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Taking into account the convenience of cultivation, the keeping down of weeds, 

 and the quality of the stalks, it appears that the best results are obtained from plant- 

 ing in rows 3 feet or 3^ feet apart, or, better still, in hills 3 feet apart each way. 



The same four varieties of corn were also planted in rows 3 feet apart, at the 

 rates of 2, 4, 6 and 12 grains per lineal foot in each row. The land on which they 

 were grown was so irregular in character that no fair comparison of the yields 

 that may be obtained per acre from these different methods of planting could be 

 made. A brief report of the quality of the ensilage from these methods of planting 

 the corn will be made. 



These four varieties of corn were also planted in different combinations (1) two 

 rows of each alternately, and (2) two of the varieties mixed in each row. The fol- 

 lowing Table shows the results obtained from these investigations : — 



Table IV. 



Method. 



Varieties. 



Two rows alternately < 



Two rows alternately I 



Seed mixed before planting . . . I 



do 

 do 



do 

 do 



•■{ 



Red Cob... 

 Longfellow 



Stage 



of 



Growth. 



Silking. . . 

 Late milk. 



Thoroughbred White Flint 

 Pearces Prolific 



Red Cob... 



Longfellow 



Thoroughbred White Flint.. 

 Pearce's Prolific 



Thoroughbred White Flint . 

 Longfellow 



Early milk. 

 Late milk. . 



Silking. . . 

 Late milk. 



Early milk. 

 Late milk. . 



Early milk. 

 Late milk. . 



Weight 



per Acre, 



wilted. 



Lb. 



•20,7 lio 



} ■«• 



350 

 23,685 

 23,600 



745 



} -. 



Green 

 Weight per 



Acre. 

 ( Calculated ) 



Lb. 



29,090 



34,090 

 33,159 

 33,040 

 30,443 



These five acres were all planted on 23rd May, cut on 12th September, and 

 wilted for two days. The green weights per acre would be about 40 per cent more 

 than the wilted weights. 



There does not appear to be any advantage from the planting of different varie- 

 ties in alternate rows, nor from the mixing of varieties in the same rows. 



The heaviest yield on a single acre of corn was one acre of Thoroughbred 

 White Flint, which weighed, after two and a-half days' wilting, 12 tons 900 lb. 



Condition of Ensilage. 



In silo No. 1 there were 116 tons and 1,259 lb. of mixed varieties, odd plots, 

 and Thoroughbred White Flint. The silo was opened on 10th October. It had been 

 covered with a layer of straw to a depth of about 18 inches. On the top it was 

 spoiled to a depth of about 2 inches, and there was of spoiled and mouldy ensilage 

 3,333 pounds. The total weight of waste ensilage from this silo, besides that found 

 on the top, was 100 pounds. The corn for this silo was cut in lengths fully 1 inch 

 long. The cattle refused to eat portions of the lai-ger stalks, and also portions of 

 the cobs. 



In silo No. 2 there were 95 tons 1,135 lb. It also was covered with a layer of 

 straw. There was spoiled and mouldy ensilage on top for a depth of 2 inches, which 

 weighed 2,694 pounds. The surface area in both silos was 18 feet x 16 feet. Dilferent 



