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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



FODDER CORN (2).— (Fkost-bitten.) 

 [Sent by Thomas J. Field, Northfield, Mass.] 



The history of the above two samples of fodder corn, as 

 far as their respective stages of growth and their mode of 

 cultivation, etc., is concerned, has not been reported. 



The analytical results show some difference in composi- 

 tion in ftivor of No. 1, yet hardly enough, under existing 

 circumstances, to encourage a discussion of the effects of 

 frost in this particular case. The sample of frost-bitten corn, 

 after careful drying, proves still of a fair composition. The 

 particular stage of growth and the character of the weather 

 exert a controlling influence on the degree of changes in 

 composition. 



The effects of frost are usually more serious in the earlier 

 periods of the life of the plants than in their more matured 

 states. Dry, cool weather, after a frost, causes less altera- 

 tion in composition than sultry, warm weather. Frost- 

 bitten green fodder corn is best preserved in silos. 



