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England, much corn grows so low as to make it nec- 

 essary to stoop to reach the ears. 



The ears may vary from one-half an inch to sixteen 

 inches long and may have from six to forty rows. A 

 variation of from four to twelve inches in length and 

 from eight to twenty- four rows is not uncommon. 



Chemical Composition. — The 

 chemical composition of Indian corn 

 varies but little. From a chemical 

 standpoint, at least, there is no evidence 

 that yellow corn is better than white, or 

 vice versa, or that flint and dent corn 

 are unequal in quality. Sweet corn 

 has more protein and fat and less 

 starchy substance than the flints and 

 dents. There are no exact data that 

 show any difference in the feeding 

 value of white and yellow corn or dent 

 and flint corn. From its composition 

 it would appear that sweet corn is a 

 superior food to either, but, as usu- 

 ally grown, the yield is so 

 much less and the difficulty 

 of properly curing and stor- 

 ing it makes it less desirable 

 KuBAL Thoeough- dwabf as a stock food. 



BEED FLINT. GOLDEN. . . 



Showing variation in length of The average composition 

 ears, 14 natural size. of Indian com as deter- 



mined by American analyses ia about as follows: 



Percent Pounds in 

 Pounds in TOO. a ton. 



Water 10.46 209.2 



Albaminoids 10.56 211.2 



Crndefat 5.45 109.0 



Starch, etc 69.90 1398.0 



Fibre 2.09 41.0 



Ash 1.54 30.0 



