REPORT OF ASSISTANT DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. 3 1 



Early in the spring, upon request of M. L. Wilson, assistant 

 in the department of agronomy of the Montana Agricultural 

 College and Experiment Station, we sent to Montana six lots 

 of Maine flint corn for test in comparison with their own corns. 

 Upon a recent date Mr. Wilson writes that while the data have 

 not yet been compiled, results were very satisfactory. He 

 states the following: "I will say, however, that the corn w^hich 

 you sent us did remarkably well and I rather think that one or 

 two varieties will stand close to the head of our list. One of 

 these corns, as I remember, came from the town of Cumber- 

 land. I rather think that one or two of your varieties stand a 

 good chance of being widely grown, and it may be that we will 

 want to secure more seed next year. We included in our vari- 

 ety tests this year 236 different varieties and grew about 20 

 different Indian corns besides. Our results usually show that 

 our native northwestern corns excel any which we can import." 



In May we were asked by the Union Trust Company of Ells- 

 worth to assist them in placing for test and in securing data 

 upon the growth and development of corn from 90 ears of 

 Minnesota White Cap dent corn. The following circular letter 

 was mailed to patrons of the Trust Company and 86 ears of 

 corn put out to farmers of Hancock county. 

 "Union Trust Company Cooperative Corn Experiments: 



"By the courtesy of friends a supply of hardy dent corn has 

 been sent us from Minnesota to be tried by the farmers of 

 Hancock county with the hope that a strain of dent corn may 

 be developed which will be of value to the State of Maine. 



'Tt should be understood that this corn has been grown in a 

 soil which is dift'erent from our own and in a different climate, 

 and that it will be necessary to give the corn every assistance in 

 the way of preparation of the soil, fertilization, cultivation and 

 care. It is also desired to keep a record of the experiments and 

 the results received' by the men testing this corn in cooperative 

 experiment with the Union Trust Company. 



''The Department of Agriculture is cooperating with the 

 Trust Company and is ready to give the farmers of Hancock 

 county every possible assistance not only in the corn experi- 

 ment but in other farm matters as well." 



It being the desire of this Department and of the Trust 

 Company to give the growers every assistance possible, we 



