30 CORN 



able quantity is damaged, musty, sour and heatiny when discharged. 

 This is evidenced by the fact that of the 591 samples previously re- 

 ferred to, the maximum moisture content was 41.6 per cent, the mini- 

 mum being 9.2 per cent. 



A considerable quantity of Argentina corn is likewise infested 

 with weevil. Samples of screenings from practically all of the cargoes 

 have been submitted to Dr. F. H. Chittenden, in charge of Truck- 

 Crop and Stored Product Insect Investigations of the Bureau of En- 

 tomology, but no new species have been found. 



A wide di\ ersit}- of opinion exists as to the chemical composition 

 of Argentina corn as compared with the dent varieties of the United 

 States. While the data available are not sufficient to justify the draw- 

 ing of any definite conclusions, the results of the chemical analyses of 

 a limited number of samples *of Argentina corn is superior, from the 

 standpoint of chemical composition, to our dent corn as loaded for 

 export at our .Vtlantic and Gulf ports as shown in Table 12. 



Table 12 shows the average results of the chemical analyses of 98 

 samples of Argentina corn, representing four cargoes with a total of 

 638,000 bushels of the crop of 1912, as discharged at New York, to- 

 gether with the a\-erage of the analyses of 129 samples of North Amer- 

 ican corn, representing two cargoes of the 1910 crop and two cargoes 

 of the 1911 cri)]) .with a total of 910,146 bushels as loaded for export. 



*TABLENO. 12 



CH1<:MKAL CO.MPOSITION OF FOUR CARGOES OF ARGEN- 



TI.VA FLINT CORN AS DISCHARGED AT NEW YL)RK 



.\ND FOUR CARGOES OF NORTH AMERICAN DENT 



CORN AS LOADED FOR EXPORT, CALCULATED 



TO A WATER FREE BASIS. 



Argentine North America 



CornCrop of 1912 as Im- Corn Crops of 1910 and 19U 

 ported at New York as Loaded for Export 



Ash I 1.72 ; 1.43 



Ether extract (oil) ' 5.52 4.07 



Protein 



Crude fiber 



Pentosans 



Invert sugar 



Sucrose 



Acid calculated as acetic 



Undetermined | 72.03 ' 74.53 



11.01 9.81 



1.99 2.18 



6.02 6.19 



.30 .38 



1.08 I 1.13 



.33 .28 



Chemical analyses of the individual sample made bv Callle Fo.id and Grain Laboratory "( 

 the LUirean of Chemistry. 



From Table 12 it will be seen tliat the ether extract or oil was 



♦Agricultural (Inlhi.ik, March IR, 1914, 



