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per cent, in the quantity of food, while the nutritive 

 matter is increased between nine and ten per cent. 

 At the same time the general quality of the product 

 is in some respects improved, as the new compound 

 contains more variety with less concentration than the 

 corn-meal alone. It is, indeed, thought by some that 

 the addition of the ground cob to the pure meal, by 

 rendering the latter less compact in the stomach, and 

 therefore more digestible, contributes a value nearly 

 in proportion to its quantity, and that consequently 

 the corn and cob meal is worth nearly as much in 

 feeding, pound for pound, as the corn-meal alone. 



In some instances this estimate would perhaps be 

 found not far from the truth ; but it would certainly 

 not hold good in those cases where the meal is fed 

 for fattening purposes. 



Mr. Henry A. Morgan, a New Jersey farmer, has 

 communicated to the Working Farmer his estimate 

 of the value of this feed, as derived from experiments. 

 " I have lately," he writes, " adopted the practice of 

 feeding corn and cob meal to my stock, and have 

 found a very considerable advantage in it. The chem- 

 ical investigation of Dr. Salsbury and the trials made 

 by Mr. Ellsworth and other practical men, so clearly 

 indicate the value of corn cobs, that I have been in- 

 duced to make some accurate experiments on the sub- 

 ject. The result of these has satisfied me that corn 

 cobs, when rightly used in feeding, are worth more 

 than one-fourth of the same weight of hay, and nearly 

 one- eighth of their weight of corn. As this is a mat- 

 ter of some interest to stock farmers, many of whom 



