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Amount of the several proximate organic bodies in a ton of 

 each of the following parts when ripe. (Salisbury.) 



Leaves. Sheaths Stalks. 



Col). 



Kernels. 



Percentage of dry matter in the following several parts of 

 Small White Flint Corn, when ripe. (Salisbury.) 



Leaves, 

 Sheaths, - 

 Stalk, 

 Tassel, - 

 Sheaths of husks, 



40.103 



- 29.342 

 13.635 



- 58.722 

 30.613 



Ear stalks, 

 Kernels, - 

 Cob, - 



Silks, 



11.12B 

 62.540 

 45.652 



18.825 



The following table shows about the amount of the several proximate 

 organic bodies thrown away in rejecting the cob, calculated from the 

 analysis of the Small White Flint variety. 1000 Ibs. contain not far 

 from 200 Ibs. of cob, and 800 Ibs. of grain. These contain the following 

 -proportions, expressed in pounds and decimals of a pound. (Salisbury.) 



