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INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 



CHAPTER XII. 



CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND DiaESTI- 

 BILITY. 



Several hundreds of analyses of Indian corn 

 have been made at agricultural experiment 

 stations, by the United States department of 

 agriculture, in college laboratories and else- 

 where. Most of these analyses are of the grain, 

 although some are of various parts of the plant. 



Composition of grain. — All of the available 

 analyses published in the United States up to 



TABLE SHOWING AVERAGE CHEMICAt, COMPOSITION OF THE 

 SEEDS OF THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF CORN. 



Dent 



Flint 



Sweet 



Pop 



Soft 



All varieties atd 

 all analyses. . . 



^ 



5.0 

 5.0 



5.4 



September, 1890, showing the food composition 

 of corn, have been collated and published by 



