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Show tow and High Protein Corn. Tho Illinois Exporlmont Station lm been at work for years on tho problem prob-lem of low nnd high protoln content of corn. In bulletin 87 tho oxporl-menters oxporl-menters havo given ub drawlngB show-lug show-lug tho differences obtnlriod through soveu yenrs of brooding from tho original orig-inal parents but brooding In opposlto directions. Wo reproduce these Rcf-eronco Rcf-eronco to tho low protoln cut shows a -nedlum-aizod gorm (which always contains much gluton) nnd n, comparatively compara-tively thin layer of horny gluten (this also always contnlns much protoln). Tho legend "Horny Qlutou" on tho cut refers to tho doublo row of whlto dots going around tho ontlro kernel Just below tho blnck lino used to in ileato' tho bull. Every part of tho corn kernel contains somo protein and some carbo-hydrnto matter. In fact, tho carbo-hydrato constituent alwnys exceeds tho protein oven when tho protein Is highest, as in tho caso of tho "horny gluton." A dlfforonco of two or thrco por cont In tho protoln contents con-tents makes n great deal of dlfforonco in tho rolatlvo value, as a llttlo pro- Pwteb LOW PltOTKIN CORN, toln goes a long way in feeding. To mako thlB matter plainer wo glvo the following to show tho prcsonco of boih I protein and carbohydrates (starchy I mattor) in each part TUobo aro two HIGH PROTEIN COItN. analyses taken from tho bullotln mentioned, men-tioned, ono analysis being for a low-protoln low-protoln kornol and tho othor for a hlgh-protcln kernel. PROTEIN CONTENT (Por Cent). Low High protein protoln kornol kernel. Tip cap 7.3G AM Hull 4.97 3.84 Horny Gluton 19.21 24.58 Horny Starch 8.12 10.99 Crown Starch 7.22 S.61 Tip Starch CIO 7.29 Germ 19.91 19.56 Mlxod Waste 9.90 12.53 Wholo Kornol 9.28 12.85 It will bo noticod that In some of its parts tho hlgh-protcln kornol baa loss protelu than has tho low-protein kernel. ker-nel. Thus in those two anal) sis tho high-protoin kernel haa lesa tn the tip cap, hull and gorm. Th protoln in tho other parts, howovor, oro than counterbalances tho lossos iu tho parta mentioned, oven tho crown s'arch having hav-ing moro protoln In tho hlgh-protcln corn than In tho low-protein corn. GARlimiYDRATE CONTENT (Per Cont). Low High protein protoln kernol. kernel. Tip Cap 90.57 91.50 Hull 93.29 94.30 Horny Gluten 75.87 69.07 Horny Starch 91.54 88.58 Crown Starch 92.27 90.50 Tip Starch ......93.31 90.75 Germ 33.07 3G.73 Mixed Wasto 88.43 85.71 Wholo Kornol 85.11 80 12 In tho caso of starchy mattor (carbo-hydrato) (carbo-hydrato) wo And tho tip cup, hull and gorm again doflciont In tho very quality qual-ity for which tho kornol lo noted. Here ia the btiBla of a good problem to bo workod out It la rathor surprising t flnd the groatost overbalance of carbohydrates car-bohydrates In tho horny c;utcn, Instetd " " ' ' J.U ' " H ,t,lnrUiJiornyBchliorhocio5n H tarch. WhvT'CW prnbTonfniolvod H brings to light othor probloms equally H worthy of sjolutlou. Thus o Journey M toward tho truth and Infinity. Furm- M ers' Rolcv. 3H An Advantage In Frcluht. J H "Fruit growers near tho groat fruit H consuming eitlos havo an lmmqnso 11 advantage over tho producers of fruit HB thousands of miles nwny. Wo talk a great deal about California fruit bo- H lng profitable to tho growers, but It la H only because they have powerful or- H gnulzations of fruit mon that they aro H ablo to mako any profit nt all. Tho H cost of shipping, say peaches, from H California is so great that It amounts H to a heavy protcctlvo duty in favor M of tho local growors. Wo aro in- H formed that the freight on a car of M fruit from San Francisco to Chicago H Is $250 and tho icing charge is $125 H moro. This makes $375 that the car M costs, without reckoning anything for M attendance This amounts to 1.375 H cents on every pound of fruit sent H from San Francisco to Chicago, as a " car s reckoned to contain 20,000 H pounds. In ndditlon, tho mattor of H tlmo of transit of tho California fruit H must be taken Into consideration In H tho packing nnd tho fruit graded moro jH carefully than It would othorwiso havo - to be. Much perfectly sound fruit M must be left out of tho packages, aim- H ply bocauso It la ripe: for It would H be rotten by tho time It reached tho B cuatomcr. As our own fruit growers ll havo good fruit soil and cllmato, wltte. H an over Increasing population to fceilr H there would seem to bo no reason why fl this advantago of freight rates should H over bo taken from thorn. Thoro is H overy reason why our fruit growera H should plant ovor Increasing quantl- H tics of hardy nnd standard fruit treoa. H Bromus Inermla for Pasture. fl Dromus lnormls makes an oxcellent H pasture grass, as it shoots up in tho M spring about two weeks carllor than H any of tho natlvo grasses, produces a H good aftermath or second growth, and H continues to grow especially Into In M tho fall. If tho summer 1b dry It will H stop growing, and start again after tho H boglnnlng of tho fall rains, but If tho H dry period is not too long It will con- H tlnuo to grow from early in tho spring H until lato In tho fall. At tho Kansas H Station wo havo grown Bromus lnormls H In a field way for four seasons. This H summer we havo pastured somo young H Btock. ranging from 9 to 18 months of H age, on a Held of Dromus lnormls H seeded lost fall. Those calves havo H I not shown any noticeable proforonco B botweon Kentucky blue-jrrAss, prnlrfo- ""1H I grass and Dromus lnormls, and havo H thrived well on tho Bromus inermla. H Tho grass stands tramping by stock H exceedingly well. It ia so vigorous H that it will run out all woods and other H grasses, aftor it onco bocomca well H established. It, howovor, may bo H sown with other grasses and legumes, H and allowed to tako full possession in H a fow years. Kansas Bulletin. H |