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The flint variety showing the highest yield of com in 19 10 is a local 

 strain of eight-rowed yellow flint corn. It is grown yearly for husking 

 on the school farm at Industry. The best-yielding dent variety in 19 10 

 has not succeeded in the other cooperative experiments. Dent varieties 

 seem to be superior for conditions at Industry. Two dent varieties and 

 two flint varieties were tested for silage fodder production in 191 1. The 

 yields are given in Table 9. 



Experiments at Berkshire 



The climatic conditions at Berkshire resemble those at Ithaca, but the 

 soil on which the corn varieties were grown is better adapted to corn 

 culture. A field of fertile gravelly loam at an elevation of 1,050 feet 

 above sea level was used for a variety test in 19 10. Twelve varieties were 

 planted and of these ten were harvested ; two dent varieties failed to mature. 

 Very dry weather prevailed during the summer, but the cultivation given 

 overcame that condition to a large extent. The experiment was made by 

 D. P. Witter on his own farm. The grain only was weighed in harvesting. 

 The yields shown in Table 6 are on the basis of corn containing 1 2 per cent 

 of moisture : 



TABLE 6. Yields from Corn Varieties Grown at Berkshire 



Shelled corn 

 (bushels 

 per acre) 



Fli7it varieties 



Hall's Gold Nugget 



King Philip 



Canada Smut Nose 



Button 



Yellow State Flint 



Sanford White 



Dent varieties 



Pride of the North 



Michigan Dent 



Onondaga White 



Stony Kill Wliite Cap 



70 

 69 

 61 

 60 



59 



47.8 



66.5 

 64.9 

 60.9 

 42.7 



The varieties of flint corn made a higher average yield than did the 

 dent varieties tested. Hall's Gold Nugget and King Philip gave better 

 yields than did any other varieties. Pride of the North produced nearly 

 as good a yield. 



Experiments in igii 



A number of small cooperative experiments were located at various 

 points in the State in 19 11. Four of these were made on the fanns of 



