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Feeds and Feeding. 



244. The corn plant under Maryland conditions. — At the Mary- 

 land Station 1 Patterson studied the nutrients of the corn crop of 

 that region with the folloTfing results: 



Yield per acre of digestible nutrients in different portioris of the corn 

 plant — Maryland Station. 



We learn that for Maryland conditions 48 per cent, of the 

 digestible matter appears in the ear and 52 per cent, in various 

 portions of the stover. 



245. What the corn plant yields in Georgia. — At the Georgia 

 Station, ^ Eedding, working out results for his region, reports: 



Digestible nutrients in each portion of the com plant — Georgia 

 Station. 



* Including fat X 2.27. 



By the above we learn that about two- thirds of the value of the 

 corn crop of (Georgia is found in the ears, the results corroborating 

 Armsby's statement. 



> Bui. 20. 



» Bui. 30. 



