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of corn meal then would give us 2,334 pounds of bran and 

 1,666 pounds of corn meal. 



By our experiments we have shown, that by feeding as 

 described, 193 pounds of corn stalks made 100 pounds of 

 milk, and for 100 pounds of butter 3,874 pounds were 

 required; also, that 25 pounds of corn meal and 35 of bran 

 were required in addition to the corn-stalks for 100 pounds 

 of milk, and 514 pounds of meal and 718 pounds of bran 

 for 1 00 pounds of butter. 



From this we see that an acre of land produced sufficient 

 grain food for 6,664 pounds of milk, or 324 pounds of 

 butter, and sufficient corn-stalks for 2324 pounds of milk, 

 or 115 pounds of butter. 



Valuing milk at $1.00 per 100 pounds and butter at 

 20 cents per pound, we find that one acre of land produced 

 sufficient corn-stalks for $23.24 worth of milk, or $23.00 

 worth of butter, and meal sufficient for $66.64 worth of 

 milk, or $64.88 worth of butter. 



ABUSES. 



It is said, and truly, that none of us are without a fault 

 of some kind. The Good Book says, "There is none 

 good; no, not one." While enumerating the countless 

 good offices of corn, permit brief dealing with one of its 

 mischievous powers. Of the two billion bushels crop of 

 1885 eighteen million nine hundred and twenty-seven thou- 

 sand nine hundred and eighty-two bushels, or a trifle over 

 seven-tenths of one per cent, was used for distillation. A 

 bushel of corn sells for thirty cents with us, and when con- 

 verted into intoxicating drink represents seventeen quarts. 

 The distillers receive forty cents a gallon for converting it 

 into whiskey. It thus represents the original 30 cents, and 

 $1.70 for the distiller, making its value at this stage $2. 

 Then the government tax of 90 cents a gallon adds $3.85 



