REPORT OF MR. TUOMAS A. SUARPE 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CORN. — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



S65 



Name of Variety. 



Thoroughbred White Fh'nt 



Pride of the North 



Extra Early Huron 



Giant Prolific Ensilage. . . . 



Salter's All ' Jold 



Champion White Pearl. . . . 



Su lienor Fodder 



Ked Ceb Ensilage 



P'arly Mastodon 



Early Yedcv Long Eared. 



Early Butler 



King of the Earliest , 



Mammoth Cuban 



Wiscun.sin Earliest Ripe.... 

 Mammoth S-rowed Flint . . . 



Country (jleutleman 



King Philip 



Cloud's Early Yellow 



Pearce's Prolific 



Evergreen .Sugar 



Compton's Early 



Kendall's Early Giant 



Early Golden Surprise 



North Dakota White 



Selected Leaming 



Angel of Midnight 



Sanford 



Canada White Flint 



White Cap Yellow Dent.. . . 



Black Mexican 



Salzer's Earliest Ripe '. 



North Dakota Yellow . . . . 



Longfellow 



Eureka 



Yellow Six Weeks 



Mitchell's Extra Early 



Very Pearly August 



When 

 Tasselled. 



Sept. 6.. 



1.. 



Aug. 12.. 



Sept. 1.. 



6.. 



3.. 



1.. 



Aug. 20.. 



Sept. 6. . 



Aug. 8.. 



M 24.. 

 Sept. 1.. 

 Aug. 2(5.. 



M 19.. 



Sept. 1 . . 



1.. 



Aug. 14 . . 



>. 2(j.. 



.. 14.. 

 Sept. 1 . . 

 Aug. 18.. 



.. 18.. 

 Sept. 1.. 

 Aug. 24.. 



, 28 . 



, 28.. 



, 20. . 



. 12.. 



. 22.. 



. 20.. 

 7.. 



, 24.. 



, 28 . 



. 24.. 

 8.. 



, 11.. 

 Only a few 



In Silk. 



Oct. 



.Sept. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Pearly 

 Milk. 



Oct. 

 Sept. 



Oct. 

 Sept! 



Sept. 

 Oct. 



Oct. 



4 

 10 

 28 

 20 



(J 

 20 

 20 



4 



1 

 20 

 10 

 28 



n 10 



Aug. 28 Sept. 

 Sept. 20 

 „ 28 

 Aug. 28 

 Sept. 12 

 Aug. 24 

 Sept. 20 

 Aug. 23 

 M 20 

 Sept. 20 

 8 

 8| 



12 Oct. 

 28 Sept. 

 2.S 

 30 

 8 

 18 

 10 

 13 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 plants grew 



G 

 20 



10 



20 



Late 

 Milk. 



Oct, 10 



3 

 20 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Sept. 



Sept. 



Sept. 



Aug. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 



Aug, 



Aug. 



Oct. 



Sept. 



30 

 28 



4 



15 

 10 

 15 

 26 

 26 



6 

 20 

 28 

 21 



4 

 fro 



Oct. 



Condition 

 when 

 Cut. 



Oct. 4 



Oct "io 

 Oct.' io 

 Oct', io 



Oct. 4 

 1 



Sept. 30 



Sept. 20 



Sept. 24 

 M 20 

 m 10-12 



In silk. . . . 

 I'lirly milk 

 Roiisting . 

 Ear.sfijiiiiing 



In Mlk 



E.-irly milk. . 

 Ears formed. 

 Late milk. . . 



In silk 



(j lazed 



Early milk. 

 Ear.s formed. 

 Early milk. . 

 Late milk. . . 

 Early milk, . 

 Ears formed. 

 Late milk. . . 

 Pearly milk. . 

 Late milk. . . 

 Ears formed. 

 Roasting ear 

 Late milk. . . 

 Ears formed. 

 Early milk. . 

 Late milk. . . 

 Early milk. . 



Dough 



Nearly glzd. 

 Late milk. . . 

 Roasting. . . 



Glazed 



Early milk. . 

 Late milk. . . 

 Early milk. . 

 Glazed 



high. 



Weight per 



acre grown 



in rows. 



Weight per 



acre grown 



in hills. 



Tons. Lbs. Tons. Lbs, 



30 

 25 

 24 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 IG 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 11 

 11 



1,600 



1,480 



1,5(K) 



1,760 



l,?>-20 



8.S0 



660 



440 



220 



680 



4G0 



1,G!W 



U60 



830 



1,9.50 



1,840 



1,400 



1,180 



960 



520 



760 



650 



320 



100 



1,060 



780 



450 



230 



120 



900 



140 



1,040 



1,500 



1,760 



1,650 



1 



25 

 22 

 21 

 25 

 26 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 25 

 IG 

 17 

 20 

 19 

 21 

 19 

 IG 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 18 

 20 

 17 

 16 

 17 

 14 

 18 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 17 

 14 

 15 

 13 

 11 



1,040 

 440 



1,780 

 600 

 360 

 220 



240 

 1,920 

 1,.520 



980 



700 



1,820 



1,.5G0 



60 



120 

 1,G40 

 1,200 

 1,880 

 1,990 

 1,220 



9G0 

 1,800 

 1,200 

 1,880 



7G0 

 1,700 



300 



560 

 1,460 

 1,240 



100 

 1,480 



800 

 1,280 



no 



CORN— AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART. 



Three varietie.s were used in tliis test again this year. 



The plants in the rows were thinned to six inches apart and to three strong plants 

 in the hills. The conditions of soil and the treatment were the same in every case. 

 The corn in the wide rows was in each instance more matured, the ears larger and 

 better filled and in every way better for ensilage. In each test four rows were planted 

 and the two inside rows were weighed to obtain the yield. The corn was planted May 

 23 and cut October 10. 



