ANALYSES OF MAIZE. 
169 
TIME. 
September 26. 
PARTS. 
QUANTITY. 
PER CENTUM. 
3 . Sheaths 
- 
2176- grs. 
Dry - 
* 
512-3 
Water 
1663-7 
Ash - 
34-1 
1-566 
Ash calculated dry 
* 
6-686 
Dry matter 
23-54 
4. Husks - 
- 
1972-5 
Dry - 
440-3 
Water 
1532-2 
Ash - 
12-08 
•612 
Ash calculated dry 
2-743 
Dry matter 
22-27 
5. Cobs - 
1773- 
Dry - 
630- 
Water 
- 
1143- 
64-46 
Ash - 
11-25 
•634 
Ash calculated dry 
1-785 
Dry matter 
- 
35-53 
6. Kernels of one ear 
3344- 
Dry - 
1744-7 
Water 
1599-3 
47-82 
Ash ... 
23-625 
1-706 
Ash calculated dry 
1-354 
Dry matter 
52-14 
Weight of foliage 
- 
“ 
- 
15672-5 grs. 
Dry - 
3548-6 
Ash - 
160-04 
Weight of kernels 
- 
- 
3344- 
Dry kernels 
- 
- 
1744-7 
Total weight of one green plant 
19016-5 
Total weight when dry 
- 
- 
5293-3 
Total amount of water 
- 
- 
- 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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