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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD Vil., A. 1910 



INDIAN CORN. 



The com was sown with the seed drill in rows 35 inches apart, and was also sown 

 in hills 35 inches apart each way. When the plants were about 6 inches high they 

 were thinned out, leaving them from 6 to 8 inches apart in the rows, and leaving four 

 or five plants in each hill. The seed was sown June 2, and the corn was cut green for 

 ensilage September 10. The yield has been calculated from the weight of crop cut 

 from two rows, each 66 feet long. The soil was a heavy loam. 



For the making of ensilage the corn should be cut when the kernels are in the 

 late milk or doughy stage; but the summer at Ottawa is not always warm enough to 

 bring the later varieties to this state of maturity before it is necessary to cut the 

 crop to avoid serious frost. 



In Canada the ton contains 2,000 pounds. 



Indian Corn — Test of Varieties 



S 



1 



2 

 3 



1 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



Name of "Variety. 



Superior Fodder 



Mammoth Cuban 



Pride of the North 



Eureka 



Salzer'8 All Gk.ld 



Champion White Peail. . 



Selected Learning 



Wood's Northern Dent, . 

 Early Mastodon . . 

 White Cap Yellow Dent 

 Compton's Early . . . . 



Angel of Midnight 



North Dakota White 



Longfellow 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Very Strong . 

 It * 



Strong 



Very Strong. 



Strong 



II 



II 



Very Strong. 



Strong 



Medium 



II . . . • . 



Strong 



Medium 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Late milk. 

 No cobs . . 

 Late milk. 



Early milk 

 Doughy . . 

 Late milk 

 Early milk 

 Late milk. 

 Cobs glazed 

 Late milk. . 

 Cobs glazed 



Weight per 



Acre 



grown in 



Hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



23 750 

 23 1300 



21 1780 



22 110 



530 

 170 



19 1160 

 28 760 

 18 1400 



20 1800 

 18 1400 



450 

 760 



23 

 19 



16 



17 



15 1020 



The average yield from the rows was 17 tons 1,348 lbs. per acre. 

 The average yield from the hills was 20 tons 1,242 lbs. per acre. 



indun corn sown at different distances. 



Three varieties were chosen for this test: Champion White Pearl, Selected 

 Leaming, and Longfellow. The seed was sown June 2, and the corn was cut for 

 ensilage September 10. Sixteen rows of each variety were sown, that is, four rows at 

 each of the distances mentioned, and the yield per acre has been calculated from the 

 weight of crop obtained from the two inner rows in each case. The length of the 

 portions of the rows cut for weighing was 66 feet. 



