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EXPERIUEXTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD Vil., A. '. 902 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Thirty-seven varieties of Indian corn were tested during the season of 1900, side by 

 side, on fairly uniform land. The soil was a sandy loam of good quality, which received a 

 dressing of barn-yard manure, about twelve tons to • the acre, during the winter of 

 1900-1. This was placed on the frozen land fresh from the barn-yard, in small heaps 

 of about one-third of a cart load each, and spread and ploughed under in the spring. 

 The previous crop was wheat. The land was gang-ploughed shallow shortly after 

 wheat harvest to start weed seeds and shed grain, and ploughed again in the autumn 

 seven or eight inches deep. In the spring of 1901, after the manure was spread and 

 ploughed under, it was harrowed twice with the smoothing harrow before sowing. The 

 corn was sown with the seed drill, in rows three feet apart, also in hills three feet apart 

 each way; when the plants were from five to seven inches high they were thinned so as 

 to leave them 'from six to eight inches apart in the rows, and from four to five kernels 

 were left in each hill. The varieties were all sown on May 28, and were cut for ensil- 

 age on September 18. The yield per acre has been calculated from the weight of the 

 CTup cut from two rows, each GO feet long. 



INDIAN CORN* — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



?. 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



1 

 2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 



10 



11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 IS 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 



I 



Superior Fodder ... 



Early Mastodon 



Early Butler 



Thoro'bred White Flint. . . 



Extra Early Huron 



Cloud's Early Yellow 



Giant Prolific Ensilage 



Selected Learning 



Red Cob Ensilage 



Evergreen Sugar 



Champion White Pearl . . . . 



Rennif'sB. B 



Country Gentleman 



Sanford 



Salzer'a All Gold 



Mammoth Cuban 



Canada White Flint 



Rennie's Victoria Yellow. . , 



Pride of the North 



Compton's Early , 



White Cap Yellow Dent,. . , 

 Rennie's Earliest Ontario. . , 



King of the Earliest 



Mamm. E-ght-rowed Flint., 



Black Mexican 



Early Yellow Long Eared . , 



Longfellow 



North Dakota White. 



Angel of Midnight 



Pearce's Prolific 



North Dakota Yellow 



Kendall's Early Giant 



Pearly August 



Salzer's Earliest Ripe 



Extra Early Szekejy 



Yellow Six Weeks.. 



Mitchell's Extra Early 



Strong 



Very strong. 



Strong 



I Very strong. 



h . . 

 Medium. . . . 



Strong 



Very strong. 



ii . . 



Strong 



Very strong. 



ii . . 

 Medium 

 Very strong. 

 Strong 



Medium 



Strong. . 

 Medium. 



Medium. 

 Weak... 



Height. 



Inches. 



120—130 



120—130 



110-120 



115-120 



115-125 



120—125 



120—130 



120^130 



120—130 



105—115 



110—120 



125-130 



94—110 



120—125 



115—125 



125-135 



90—120 



130—140 



105-115 



95—105 



120—130 



105—115 



105-115 



95—105 



90-100 



105—110 



95—105 



90— 95 



90—102 



85— 95 



80— 90 



65- 75 



80— 90 



65— 75 



65— 75 



65— 75 



60— 65 



Leanness. 



Leafy 



it . . 

 Very leafy. 



ii 

 Leafy 



ii 



•I 



n 



Very leafy. 

 Leafy 



it 



ti 



ii 



ti ... 

 Very leaf}'. 

 Leaf j' 



tt 



tt 



Leafy . . . 

 Very leaf}'. 

 Medium. . . 

 Leafy 



ii ... 



ii 



H 



ii 



H 



Fairly leafy 

 Medium. . . 

 Leafy 



ti 



Medium 



H . . . , 



Leafy 



Medium 



Condition 

 when 

 Cut. 



Glazed. .. 



Doughy . . 

 Late milk. 



Glazed. . . 

 Late milk. 

 Early milk 

 Late milk. 

 Early milk 



it 

 Late milk. 

 Early milk 



ti 

 Late milk. 

 Glazed . . . 

 Late milk. 

 Glazed. .. 

 Early milk 



H 

 Doughy.. . 

 Glazed . . . 

 ii ... 



Ri pe 



Glazed . . . 



Doughy 

 Ripe. . . 



Weight 

 per Acre 



grown 

 in Rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



24 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 IS 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 16 

 Hi 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 10 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 8 



840 

 400 

 1,300 

 200 

 1,760 

 1,540 

 1,540 



1,120 



460 



460 



1,360 



1,820 



1,380 



940 



1,840 



1,840 



1,820 



1,620 



1,300 



300 



80 



1,420 



1,660 



1,220 



360 



1,700 



1,480 



1,260 



1,040 



1,280 



240 



700 



260 



40 



1,600 



Weight 



per Acre 



grown 



in Hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



INDIAN CORN PLANTED AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES. 



Three varieties were chosen for this test, the Champion White Pearl, Selected 

 Learning and Longfellow. They were sown in rows at different distances apart. The 



