RErORT OF MR. ANGUS MAC KAY. 



371 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Thirty varieties were tested. All were planted on the 19th of May in hills, three 

 feet apart each way and twenty-seven of the same varieties were sown by hoe-drill in 

 rows three feet apart. The land was clay loam, fallowed in 1896. Two rows of sixty- 

 six feet each were cut from each variety and from this the yield per acre was computed. 

 As will be seen the corn sown in x'ows gave better returns than the same varieties 

 planted in hills. This is accounted for by the seed in the rows germinating shortly 

 after being sown which was caused by deep seeding — 3 inches; whereas that planted in. 

 hilis was ten days later in germinating and the plants never overtook those grown in 

 rows. 



Indian Corn — Test of Varieties. 



Test [of Variety. 



Giant Prolific Ensilage 



Sanford 



Cuban Giant 



Cloud's Karly Yellow 



Earlj' Butler .... 



Pride of the North Dent . . 



North Dakota White 



Mammoth Sweet Eodder 



Canada White Flint 



Red Cob Ensilage 



MitcTiell's Extra Early 



Kendall's Giant 



Mammoth Eight-rowed Flint . 



Mammoth Yellow Flint 



Burpee's Fii-st of All 



North Dakota Yellow 



Pearce's Prolific . ... 



Longfellow 



Compton's Early 



Ninety-day 



Chami:)ion White Pearl 



New White Cap Yellow Dent , 

 Wisconsin White Dent. .... 



Wisconsin Yellow Dent 



Extra Early Huron Dent 



King of the Earliest 



Selected Learning 



Angel of Midnight 



Thoroughbred White Flint. . . . 

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FIELD CORN— SOWN FOR ENSILAGE. 



North Dakota flint corn was sown on a five acre field for ensilage. The land had 

 produced a ci'op of oats the yeai- previous, was pluuglied in the spring seven inches 

 deep, well harrowed and rolled and the seed sown by gi-uin drill, in rows three feet 

 apart. The corn was sown on 20tli May, but on accouiit of dr}' weather did not germinate 

 till 20th June. Twenty-one tons fifteen hundred pounds was the yield from the 5 acres. 



Two acres of Mitchell's Extra Early corn were also .sown for ensilage. The land 

 produced a crop of flax and millet in 1896, and was deeply i^loughed in the spring 

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