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THE BOOK OF CORN 



TOjrat anb (Eortt (Hamfmttb 



It is a difficult matter to arrive at a fair basis for an in- 

 telligent comparison of two such dissimilar crops as wheat 

 and corn. Consultation with experiment station workers and 

 others indicates that a wheat crop yielding fourteen bushels 

 per acre will contain about 1400 pounds of straw of a given 

 water content. In like manner, twenty-five bushels of shelled 

 corn may be produced on an average of 3000 pounds of field 

 cured corn fodder. While these two conclusions may there- 

 fore be taken to fairly represent average conditions in Amer- 

 ica, there are many wide variations from this standard. 



Such a crop of wheat grown on one acre, also of corn, 

 would have (undei average conditions) about the composi- 

 tion below stated. (For explanation of the terms used, see 

 note introduction to Table A, Appendix, on average composi- 

 tion of maize, and for computation of "manurial values" see 

 Table B.) 



Composition of the 

 crops mentioned 



Water, lbs per acre 

 Dry matter, lbs per 



acre 



Ash, lbs per acre . . 

 Digestibleprotein, 



lbs per acre 



Digestible liber, 



per acre 



Digestible starch, 



per acre 



Digestible fat, per 



acre 



Fuel value (calo- 

 ries) 



Nutritive ratio 



Feeding value, per 



acre 



Nitrogen, lbs per 



acre 



Phosphoric acid, 



lbs per acre... 

 Potash, lbs per acre 

 Manurial value.per 



acre 



Total value, per 

 acre 



14 bu 

 wheat 

 grain 



84 



756 

 15 



86 



526 



14 



1,300,353 

 lto7 



$7.31 



20 



8 

 5 



$3.53 



$9.07 



2.5 bu 

 corn 

 grain 



1400 lbs 



hay from 

 wheat straw 



154 



1246 

 21 



111 



12 

 886 



60 



2,195,700 

 1 to 9 



$12.32 



26 



10 

 6 



$4.48 



$14.56 



168 



1232 

 52 



10 



272 



283 



6 



1,035,972 

 1 to 9 



$6.58 



9 



17 

 7 



$1.54 



$8.12 



3000 lr« 



hay from 



corn fodder 



1200 



1800 

 49 



45 

 169 

 432 



21 



,146,620 

 1 to 14 



53 



16 



27 



$9.60 

 $21.60 



Total 



for 

 wheat 



252 



1988 

 67 



96 

 280 

 809 



20 

 2,336,325 



$13.89 



29 



25 

 12 



$5.07 



$7.19 



Total 

 for 

 corn 



1354 



3046 

 70 



156 



181 



1318 



81 



4,342,320 



$24.32 



84 



26 

 33 



$14.08 



$36.16 



