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times as high as the non-nitrogenous extract matter and the 

 digestible cellulose substance. German agricultural chem- 

 ists allow four and one-third cents per pound of digestible 

 nitrogenous food constituents and fat, and nine-tenths of a 

 cent per pound of digestible non-nitrogenous extract matter 

 and cellular substance. Whether this basis will prove to 

 be the most judicious one for our circumstances, experience 

 will soon decide ; for my present purpose, namely, to illus- 

 rate the application of the chemical analysis as a means to 

 ascertain the relative, comparative money value of several 

 varieties of corn, etc., the German values are applicable : 



I. Canada Duttoa Corn, 



II. Canada Dutton Corn, 



III. Crosby Sweet Corn, 



IV. Blue Texas Sweet Corn, 

 V. Wheat Bran (shorts) , 



VI. Canada Dutton Corn, 



VII. Cotton-Seed Cake, . 

 Decorticated, 



I. — Canada Dutton Corn, No. 1. 



Actual value of di-" 

 gestible matter in! 

 100 lbs. ' 



15 cts. 43 cts. 55 cts. | ct. 



Total,— $1.13| per 100 lbs. 



