REPORT OF MR. AXCLS MAVKAT 



S29 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Thirty-seven varieties of Indian corn were soMn on May 29, in rows tliirty-six 

 inches apart, by grain drill ; and for comparison planted by hand in hills three feet 

 apart on the same date. 



Both plots were cut for ensilage on September 8. The yield was computed from 

 the weight of corn on two rows, each sixty-six feet long. 



The land used was a well prepared summer-fallow a clay loam. 



On account of the cold, wet spring, the growth was very backward, and the crop 

 was one of the lightest ever grown on the farn. 



IXDIAV CORN — Ti:ST OF VAHIETIKS. 



Name of Variety. 



Character 



of 



Growth. 



Medium. 

 Strong. . . 

 Medium . 

 Strong. . . 



Salzer's All Gold Medium 



Selected Ijeaming Stron^g. 



King Philip. . . . 

 Pearce's Prolific 



Early Butler Medium . . 



Rural Thoroughbred White Flint Strong. 



Compton's Pearly 



Champion White Pearl 



King of the Earliest 



Giant Prolific Ensilage 



Pride of the North 



Mitchell's Extra Early 



Eureka 



Early Yellow Long Eared 



black Mexican 



Mammoth Cuban 



Red Cob Ensilage 



Yellow Six Weeks 



Sanford 



White Cap Yellow Dent 



Wisconsin Earliest White Dent , 



North Dakota Yellow 



Evergreen Sugar Weak 



Cloud's Early Yellow Strong. 



Longfellow 



Angel of Midnight Medium . 



Sujierior Fodder 



Extra Early Huron... 



North Dakota White I « 



Salzer's p^arlieat Kii)e Weak 



Medium. . 

 (I 



Sti '.mg 



Medium . . 

 Strong. . . , 

 Medium. , 



Early (iolden Surprise 



Kendall's Early (Jiant 



Canada White Flint ....... 



Manmioth Eight-rowed Flint 



Early Mastodon 



Early August 



Country Gentleman 



Medium. 

 Weak. . 

 Medium. 

 Weak . . . 

 Medium. 

 Weak .. 



Height. 



In. 



50 



47 



55 



45 



46 



44 



43 



50 



40 



47 



50 



46 



56 



50 



39 



38 



54 



30 



45 



47 



51 



47 



41 



50 



47 



49 



48 



43 



39 



.33 



48 



46 



43 



36 



44 



23 



33 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Not in tassel. 

 Tassel 



It 



It ....... 



Not in tassel . 



Tassel .' 



Not in tassel . 



Early milk.. . . 

 Not in tassel. 



Tassel 



Early milk 



Not in tassel . 



Tassel 



Early milk . . . 



Tassel 



Not in tassel . 

 Tassel 



Not in tsssel. 

 Tassel '. 



Not in tassel . 

 Tassel 



Not in tassel. 

 Tassel" '. 



Not in tassel. 

 Early milk . . . 

 Not in tassel . 



Weight 

 per Acra 



grown 

 in Rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



9 



9 



8 



8 



8 



8 



8 



8 



7 



I 



7 



7 



7 



G 



6 



6 



6 



6 



G 



6 



6 



6 



6 



5 



5 



4 



4 



4 



4 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



2 



1 



1 



1,800 



348 



1,820 



1,688 



1,028 



368 



368 



206 



1,972 



1,840 



1,708 



124 



124 



1,860 



1,596 



1,464 



1,332 



1,200 



],0(;8 



804 



672 



408 



12 



1.088 



296 

 1,900 

 1,768 

 1,636 



184 

 1,920 

 1,6.")6 



468 

 72 

 72 



.356 

 1,696 

 1,300 



Weight 



per Acre 



grown 



in Hilla. 



Tons. Lbs. 



5 



4 



7 



3 



5 



6 



G 



4 



5 



4 



3 



2 



4 



5 



3 



4 



5 



3 



5 



5 



5 



3 



4 



5 



4 



3 



4 



3 



3 



3 



G 



2 



3 



4 



1 



1 



1 



32 

 1,900 

 1,700 

 732 

 1,748 

 936 

 1,200 

 1,900 

 824 

 580 

 1,128 

 1,412 

 1,108 

 956 

 336 

 448 

 692 

 1,920 

 1,3,52 

 296 

 1,880 

 1,128 

 448 

 1,220 

 580 

 336 

 712 

 1,6.56 

 204 

 204 

 936 

 1,148 

 996 

 844 

 640 

 244 

 1,504 



