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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Analyses of Fodder and Fodder Crops. 



Analyses of Hampden Prolific Corn. 



[Samples sent on for examination.] 



I. Raised by J. Lyman Shepard of Westfield, Mass. , upon 

 a sandy loam soil. The ear was nine and three-fourth inches 

 long, of a whitish color, and contained eighteen rows of 

 kernels. The weight of the ear was 473.4 grams, and that 

 of the cob 111.30 grams. The cob was of a red color, and 

 comprised 23.5 per cent, of the weight of the ear, the other 

 86.5 per cent, being kernels. The average weight of one 

 kernel was .433 gram. 



Nutritive ratio of kernels, 1 : 8.248. 



II. Raised by Mrs. M. A. Clyde of Brightwood, Mass., 

 upon a heavy soil. The ear was ten inches long, of a whitish 

 color, and contained twenty rows of kernels. The weight 

 of the ear was 491.4 grams, and that of the cob 107.4 grams. 

 The cob was of a red color, and comprised 21.86 per cent, 

 of the weight of the ear, the other 88.14 per cent, being 

 kernels. The average weight of one kernel was 3.996 grams. 



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Kernels, 



10.00 



4.761 



12.357 



69.579 



1.782 



1.521 



Nutritive ratio of kernels, 1 : 6.73. 



