100 AGKICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The above-stated corn was grown on light, sandy loam, 

 fertilized with four cords of barnyard manure and thirty-five 

 bushels of unleached ashes per acre. 



6 ears, well aii'-dried, weighed .... 2 lbs., 2 oz. 

 6 stalks, well air-dried, weighed . . . . 1 " 6 " 



The average length of ear was eight and one-quarter 

 inches. It contained twelve rows of kernels, and its average 

 weight amounted to six ounces ; 72.2 per cent, kernels, and 

 27.8 per cent. cob. The average weight of a kernel was .25 

 gramme. The yjeld per acre at harvest time was 4,050 

 pounds of ears. 



BROOM-CORN SEED (Unground). 

 [Sent on from North Hadley, Mass.] 



100.00 



BROOM-CORN SEED MEAL. 



70.26 per cent. passed screen 144 mesh to square inch. 



[Sent on from North Hadley, Mass.] 



I'ercent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 13.54 



Drj' Matter, 86.46 



100.00 

 Analysis of Dry Matter. 



Crude Ash, 2.43 



" Cellulose, 8.00 



• Fat, 4.13 



Protein (Nitrogenous Matter) , 11.14 



Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 74.30 



100.00 



