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INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 



CLASS OF COEN. 



Per cent digestible matter 

 in corn of 



Crude 

 protein. 



Carbo- 

 hydrates. 



Fat. 



Green fodder — 



Flint varieties 



Dent varieties 



Sweet varieties 



Silage 



Dry fodder - 



Fodder, field cured 



Stover, field cured 



drain— 



Dent 



Flint 



Sweet 



Average for all varieties . 



Mill products and refuse- 



Corn-meal, bolted 



Corn-and-cob meal 



Corncob ......; 



Corn germ 



Gluten meal 



1.5 

 1.2 

 1.4 

 1.2 



2.8 

 2.0 



7.0 

 7.1 

 7.9 

 7.1 



6.3 

 6.5 

 1.6 

 9.3 

 25.0 



12.0 



12.8 

 12.6 

 11.8 



29.5 

 34.1 



63.4 

 63.0 

 61.4 

 62.7 



61.8 

 56.3 

 43.9 

 63.6 

 49.4 



0.5 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 0.6 



1.0 

 0.6 



3.9 

 3.9 

 6.3 

 4.2 



3.0 

 2.9 

 0.3 

 4.1 

 5.6 



Digestible matter in different parts. — The 



accompanying table, the result of researches by 



Total digestible matter in ears of one acre 1,530 lbs. 



Total digestible matter in fodder of one acre 1,642 lbs. 



Total digestible matter in entire crop of one acre. ..3,172 lbs. 



