REPORT OF MR, 8. A. BEDFORD 



•SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



INDIAN CORX — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



383 



B 



3 



Name of Variety. 



1 GiantProlificEnsilage 



2 White Cap Yell'wDent 



3 Thoroughbred White 

 Flint 



4 Red Cob Ensilage 



5 Superior Fodder 



f) ChainpionWhitePearl 



7 Salzer's All Gold 



8 King Philip 



y Mammoth Cuban .... 



lO'Cloud's Early Yellow. 



llj Longfellow . . 



12Pride of the North . . . 

 13, North Dakota White. 

 14; Angel of Midnight . . . 



IS.Compton's Early 



lO' Early Mastodon 



17" " " " 



IS 



19 



20 



Early Butler. 



Eureka 



Selected Learning . . . 

 Evergreen Sugar 



"55 



In. 



87 

 87 



Leafiness. 



Very leafy . . 

 Fairly leaf/. 



Very leafy .. 

 Fairly leafy. 

 Very leafy.. 

 Few leaves . 

 Very leafy .. 



76 

 00 

 74 

 97 

 87 

 85 

 75 1 Few leaves 



8(;| 



84 Fairly leafy. 

 74 Very leafy .. 

 76 

 93 

 79 

 84 

 104 

 76 

 81 

 73 



Leafy 



Fairly leafy. 



Leafy 



Quite leafy . 



Few leaves . 



II . . 



Leafy 



T3 





Aug. 



II 



Sept. 



(t 



Aug. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 

 Aug. 



02 



a 



29 

 29 



29 



1 



5 

 27 

 30 



18 Aug. 23 

 26 Sept. 1 

 29 

 17 



1 

 18 

 19 

 18 

 29 



1 

 30 



1 

 28 





Aug. 31 



Aug. 27: Sept. 16 



1=5 

 1^ 



Sept. 6 



Aug. 23 

 .1 30 

 .. 26 



Sept. 5 



Sept. 



llSept. 

 5 



a 



go 



a 



In tassel 



24 

 23 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 16 



Fn silk. . 16 

 In tassel IG 

 15 

 13 

 11 



L. milk. 

 In silk. . 

 In ta?sel 

 E. milk. 

 In tassel 

 L. milk. 

 E. milk. 



tx c 



!> 



o ^ 



25 160 

 24 840 



tco 



26 

 24 



840 22 



200 21 



1,408 22 



708 19 



240 23 



920 18 



1,600 19 



000 17 



432 18 



1,640 10 



1,640 19 



1,11217 



1,792 



1,000 



1,000 



360, 



664 



440 



18 

 17 

 19 

 18 

 10 

 11 



SI 



>^ 

 272 

 48 



1,672 



1,.560 



352 



808 



i,r,20 



9()0 



808 



848 



1,488 



1,000 



1,600 



1,376 



060 



1,640 



280 



960 



64 



1,760 



INDIAN CORN — SOWN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART. 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow, 4 rows. 



II 4 H . . . . 



II 4 I 



II 4 II . . . . 



Selected Leaming 



II . • J . 



II • . . . . 



11 



Champion White Pearl 



Distance 



aoart. 



Inches. 



24 

 30 

 36 

 42 

 24 

 30 

 36 

 42 

 24 

 30 

 36 

 42 



Height. 



Inches. 



85 

 85 

 85 

 85 

 81 

 81 

 81 

 81 

 97 

 97 

 97 

 97 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Early m.ilk 



In tassel 



Weight per 



Acre, cut green 



for ensilage. 



Tons. 



26 

 22 

 19 

 17 

 16 

 15 

 14 

 17 

 20 

 19 

 16 

 15 



Lbs. 



800 



880 

 1,6C0 

 1,252 

 1,000 

 1,680 



600 

 1,438 

 1,250 

 1,072 

 1,880 



160 



INDIAN CORN. 



Average Yield at Different Distances Apart. 



Average yield of green com 24 inches apart 



II n 30 II 



n II 36 II 



M II 42 II 



Tons. Lbs. 



21 

 19 

 17 

 16 



350 



544 



26 



1,616 



