IV CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XIII. 



BOARDS OF TRADE. 



THEIR ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS METHODS. 



The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago; organization of Board of Trade; pur- 

 pose of Board of Trade analyzed; Omaha Grain Exchange; speculation in the grain 

 trade; futures, why and how futures are settled without delivery, when delivery is un- 

 necessary, how deliveries are made, settlements and settlement and delivery prices, de- 

 livery price; bucket shops ^04 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OF CORN. 



THOSE DERIVED FROM THE KERNEL — By mechanical and milling methods; by mechanical 



and chemical processes ; by fermentation. 

 THOSE DERIVED FROM THE COB. 

 THOSE DERIVED FROM THE PLANT ITSELF — From the stalk ; from the leaves ; from the 



husks 332 



CHAPTER XV. 

 COMPOSITION AND FEEDING VALUE OF CORN. 



THE GRAIN AND BY-PRODUCTS 



PHYSICAL STRUCTURE — Tip cap; hull; horny glutenous part; horny starchy part; white 

 starchy part; germ. 



PHYSICAL ANALYSES. 



CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. 



ORGANIC COMPOUNDS — Protein ; carbohydrates and fats, crude fiber. 



INORGANIC COMPOUNDS — Ash, water. 



THE FEEDING VALUE OF CORN — Percentage composition; digestibility; palatability and 

 mastication ; cost of production and preparation for feeding ; corn vs. other cereals ; 

 corn as a feed for horses, hogs, sheep, milch cows, young cattle. 



FEEDING VALUE OF THE BY-PRODUCTS OF CORN — Gluten meal, corn bran, gluten feed, corn 

 meal, corn oil meal, corn oil cake, starch feeds, hominy chops, distillers' grains, the 

 new corn product 345 



CHAPTER XVL 



CORN FODDER 



Manner of planting; varieties; time of harvesting; method of harvesting; shocking 

 of fodder corn; methods of feeding corn fodder; losses in corn fodder; feeding value of 

 corn fodder; the value of stalk fields; turning stock in the unhusked fields 366 



