EXPERIMENT STATION. 



455 



CORN COB MEAL (Corn and Cob). 

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



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Dry Matter, 



rer cent. 



9.45 



90..55 



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 fire to seven inches in length, having eight rows 

 of kernels. Weight of an average ear, 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. 



100.00 



The article is somewhat deficient in fat, as compared with 

 *' Blue Mexican " or Crosby's. 



