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or the mush of the Yellow is in proportion of 39.285 to 34.204 of the 

 White from the same weights of meal. The Yellow meal, on sifting, 

 gave less bran and more useful meal than the White by one-twentieth. 

 It was further sho*n (a,) that the Yellow corn is drier &quot;and harder ; (fi,) 

 resists moisture and is kept more easily ;and (c,) weighs more per bush 

 el than the White. The same experiments repeated in America coultl 

 not fail to be useful. (A kilogramme, is 21-5 Ibs. avoirdupois.) Mr. 

 Gould has stated that 10 Ibs. 12 oz. of Long Island corn grew on a given 

 space, while 15 Ibs. 2 oz. of large 12-rowed red corn grew on the same 

 space of a precisely similar soil. The large White Flint yields 2.4 tons 

 of grain to the acre on the same soil where the large Yellow Sioux 

 yields 3.5 tons per acre. 



287. The stalks, leaves, and husks, have a great nutritive value 

 for fodder. When well saved, being cut before they are fully 

 ripe, they are probably very nearly equal in this respect to com 

 mon hay. They contain much sugar; and are believed to be 

 more valuable than hay when fed to milk cows ; producing a 

 larger quantity of milk ; but no accurate experiments seem to 

 have been made. In 1848, the Commissioner of Patents pro 

 cured from seventeen States, estimates of the supposed value of 

 corn fodder, and it varies from $1 to $5 per ton; exclusive of 

 manure made from it. If stalks are given to cattle in their 

 natural state, a large portion, and that the heaviest, is wasted ; 

 but if cut and mixed with a little meal, nearly the whole will 

 be eaten. The relative value, therefore, will of course depend 

 on the mode of feeding. Again, it must be taken into consid 

 eration whether the husks are left on the stalks or not; the 

 practice varying in different localities. The size of stalks also 

 makes a difference, the small northern corn containing more 

 consumable fodder than the large southern ; and some varieties 

 are believed to be much richer in sugar, and probably albumen 

 than others. 



288. The cob, also, when divested of grain, contains a nota 

 ble amount of nutriment. Most animals will eat it when soft, 

 but refuse it when hard. Mr. Ellsworth had cobs crushed and 

 ground, and kept his store hogs and other stock through the 



