Box 16, Folder 2: Grasses and Plants of Illinois 1856

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Indian corn

Cob 260 280 Kernel 1970 2070 =12 prt. cob.-12 prct

If we weight a quantity of the northern corn on the cob, and after [shells?] again weigh the cob it will be found that the cob weighs about 12 pr ct of the whole or very nearly one=eight.

[Calculation]

Ash of corn cob varies from 1 to 2 pr ct of the dried cob-