REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



247 



FODDER CORN. 



This plant has generally given such good returns here that an increased area 

 has been sown every year. 



In addition to the fifteen varieties sown in small plots, a field of eleven acres was 

 sown this year for ensilage purposes. 



As this plant makes its principal growth late in the season, it sufiered severely 

 from the drought and hot winds of August, this reduced the yield to one-half of last 

 year's crop, but the open fall and high temperature was favourable to early maturing 

 and all the varieties formed ears, some of them reaching the roasting stage. 



In addition to the usual plan of sowing in rows, a set of duplicate plots were 

 planted in hills; sowing in rows is by far the most expeditious and has this year 

 given the largest return ; there was no noticeable difference in point of earliness 

 between the two methods of sowing. 



The land for this crop was prepared by ploughing in ten loads of rotted manure 

 in spring, was then well harrowed and the corn sown with a press drill. 



This land was in millet the previous year. 



Fodder Corn sown on 26th May, with a press drill, in rows three feet apart, and 

 nine inches apart in the row, cut 14th September. 



Variety. 



Mastodon Dent 



Angel of Midnight 



Compton's Early 



Grolden Dew Drop 



Great Northern 



Gold Dollar 



North Dakota Flint . . 

 Thorobred White Flint 

 Gold Coin 



Early Minnesota 



Pearce's Prolific 



Smut Nose Flint 



Early Champion 



Mitchell's Extra Early 

 Burpee's Firat of AIL . 







Aug 20 

 do 1 



do 1 

 do 4 

 do 2 



do 3 

 do 1 



do 25 

 July 28 



Aug 1 



do 3 



do 4 



do 1 



July 25 

 do 29 



02 



d 



Aug 25 

 do 9 



do 10 

 do 20 

 do 9 



do 10 



do 9 



Sept 5 



Aug 9 



do 5 



do 9 



do 15 



do 9 



do 1 

 do 7 



S 



c3 



Sept 

 Aug 



do 

 do 

 do 



do 



do 

 Sept 

 Aug 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



do 

 do 



4 



25 



2" 

 27 

 26 



24 

 24 

 11 

 23 



26 

 15 

 25 

 26 



10 

 25 





Sept 4 



do 

 do 

 do 



do 

 do 



Aug 29 



Sept 



Aug 



Sept 



do 



Aug 

 do 



Stage 

 when cut. 



Early milk 

 Roasting 

 ears . . . 

 Late milk, 

 do .. 

 Roasting 



ears 



do 



do .. 



Early milk 



Roasting 



ears .... 



do .. 



do .. 



Late milk. 



Roas ting 



ears . . 



Nearlyripe 



Roas ting 



ears . . 



Xi 



o 



a 



Si 



84 



62 

 62 

 63 



64 

 69 

 59 

 52 



65 

 52 

 56 

 63 



39 

 45 



44 



Leafiness. 



Little ... 



Fair 



Good 



do 



do 



Very good 

 Good 



do 



do 



do 



Fair 



Good 



Poor 



do 



do 



m 





.*3 CO 



bom 

 Hi o 



Lbs. 



7 



7i 

 9 



n 



8h 



10' 



8 



5 

 6^ 



8 

 4 



5i 



Yield per 

 acre, green. 



Tons. Lbs. 



13 950 



11 1,100 



11 ],100 



11 1,100 



11 



11 



10 



9 



1,100 



1,450 

 1,800 



9 700 



9 700 



8 1,050 



8 1,050 



6 1,200 



4 1,900 



4 800 



