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It will be seen, therefore that, upon an average, mushrooms con- 
tain four times as much nitrogenous matter as the average of 
vegetables, half as much as the average of fresh fish, over a 
third as much as the average of fresh meats, and one-third as 
much as the average of poultry, so that not only is the mushroom 
to be counted as a delicacy for the table, but as pO a very 
high nutritive value also. 
ANALYSES OF MusHRooms GROWN AT THE STATION. 





| FRESH. 
Large. Small. |——- > ee 
Small Large 
MOISCUYO We) hy SS ce Se eet 91.80 | 90.83 || 91.80 | 90.33 
Dry matter. 
ASH Mice kere ek OMe a a as Ae, kt 12.37 11.96 1.014 1.157 
Total nitrogen FRG is Sonchegae. & sare 9.43 9.30 . 773 . 899 
Albuminoid nitrogen.......... 5.01 5.34 411 .516 
PATONG NILTOveN hl... eevee 4.49 3.96 .362 | 883 
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It will be seen that about half of the nitrogen pce: 
to be present in some other form than as albuminoid. 
Sugar in Cornstalks. 
In 1893 average samples from three varieties of the stalks of 
sweet corn, from which the ears had been plucked for the can- 
ning factory at Geneva, were secured for analysis, and the fol- 
lowing results were obtained : 
ANALYSES OF JUICES. 

2 Specific | P t 
VARIETY. Specite | For cents | Betoust 
TUS DUAN is tin SOAs eae eens METS oe Nae 1.049 6.88 2.72 
Stowell’s Hvergreen ic 00. eh one's aia ge 1.065 9.44 2.72 
DUI GK ORS 6ih5 ssc ehtd pattie eee Rata ets eek 1.067 10.09 2.32 
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