MAIZE. 



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Dr. Salisbury lias also fiimislied the proximate analysis of five 

 Tarieties of ripe maize or Indian corn : — - 



One hundred grains of each. 

 Golden Sioux com, a 'bright,yenov,twelTe-ro"^ed ") 

 variety, frequently having fourteen rows . j 

 Large eight-roared yellow com . 

 Small eight-rowed ditto 



"Wliite flint com ..... 

 Ohio Dent com, one of the largest varieties of ) 

 maize . . . . . . j 



COMPAEATIVE ORGANIC AXAXTSIS, 



Proportions. 



Water, 



Dry. 



15-02 



84-98 



14-00 



86-00 



14-03 



85-97 



14-00 



86-00 



14-50 



85-50 





GK)lden 

 Sioux. 



Ohio 



Small 



Large 



White 





Dent 



8-rowed 



8-roTred 



Flint 





Com. 



Corn, 



Com. 



Com. 



Starch . . 



36-06 



41-85 



30-29 



49-22 



40-34 



Gluten , . 



5-00 



4-62 



5-60 



5-40 



7-69 



Oil .. .. : 



3-44 



3-88 



3-90 



3-71 



4-68 



Albumen 



4-42 



2-64 



6-00 



3-32 



3-40 



Casein . , 



1-92 



1-32 



2-20 



0-75 



0-50 



Dextrine 



1-30 



5-40 



4-61 



1'90 



3-00 



Fibre . . 



18-50 



21-36 



26-80 



11-96 



18-01 



Sugar and extract 



7-25 



10-00 



5-20 



9-55 



8-30 



Water . . 



15-02 



10-00 



13-40 



14-00 



14-00 



Large quantities of starch, are now made from this grain in 

 Ohio ; an establishment near Columbus consume 20,000 bushels 

 of corn annually for this piu-pose. The offal of the grain is given 

 to hogs, 500 to 600 head being annuaUv fattened therewith. The 

 quahty of the starch is said to be superior to that of wheat, and 

 commands a higher price in Xew York. 



A corn plant, fifteen days after the seed was planted, cut on the 

 3rd Jime close to the ground, gave of — 



Water ...... 86.626 



Dry matter ...... 10.374 



Ash . . . . . . . 1.354 



Ash calculated dry ..... 13.053 



By the above figures it will be seen that nearly 90 per cent, of 

 the young plant is water ; and that in proportion to the dry matter, 

 the amount of earthy minerals which remain, as ash, when the 

 plant is burnt, is large. This excess of water continues for many 

 weeks. Thus, on the 5th July, thirty- three days from planting, 

 the relations stood thus : — 



Water ...... 90.518 



Dry matter ...... 9.482 



Ash . . . . . . , 1.333 



Ash calculated dry ..... 14.101 



(Ash very saline.) 



Before green succulent food of this character is fit to give to 

 cows, oxen, mules, or horses, it should be partly d?ied. Plants 

 that contain from 70 to 75 per cent, of water need no curing be- 



