154 INDIAN CORN CULTURE, 
ΘΈΤΟ Τ BR Or 
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND DIGESTI- 
BILITY. 
Several hundreds of analyses of Indian corn 
have been made at agricultural experiment 
stations, by the United States department of 
agriculture, in college laboratories and _ else- 
where. Most of these analyses are of the grain, 
although some are of various parts of the plant. 
Composition of grain.—Al]l of the available 
analyses published in the United States up to 
TABLE SHOWING AVERAGE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE 
SEEDS OF THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF CORN. 
=$ = 2 S38 
S> ~ Ξ ΕΞ a es 
SS ee ἘΞ SE I FS Ὲ 
Stes Ξ ἕξ :Ξ- = SS he 
[ἘΞ ἘΞ πὸ ΠΑ ΓΕ: 
Bch ἤρα ae ΜΓ §6 | 10.6) 1.5.1 30.3.| 2.20 τ 
Bret See ον, 68) 11:9: 14) Oa ae 
SOW saat oat, 26 8.8 | 1-9) 1b.6 )-2.8° | ΘΟ sees 
Pope τ ins 4 5)]10.7.}1-:.5:.}.}}.2...1..8.} 6 τ ν 
ΘΙ ΕΣ ΠΥ ας 5 9.5 )-1.6) | 11.4) 2.0 [Ora 
All varieties and 
all analyses...| 208 | 10.9 | 1.5 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 69.6 | 5.4 
September, 1890, showing the food composition 
of corn, have been collated and published by 
