16 EXPERDIEXT STATION. [Jan. 



COMPLETE ANALYSES OF CORN GROWN IN 

 COMPETITION FOR THE BOWKER PRIZE. 



BY P. H. SMITH. 



The analyses which follow were made from samples grown 

 in competition for the Bowker corn contest for the year 1910.^ 

 In this contest the production values of the several food in- 

 gredients as well as the total yield were considered, which 

 necessitated a complete fodder analysis of the corn. Of the 

 27 samples sent to the station to be tested 22 were flint and 

 5 dent varieties. The analyses are figured to a uniform water 

 content of 12 per cent., which is considered a fair average for 

 crib-dried corn. 



So far as we have been able to ascertain, all of the flint 

 varieties were fully matured when harvested. Information is 

 not at hand in regard to the stage of maturity of the dent 

 varieties grown by John P. Bowditch and Butler Bros. Silver 

 King, grown by the Middlebrook farm, and Brewer's dent, 

 grown by E. W. Capen, were not fully matured when cut. 

 Early Huron, grown by IE. TI. Williams, was ripe when har- 

 vested. 



> For complete data see Book of the Bowker Contest, issued by the Bowker Fertilizer Com- 

 pany, 48 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass. 



