INDIAN CORN. U5 



Flint corn contains less fibre than dent corn. The 

 hardness of flint corn is due, as will be hereafter 

 shown, to the denseness of the starch grains and not 

 to the greater proportion of fibre. 



The per cent of water in corn is extremely vari- 

 able, being the only ingredient which varies suf- 

 ficiently to be of practical moment. When corn has 

 dried for a year in a crib it will contain under ordin- 

 ary conditions from 10 to 11 per cent of water. But 

 as it is husked it contains very much more. 



For example, the Illinois Agricultural Experiment 

 Station found, during 1888, 1889 and 1890, the aver- 

 age per cent of water in varieties of different maturities 

 to be as follows: 



No. of varie- Ave. per cent 

 ties tested. of water. 



Early maturing varieties 44 17.1 



Medium maturing varieties 103 21.3 



Late maturing varieties 45 26.4 



Non -maturing varieties 23 36.8 



On this basis, 1,000 bushels of medium maturing 

 corn would lose, upon becoming thoroughly air- dried, 

 a weight of water equivalent to one hundred and fif- 

 teen bushels of shelled corn. If this 1,000 bushels 

 of shelled corn could be sold for fifty cents when 

 gathered, it would be necessary to get fifty- seven cents 

 a bushel when thoroughly air- dry in order to get the 

 same amount for it. 



Different varieties vary greatly in regard to the 

 percentage of moisture which they contain. Two 

 varieties of maturing corn have been grown the 

 same season which contained 16 and 34 per cent of 

 water respectively. In the former case 1,000 bushels 

 of shelled com when husked would make 945 bushels 



