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again divided into numerous subvarieties. In addition to the numerous 

 varieties of Triticum vnlgare or common wheat which are cultivated in 

 the best locaUties in Germany (the common EngHsh or rough wheat and 

 Polish, hard or flint wheat), a number of species of glumed wheat are 

 cultivated, namely, T. spelta or German wheat or spelt, T. nionococcum 

 or one-grained wheat (Ein-korn or one corn) and T. dicoccum or two- 

 grained wheat or emmer. Wheat, like barley, is chiefly a fattening feed, 

 and less adapted for energy production. Like rye, especially in a 

 fresh state, in the sheaf, for example, it is apt to cause digestive 

 troubles. Laminitis has been observed following the feeding of wheat, 

 rye and barley. Wheat, in Germany, is used mainly as a feed for fatten- 

 ing cattle and swine, more rarely as a feed for horses (stallions), cracked 

 or cooked for the latter. 



d. Indian Corn 



Botanical. Indian corn, maize, Zea mays, is cultivated in Germany 

 principally as a soiling crop. In southern Wuertemberg and Baden it is 



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Fig. 47. Grains of Indian corn, a, Horse-tooth maize — Dent corn, b. Common maize or 

 corn, c, Cinquantino. 



sometimes raised for the grain. It is largely imported to Germany from 

 the United States (horse-tooth maize), Hungary and Rumania (Danube 

 maize) and Argentina (La Plata maize). 



Chemical. Indian corn is characterized by its high content of crude 

 fat (5 to 6 per cent). Its digestible albumen varies between 6.5 and 8 

 per cent, its starch value 81.5 to 83 per cent, nitrogen-free extract 70 per 

 cent, crude fiber 1.7 per cent, and ash or mineral matter 1.4 per cent. 



Judging and grading. The weight of Indian corn by measure, for 

 the large and medium grain varieties. Is 700 to 780 grams per liter, and 

 740 to 870 grams per liter for the small-grained varieties. One hundred 

 grains of a good medium grade of American mixed dent corn will weigh 

 31.4 grams, white dent corn 37.7 grams, Rumanian dent corn 19.12 

 grams, yellow com from the Grand Duchy of Baden 21.13 grams, Turk- 



