Cooperative Tests of Corn Varieties 



399 



The two varieties yielding the most grain in this experiment are flint 

 varieties; one of these, Hall's Gold Nugget, produced the best average 

 yield of stover also. A rather late dent variety. Stony Kill White Cap, 

 produced a good yield of stover but did not equal the King Philip flint 

 corn in yield of grain. It is evident that varieties of both flint and dent 

 corn have some adaptability to Ithaca conditions. As a class the flint 

 varieties outyielded the dent varieties by 3 per cent in grain and 26^ per 

 cent in stover in this limited test. 



Experiments at Delhi 



For three years varieties of corn have been tested on the county farm 

 at Delhi, N. Y. The soil is a gravelly loam near the Little Delaware 

 River. The elevation is 1,400 feet above sea level. Drought during the 

 first two seasons and an early killing frost the third season reduced the 

 yields obtained in these tests. Fifty varieties were planted in 1909. 

 Thirty-eight of these were harvested, and from them ten were selected for 

 the second trial in 19 10; two local flint varieties were added in this test. 

 The third trial was made with eight varieties furnished by the College 

 of Agriculture, four introduced from other localities, and thirteen pur- 

 chased from local seed dealers whose varieties were intended mainly for 

 silage corn. The tests were in charge of A. J. Nicoll, of Delhi, N. Y. 

 Because the yields were measured on a different basis each year, it is not 

 thought wise to make averages in the table: 



TABLE 2. Yields from Corn Varieties Grown at Delhi 



Flint varieties 



State Flint (local) 



Sanford White 



Hall's Gold Nugget 



Fisher's White 



King Philip 



Canada Smut Nose .... 



Eight-rowed Flint 



Twelve-rowed Flint .... 

 Genesee Valley 



Dent varieties 



Onondaga White 



Michigan Dent 



Pride of the North 



Stony Kill White Cap.. 



Bushels 

 corn 

 per 

 acre 

 1909 



46 

 45 



46 

 46 

 38 



40 



42 

 44 

 27 

 27 



Bushels 

 shelled 



corn 

 per acre 



1910 



46 

 38 

 35 

 34 

 31 

 31 

 33 



37-8 

 33-8 

 26.6 

 20. 1 



Pounds 



field-cured 



corn 



per acre 



1911 



11-538 



1 1 , 846 

 12,538 



13.615 

 14,000 

 I I , 692 



11.538 

 9,692 



Per- 

 centage 

 moisture 

 in ear 

 samples 



1911 



35.8 



37-9 

 34-2 

 28.3 

 28.1 

 34-8 



295 

 29.8 



Pounds 



uncured 



fodder 



per hill 



19H 



9-5 



4-5 



