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seeds and stringy matter. For figures and description of this squash, see 
‘¢New England Farmer,’’ 1863, 15. 209; and Burr, F., ‘Field and 
Garden Vegetables of America,’’ Boston 1863, pp, 214, 226. 
The following results were obtained by analysis. The crook-necked 
squash has, at times, been recommended for feeding animals, and it has 
been urged * ‘‘ tiiat it contains more nutriment than the pumpkin, in pro- 
portion to its size.’ The analysis shows that this notion is true in 
respect to the carbohydrates, but that it is false with regard to the much 
more important constituents, albuminoids and fat. There can, therefore, 
be little doubt that, formerly at least, the crook-necked squash was infe- 
rior to the pumpkin as fodder; for, before the introduction of abundant 
supplies of shorts and cotton-seed meal, it was no easy matter for the 
farmer to prepare rations which should contain a proper proportion of 
albuminoid matters. Carbohydrates, on the contrary, he had ready at 
hand in the form of apples and potatoes. 
Crook-neck Squash. Flesh. Rind. Seeds, &e. 
Water. 2. 2... es. 89.88% 81.35% 83.32%, 
Ash (free from C and CO.) . 0.53 1.02 0.83 
Albuminoidg . \". Sana eee 2.94 3.99 
Carbohydrates (including fat) 8.08 11.87 9.81 
Cellulose (free from ash) . 0.95 2.82 2.05 
100.00 100.00 100.00 
Dry organic matter ... . 10.14 17.63 15.85 
Fat (ether extract) . . . 0.04 0.59 3.61 
Nitrogen’... W55) 0). eee 0.47 0 64 
CrndecAsh® hea so. atae 1.04 0.84 
With regard to the following foreign analyses, I am not certain whether 
the vegetable examined should not be classed with squashes rather than 
with the field pumpkins that are grown to feed cattle. It is to be noticed, 
in any event, that the figures are not directly comparable with those just 
now given; since, with a single exception, they refer to mixtures of flesh 
‘and rind, or of flesh, rind, and seeds. Possibly, both the analyses may 
refer to one and the same variety of the vegetable, which is described by 
one observer (Dahlen) as ‘* the oblong yellow table pumpkin (Speisekiir- 
bis),’? and by the other (Wandesleben) as ‘‘a long yellow pumpkin of 
less repulsive flavor than the other kinds of pumpkins.”’ 
Dahlen’s ¢ specimen, obtained at the beginning of October, weighed 
nearly 2 kil. (2950 grms.); the seeds (about 200 grms.) were removed 
before proceeding with the analysis, which gave the following results: — 
* Compare Harris in Burr’s “ Field and Garden Vegetables,” Boston, 1863, 
p. 228. 
+ “Landwirthschaftliche Jahrbiicher,” von Nathusius & Thiel, Berlin, 1875, 
p. 630. 
