REPORT OF THE CEREAUST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



INDIAN CORN. 



The com was sown with tlic soed drill in rows thirty-five inches apart, and was 

 also sown in hills thirty-iive inches apart each way. When the plants were aboiit six 

 inches high they were thinned out, leaving them from six to eight inches apart in the 

 rows, and leaving four or five plants in each hill. The seed was sown May 28th, and 

 the com was cut green for ensilage September 11th. The yield has been calculated 

 from the weight of crop cut from two rows, each 66 feet long. The soil was a clay 

 loam. iiit;'. :vi/. . :!.■ f/-..ii-- .- 1 



For the making of ensilage the com 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 frost. 



In Canada the ton contains 2,000 pounds. 



Indian Corx— Test of Yamieties. 



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 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 10 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



Name of Variety. 



Character 



of 

 Growtl). 



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Wooil'sNorthern White Dent 



Early Mastodon 



Early Butler. 



Selected Learning 



Red Cob Ensil.ige 



Mammoth Cuban 



Early Learning 



Giant Prolific Ensilage 



Superior Fodder 



Thoroughbred White Flint. 



Longfellow 



Compton'.s Early 



Evergreen Sugar 



King Philip 



Eureka 



Early Loncrfellow 



Chanipion White Peail . . . . 



North Dakota White 



Salzers All Gold 



Cloud'.s i:arly Yellow 



Angel of Mi'Inight 



Pride of the North 



White Cap Yellow Dent.... 



Medium 



Fairly strong. 



Medium... . 

 Fairly strong. 



Strong 



Medium 



Fairly strong. 

 Medium 



Very strong 

 Medium . . 



Short growth. 

 Faiily strong. 

 Short growth. 



Height. 



Inches. 



70 to 7" 

 70 .. i: 



70 M 



75 M 

 70 ,. 

 05 II 

 70 „ 

 75 - 

 60 11 

 60 .1 

 55 >i 

 55 II 

 eo .. 

 80 II 

 GO 1. 

 70 ,. 

 GO -I 

 65 II 

 70 ,1 

 .^)5 .1 

 70 I, 



CO M 



Leafin 'ss. 



Leafy 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Very leaf j' 

 Leaf>- . . . . 

 Medium . . 



Leafy . . . . 



Medium. . 



Leafy . . - . 



Medium. . 



75 Leafy 



C5 

 70 

 75 

 GO 

 75 

 C5 



Early milk . . 



liate milk . , 

 \'fry few cobs 

 Fariy milk. . . 

 Late milk . . . 

 Early milk. . . 

 Few cobs . . . 

 Early milk.. . 

 Doughy 



Early milk 



Doughy . . . 

 No cobs . . . 

 Doughy . . . 

 E irly milk. 



T.ate milk . . . 

 i!arly milk. . . 



Weicht per 



Acre 



grown in 



Rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



15 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 8 

 8 

 7 



690 



1,020 



l,.o90 



50 



1,940 



1,720 



950 



840 



730 



1,740 



310 



1,.320 



1,210 



110 



1,450 

 570 

 1,600 

 1,160 

 1,290 

 1,290 

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Weight per 



Acre 



grown in 



Hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



12 

 16 

 15 

 It 

 14 

 13 

 11 

 13 

 15 

 15 

 10 

 12 

 12 



9 

 IG 



9 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 13 



9 

 15 

 11 



1,960 

 4.50 



1,900 

 50 



1,4S0 

 400 

 990 



1,.500 

 2.-0 



1,240 

 3.-0 

 200 

 970 



1,.360 

 560 



1,140 



l.CCO 

 200 

 970 



1,170 



1.360 

 470 



1,100 



The average yield from the rows was 11 tons 1,420 lbs. per acre. 

 The average yield from the hills was 13 tons 223 Its. per acre. 



IXDI.VX CORX SOWN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES. 



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

 ing, and Longfellow. The seed was sown May 28th, and the corn was cut for ensilage 

 September 11th. 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. 



