1887.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 41 



CORN COB MEAL (Corn and Cob). 



[Collected at a mill near Amherst, Mass., 1886.] 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 9.45 



Dry Matter, 90.55 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 



Crude Ash, 



" Cellulose, .... 



" Fat, 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter), 

 Non-nitrogenous PLxtract Matter, 



100.00 



Per cent. 

 1.64 

 6.32 

 5.19 



9.85 

 77.00 



100.00 



The composition of this article depends somewhat on the 

 relative weight of cob and kernels ; the former may vary from 

 14 to 18 per cent, in current varieties. See article " On dif- 

 ferent varieties of corn, etc." (Secretary's Report of Massa- 

 chusetts State Board of Agriculture, 1879-80, pages 222 to 

 254). 



YELLOW SWEET CORN. 



[Raised on the fields of the Experiment Station, 1885.] 



Ears from live to seven inches in length, having eight rows 

 of kernels. Weight of an average car, 70.16 grammes ; weight 

 of' kernels, 57.40 grammes, or 81.8 per cent. ; weight of cob, 

 12.76 grammes, or 18.2 per cent. Average weight of a ker- 

 nel, 0.232 grammes. 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 10.90 



Dry Matter, . . . . ' 89.10 



100.00 



Analysis of Dry Matter, 



Per cent. 



Crude Ash, 2.16 



" Cellulose, 2.58 



" Fat 4.25 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter), 12.61 



Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 78.40 



100.00 



The article is somewhat deficient in fat, as compared with 

 *' Blue Mexican " or Crosby's. 



