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variety over another can be drawn from the varied results. It is 

 evident that several of these varieties are well adapted to certain 

 localities. The proportion of grain to fodder varies considerably 

 when certain varieties are grown in different localities. This is most 

 noticeable in the yields of grain and stover produced by the King Philip, 

 Pride of the North, and Canada Smut Nose varieties as reported from 

 Kings Park on Long Island and Gowanda in Cattaraugus county. It 

 seems certain that the value of a variety of corn in this State is a matter 

 that must be determined locally and not by averaging the results of any 

 series of similar tests scattered over the State. As to the varieties of 

 corn used in these tests, the results obtained seem to indicate that on 

 suitable soils, and at less than 600 feet elevation above sea level, varieties 

 of dent corn are as good as, or better than, the flint varieties for the pro- 

 duction of ear corn and stover. Above 1,000 feet elevation varieties of 

 flint corn are, as a class, better adapted to the climatic conditions and 

 produce better average yields of mature com. 



Experiments with corn for silage 

 A few varieties of com have been tested with a view to determining 

 their ability to produce good silage fodder. For two years such tests 

 have been made on the Cornell University fanns under the direction 

 of the writer. All the varieties in one test have been harvested at the 

 same date and samples of the fodder analyzed for moisture content and 

 nutrients. Additional tests of a iew varieties were made at Willard and 

 Industry, as previously noted. The yields of fodder for each kind and 

 locality are shown below: 



TABLE 9. Yields of Corn Fodder for Silage from Different Varieties in 



Three Localities 



Variety 



Hall's Gold Nugj;et 



Pride of the North 



Eight-rowed State 



Stony Kill White Cap . . 



Learning 



Wood's Northern White . 

 Crossbred Yellow Dent . 



Eureka Ensilage 



Blue Ridge Ensilage. . . . 



Willard 

 (tons 



per acre) 

 1911 



8.16 



9.82 



6.82 



1 1 . 50 



11.98 



Industry 

 (tons 



per acre) 

 1911 



5 07 

 6.88 



6.43 

 5-99 



Ithaca 



(tons 



per acre) 



1911 



9 . 62 

 8.73 



9.62 

 11.84 



Ithaca 



(tons 



per acre) 



1910 



10-33 

 7 23 

 8.08 



10.82 

 16.52 



Two of these varieties are of the flint type. Hall's Gold Nugget has 

 shown adaptability for silage purposes in several of the experiments. 



