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A glance at the tabulated results will show that the White 

 Flint had absorbed more than 44^ in seventy one hours - a short- 

 er time than that given by Hoffmann, and had gained 49.76/ in 

 ninety five and one half hours. The White Dent had also passed 

 the limit, as given by Hoffmann and Johnson, in seventy one 

 hours, and, in the course of the experiment, reached a gain of 

 49.16X. The Golden Eagle went beyond the stated limit in less 

 than thirty one hours and at the close of the experiment had 

 absorbed 55. 67^ of its dry weight of water. 



From my experiments it is very evident that corn is capa- 

 ble of taking up more than 44# of water, and the difference 

 between ray results and those of Hoffmann are due, either to a 

 difference in the variety of corn used, or to a difference in 

 the conditions, for example, temperature, under which the ex- 

 periments were carried on. I find no statement of the tempera- 

 ture at which Hoffmann's were conducted, but there is a state- 

 ment which indicates that all experiments were carried on for 

 seventy two hours, A glance at the table shows that all of the 

 varieties I used, absorbed a higher per cent in the same time 

 (72 hours.) than that reported by Hoffmann, 



In another series of experiments, corn bred by the Agricul- 

 tural Station for high and low protein, high and low oil was 

 used to determine the relations of chemical composition to 



