REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. 8HARPE 



383 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The corn was sown earlier this year than usual and had the season oecn favour- 

 al;le, wc should have had a better yield of more matured corn. The months of May 

 and most of June were generally wet, cold and unfavourable for corn. In July and 

 August it was dry and hot, and the soil being gravelly, soon dried out and the crop 

 suffered for lack of moisture. The yield per acre is calculated from sixty-six feet of 

 two rows both in hills and drills. The drills were three feet apart and the corn thinned 

 to six inches apart in the drill, and the hills were three feet apart each way and three 

 or four stallis left in each hill. 



Corn — Tkst of Varieties. 



J3 



Na'ne of Variety. 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 



( 



8 

 9 

 10 

 1] 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



Pride of the North 



Red Cob Ensilage. 



(Jiant Prolific Ensilage 



Suiierior Plodder 



White Cap Yellow i>. nt. . 

 Thoroughbred White Flint. 



Champron White Pearl 



Compton's Karly 



Mammoth Cuban, 



Salzer'8 All Gold . . . 



Early Butler 



Wood's Northern Dt-nt 



North Dakota White 



King Philip 



Angel of Midnight 



Early Mastodon 



Longfellow 



Eureka 



Early Longfellow 



Cloud's Early Yellow 



Evergreen Sugar 



Early Learning. 



Selected Learning 



Height. 



Strong. ..... I 



\''ery strong 



Strong . 



Very strong. 

 Strong 



. Very strong 

 : Strong . . . 



■ i " 



Very strong. 



Strong . 



. I II 



Very strong, 



Inches. 



112 

 126 

 120 

 IIG 

 131 



08 

 113 

 114 

 118 

 108 



90 

 104 

 106 

 109 



92 

 116 

 106 

 113 

 100 



98 

 108 

 108 

 118 



Leafine,ss. 



Very leafy 



When 

 Cut 



Oct. 



2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2 



2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 



Condition 



when 



Cut. 



Early milk. . 



II . . 

 Ears formed. 



II . . 

 Early milk. . 



In silk 



Late milk. . . 

 Early milk. . 



In silk 



Early milk. . 



II . . 



If . . 

 Late milk . . 

 Early milk. . 



II . . 

 Roasting . . . 



In silk 



Roasting . . . 

 Early milk . 



II . . 

 Late milk . . 

 Early milk. . 



5 * 



o 2 



to o 



a 



o 

 H 



24 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 11 



1,280 23 

 1,580 19 



C a 



be o 



!> 



,G 



40 

 1,490 

 280 

 1,620 

 1,860 

 1,80; 



18 

 17 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 15 



18 

 16 

 17 

 16 

 15 



1,530 

 1,310 



980 

 1,600 



560 

 1,260 13 

 1,0W15 



71015 

 1,28012 



62013 



310|13 



90 11 



l,760!ll 



1,43013 



22011 



1,300 

 390 

 960 



1,420 



1,490 

 740 

 411 



1,460 

 410 



1,220 

 320 



1,820 



140 



510 



30 



140 



1,190 



1,060 

 180 



1,880 

 440 

 620 

 990 



CORN SOWN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART. 



The same varieties were used in this test as in previous years, and as in the past 

 the widest rows gave the most matured corn. These plots were planted alongside of 

 the varietal tests and under the same conditions. The growth appears to be as 

 mature, the ears as large and as plentiful at 35 inches in the drill as at 42 inches, and 

 there does not seem to be any advantage to compensate for the extra ground taken up 

 bv the wider rows. 



