APPEND TX. 



Bulletins Issued in 1895. 



BULLETIN No. 17. 

 IMPOETANT FACTS ABOUT COKN. 



Bulletin No. 11 of this Station treats of the relative yield of mature 

 Maine Field Corn and immature Southern Corn. 



The data collected during a study of this matter show certain 

 allied facts that are of much importance to the farmer who is 

 planning 1 to produce corn the coming season as a fodder or silage 

 crop. 



Composition of Matuee Maine Field Corn and Immature Southern 



Corn. 



Analyses of the experimental crops of corn on the College farm 

 reveal the composition displayed below. 





In 100 Pounds Green Corn. 



Crops of 1892 and 1893, average. 



£7 





m 



7 



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CO 



'r-t 

 O 



O "*3 



'-> CD O 



."S a) oS 



GO 



7 



"eS 



fa 





84.80 

 78.91 



15.20 

 21.09 



1.18 



1.28 



1.78 



2.28 



4.20 

 4.15 



7-70 

 12.77 



.34 

 .61 





- 



5.S9 



.10 



.50 



— .05 



5.07 



"7 







It appears from these averages that under the conditions exist- 

 ing in Maine, which require the cutting of the large varieties of 

 corn in an immature state, the Maine field corn which reaches 

 maturity, contains the larger percentage of dry matter. Again, 



