SWEET CORN 



crop would have been at least 60 bushels 

 of grain and 5,000 pounds of stalks to the 

 acre; for the adjoining field yielded this 

 season 70 bushels of grain to the acre. 



"Sixty bushels of corn at 45 cents a 

 bushel equals $21 an acre, a trifle more 

 than the sugar corn produced. At husking 

 time the field corn fodder in 1892 contained 

 33% of water; hence the following com- 

 parisons can be drawn: 



Sugar Corn Fodder Field Corn Fodder 



Nutrient 1,390 lbs. dry matter 3,300 lbs. dry matter 



per acre per acre 



Protein 110 pounds 212 pounds 



Fat 14 pounds 62 pounds 



Fiber and Carbo- 

 hydrates 1,186 pounds 2,816 pounds 



"That is, while 60 bushels of field corn 

 an acre at 45 cents a bushel equals 5,548 

 pounds of sugar corn ears at 39.50 a ton, 

 the fodder differences are considerable, the 

 field corn producing twice as much protein, 

 1\ times as much carbohydrates and fiber 

 and four times as much oil to the acre 

 as the sugar corn. 



"Farmers who substitute sugar corn for 

 oats, and attempt to cure its fodder and 



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