REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Indian Corn — Test of Varieties. 



405 



c 



Name of Variety. 



Compton's Early 



Longfellow 



Champion White Pearl . . 



Selected Learning 



White Cap Yellow Dent. 

 Superior Fodder. 



7i Pride of the North . 



8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 



Angel of Midnight 



Mammoth Cuban 



North Dakota White . . 



Early Mastodon 



Eureka' 



Wood's Northern Dent. 

 Salzer's All Gold 



When 



Tas- 



sellfcd. 



Aug. 

 Sep. 



Early 

 Milk. 



28 Oct. 

 4 

 8 

 1 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 5 



8.. 

 8.. 

 8.. 



8.. 



Aug. 2; 



Condition 



When Cut. 



Oct. 8. 



Late Milk. . 



Ears formed 



Early Milk. 

 Ears formed 



II 

 Roasting ear 

 Early milk.. 

 Ears formed 

 Early milk.. 



Weight 



per Acre 



grown in 



Rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



12 



12 



12 



11 



11 



10 



10 



10 



9 



9 



9 



9 



7 



7 



1,300 

 1,740 

 1,190 

 1,320 

 1,100 

 1,5G0 

 1,340 



240 

 1,800 

 1,.580 



881 



40 



1,840 



300 



Weight 



per Acre 



grown in 



Hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



13 

 11 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 10 

 10 

 10 



n 



10 



10 



9 



7 

 7 



.510 



880 



640 



1,850 



1,900 



1,120 



1,230 



1,780 



1,450 



1,130 



1,350 



1,690 



630 



1,950 



INDIAN COKN SOWN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES BETWEEN ROWS. 



Three varieties of Indian corn were planted in this test. The seed was planted 

 on land prepared for this variety test as in former years; the distances apart were 

 21, 28, 35 and 42 inches in each case. 



The rows planted closer together gave the heaviest yield per acre but the corn 

 was much greener and not so well developed a's it was where the rows were farther 

 apart, up to 35 inches apart, but the corn was as well matured and as well developed 

 at this latter distance as at 42 inches between the rows. The stalks were thinned to 

 about six inches apart in the rows in each case. 



Indian Corn — Different Distances Apart. 



