146 l^HE SOILS AND CROPS OF THE FARM. 



when air-dry, while in the latter case 1,000 bushels 

 would make only 740 bushels when air- dry. In the 

 first it would take 70 pounds of ears as husked to 

 make a bushel of air- dry shelled corn, while in the 

 last instance it would take 97 pounds of ears to make 

 a bushel of air- dry corn. The weight of corn as 

 husked does not, therefore, indicate accurately its food 

 value. 



