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Vegetation was rapid and even, with the exception of the Ever-, 

 green Sugar and the Sibley's Pride of the North from Sibley & Co. 

 In these cases scarcely more than half a stand was obtained, thus 

 in great measure accounting for the small yield from these two plats. 

 That all the varieties might have the utmost chance for devel- 

 opment, as the season for frost approached the state of the 

 weather was narrowly watched and cutting delayed as long as 

 possible. On Sept. 18th it was thought that it would not do to 

 delay cutting longer, accordingly the varieties were sampled as 

 follows. While the corn was still standing, from each variety an 

 average hill of three stalks was selected and carefully cut close to 

 the ground. It was then securely tied and taken to an upper 

 chamber in the barn where it was left until dry enough to run 

 through a coarse coffee mill. The whole hill was then ground 

 and from this ground material a sample was taken for analysis. 



At the time of cutting the different varieties were in the follow- 

 ing stages of ripeness : 



Four had passed the best stage of maturity for preserving as 

 ensilage, viz.: Compton's Early, King Philip, Self Husking, 

 Suffern's Monarch Pop. 



Twelve were in the best condition for cutting, i. e., well glazed 

 but with the stalks still green. These were : Chester County 

 Mammoth, Golden Dewdrop, King of the Earlies, Longfellow, 

 N. B. & G. Yellow Dent, Pride of the North (C. U. seed), Pride 

 of the North (Sibley seed), Sanford, White Dent, White Flint, 

 "Yellow Cleavage, Yellow Flint. 



The remainder, with the exception of the Brazilian Flour Corn, 



which was very immature, were in various stages of the roasting 



ear condition. None were mature enough for best results, though 



a few approached this condition, and perhaps in a warmer and 



• dryer season would have become mature. In the table below is 



given the percentage composition of the green forage as it stood 



Sept. 1 8. The varieties set in bold faced type are those that 



were planted in tenth-acre plots and are treated more in detail 



;further on. In the second column the letters indicate the class, 



as y. d., Yellow Dent; w. f., White Flint; s., Sweet, etc. The 



•varieties are arranged in the order of their percentage of dry 



matter, and while the other constituents vary somewhat, it will 



be seen that with a few notable exceptions the variation in the 



percentage of water constitutes the main difference in composi- 



