ANALYSES OF MAIZE. 



169 



TIME. 



September 26. 



PARTS. 



3. Sheaths 



Dry - 



Water 



Ash - 



Ash calculated dry 



Dry matter 



4. Husks - 



Dry - 



Water 



Ash - 



Ash calculated dry 



Dry matter 



5. Cobs - 



Dry - 



Water 



Ash - 



Ash calculated dry 



Dry matter 



6. Kernels of one ear 



Dry • 



Water 



Ash - 



Ash calculated dry 



Dry matter 



Weight of foliage 

 Dry - 

 Ash - 



Weight of kernels 

 Dry kernels 



Total weight of one green plant 

 Total weight when dry 

 Total amount of water 



QUANTITY. 



PER CENTUM 



2176- grs. 





512-3 





1663-7 





34-1 



1-566 





6-686 





23-54 



1972-5 





440-3 . 





1532-2 





12-08 



•612 





2-743 





22-27 



1773- 





630- 





1143- 



64-46 



11-25 



•634 





1-785 





35-53 



3344- 





1744-7 





1599-3 



47-82 



23-625 



1-706 





1-354 





52-14 



15672-5 grs. 





3548-6 





160-04 





3344- 





1744-7 





19016-5 





5293-3 





183723-2 





Remarks on the foregoing observations. 



A variety of facts relating to the progress of the crop may be deduced from the observa- 

 tions, which may be regarded as correct in the main. 



The increase in weight, in ten days, of a single plant, an individual stalk, is as 

 follows, taking the interval between the 18th and 29th of July, during which period corn 

 probably grows as rapidly as at any other time : 

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