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The ash of the grain of each of the above, when 

 analyzed, gives the following proportions : 



These tables will serve to guide the farmer in the 

 application of fertilizers to his corn. They indicate 

 the proportions in which the various constituents of 

 both the grain and the stalk should be found in the 

 soil. If, for example, he is about to plant a corn crop 

 exclusively for the fodder, he finds that soda and 

 silica are required in the soil, in far larger proportions 

 than any other inorganic element, and next to these 



