. Maize; its history, cultivation, handling, and uses, with special reference to South Africa; a text-book for farmers, students of agriculture, and teachers of nature study. Corn; Corn. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MAIZE GRAIN 653 The percentage of water contained in the various foodstuffs CHAP. varies greatly; dry maize-grain contains 10 to 12 per cent; dry oat-hay or " forage" about 15 per cent ; pasture-grass up to 75 Per cer,t ; cabbages, pumpkins, and " prickly-pear," or spineless cactus " leaves," about 90 per cent. 608. Physical Composition of the Grain.—The ma
. Maize; its history, cultivation, handling, and uses, with special reference to South Africa; a text-book for farmers, students of agriculture, and teachers of nature study. Corn; Corn. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MAIZE GRAIN 653 The percentage of water contained in the various foodstuffs CHAP. varies greatly; dry maize-grain contains 10 to 12 per cent; dry oat-hay or " forage" about 15 per cent ; pasture-grass up to 75 Per cer,t ; cabbages, pumpkins, and " prickly-pear," or spineless cactus " leaves," about 90 per cent. 608. Physical Composition of the Grain.—The maize grain is not a homogeneous mass, and from the milling and feeding XIII. «gS555?!JCS5SES^^^^333533j33533^tek Plumule Radicle Crown starch Horny starch Horny gluten. Fig. 226.—Physical composition of high-protein maize grain. (After Hopkins; from Bulletin of Illinois State Agricultural Experiment Station.) points of view it is important to know the chemical composi- tion of the several parts into which it is separable. A grain of maize consists of six readily observable and distinctly different physical parts, known as :—. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burtt-Davy, Joseph, 1870-. London, New York, [etc. ] Longmans, Green and co.
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