sample was taken from unmanured fields, September 

 5, 1883, after a serious frost. The material for analysis was 

 dried by artificial means. The bulk of the crop was put into 

 a silo. The corn showed only the tassel, no silk having yet 

 appeared. It was turned into ensilage at an earlier stage of 

 growth than was originally intended. The dry matter con- 

 tained in fodder corn, between showing the tassel and ma- 

 turing the kernel, may vary from 12 to 18 per cent, and 

 more. 



