. The book of ensilage; or, The new dispensation for farmers. Experience with "ensilage" at "Winning ; How to produce milk for one cent per quart; butter for ten cents per pound; beef for four cents per pound; mutton for nothing if wool is thirty cents per pound. Silage; Cattle. ANALYSIS AND COMPOSITION OF CORN. 43 part, inches ; middle part, inches; lower part, inches. Average total length of each stalk without tassels being a fraction over nine feet. Table No. i. Leaves Tassel Ear, with stem . Upi^er part of stalk Middle part of stalk Lower part of
. The book of ensilage; or, The new dispensation for farmers. Experience with "ensilage" at "Winning ; How to produce milk for one cent per quart; butter for ten cents per pound; beef for four cents per pound; mutton for nothing if wool is thirty cents per pound. Silage; Cattle. ANALYSIS AND COMPOSITION OF CORN. 43 part, inches ; middle part, inches; lower part, inches. Average total length of each stalk without tassels being a fraction over nine feet. Table No. i. Leaves Tassel Ear, with stem . Upi^er part of stalk Middle part of stalk Lower part of stalk . 13 stalks . . Weight in Green State. Grammes. .102 Weight after Dkying. Grammes. i-j'S 047 75- 125 341 661 Water, or Loss per Cent. 75-'4 "Thus the water was quite unequally distributed in the stalk. They were more watery at the upper part, but the flowering portion was much less ; the grain was still milky. "The relations between the different parts of the plant are found to be as follows : — Table No. 2. Green State. Dry State. Leaves .... Tassel .... Ear, with stem . Upper part of stalk Middle part of stalk Lower part of stalk. Per cent of Weight. ) > ) 3-85) J > " This shows that the stalks when green surpass in weight the remain- der of the organs of the plant. They contain, however, a less propor- tion of dry matter, and less even than the leaves which have in the fresh state a much less 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 Bailey, John M. Billerica, Massachusetts
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