4. CORN MEAL AND COBS. 



Collected of Charles Parsons, Northampton, Mass. 

 78.63 per cent, passed through mesh of 144 to the inch. 



As the rate of digestibility of cobs has not yet been ascertained 

 by actual feeding experiments no statements regarding the digesti- 

 bility of the above material are given. There is but little doubt, 

 however, that the addition of cobs to meal deserves recognition in 

 regard to their nutritive value as well as to their beneficial mechanical 

 influence upon the digestion of the corn meal. For analysis of corn 

 cobs see report of the Mass. Board of Agriculture for 1879, pages 

 240—4. 



