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THE BOOK OF ENSILAGE. 



" The following table indicates the concentration of saccharine mat- 

 ter in the leaves and stalk : 



Table No. 7. 



" Cellulose substance is, as we would expect, in large proportion in 

 the stalk, and mostly toward the lower part of it. It is principally in the 

 leaves and ears with stem, that the starch and the other principles which 

 are neither cellulose nor nitrogenous nor mineral are found : 



Table No. 8. 



"The above table shows that the ears are the richest in phosphoric 

 acid and potash. These also contain the largest percentage of soda, 

 the least of lime and silex. 



