CHAPTER V 



CORN -COMPOSITION AND JUDGING 



The composition of dent and of flint corn, and of yellow 

 and white varieties of dent, is practically the same. The 

 corn grain contains a large proportion of carbohydrates, 

 or starchy material, which constitutes its chief value as 

 food. The percentage of protein is so low that for 

 some classes of hve-stock corn should be fed in connection 

 with some food rich in protein. This is specially true for 

 growing pigs, for working teams, and for poultry. Useful 

 foods for feeding with corn are the following : — 



To growing pigs : skim milk, soybeans, cowpeas, dried 

 blood, tankage, and pasturage -consisting largely of the 

 clovers and related plants. 



To horses : hay of the clovers, alfalfa, cowpea, vetches. 



To poultry: beef scrap, cowpeas, and fresh bone. 



96. Composition of corn and its products. — The follow- 

 ing figures represent the average of American analyses : — 



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