odor and taste, and contained but traces of ammonia compounds. 

 One hundred parts of the fresh apple ensilage required 0.744 parts 

 of sodium hydroxide for the neutralization of its free organic acids, 

 which prove thus to be less" than in either kind of corn ensilage. 

 The ensilage of apple pomace is highly relished by cows and swine, 

 and is, if not superior, at least equal, pound for pound, in feeding 

 value to the apple pomace, which served for its production. The 

 nitrogenous constituents had increased, at the expense of the saccha- 

 rine constituents ; the latter had been destroyed at a higher rate by 

 fermentation than the former. 



392. CORN COB MEAL. (Corn and Cob). 



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



PER CENT. 



Moisture at lOO'* C, 9.45 



Drv Matter, 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 different varieties of 

 corn, etc." (Secv's Report of Mass. State Board of Agriculture, 

 1879—80, pages 222 to 254). 



393. YELLOW SWEET CORN. 



Raised on the fields of the Experiment Station, 1885. 

 Ears from five to seven inches in length, having eight rows of kernels. 

 Weight of an average ear, 70.16 grammes. 



" " kernels, 57.40 " or 81.8 per cent. 



" cob, 12.76 " or 18.2 '' " 



Average weight of a kernel, 0.232 " 



PER CENT. 



Moisture at lOOo C, 10.90 



Dry Matter, 89.10 



100.00 



