1888.] 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



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Dry Matter, 



"CANADA" CORN (Kernels). 



[Sent on from North Amherst, Mass.] 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 9.76 



90.24 



100.00 



1.77 



2.18 



6.39 



11.50 



78.16 



100.00 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude Ash, 



" Cellulose, 



" Fat, 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter) , . 

 Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 



The above-stated corn was grown on heavy, dry loam, 

 fertilized with nine cords of barnyard manure and hog 

 manure to the acre. 



8 ears, well air-dried, weighed . 

 5 stalks, well air-dried, weighed . 



1 lb., 13 oz. 

 1 " 4 " 



The average length of the ear was six and one-third inches. 

 It contained eight rows of kernels, and its average weight 

 amounted to three and three-fourths ounces ; 85.07 per 

 cent, kernels, and 14.93 percent, cob. The average weight 

 *of a kernel was .34 gramme. The yield per acre at harvest 

 time was 5,063.5 pounds of ears. 



ADAM'S WIHTE CORN. 



[Sent on from North Amherst, Mass.] 



100.00 



