Show water in grain and hay water constitutes a higher percentage of both grain and roughage k e than Is commonly realized best grades of mature well cured corn wheat oats barley and rye all contain approximately 10 per cent water while lower grades or of new corn coin frequently car carry ry as much as 20 per cent or over this means says the rural new yorker that on at least one out of every ten cars of corn shipped we are paying freight for a carload of water well wel I 1 cured hay bay straw and fodder also contain an average of about 10 per cent water while fresh green roughage toll glino ge and grass average about 70 per cent and in many instances considerably higher corn sila silage ge from well matured corn has an avera average e content of over 7 70 0 per cent moisture while roots average nearer SO per cent |