The Bulletin 



The Buncombe Test Farm. 



The Buncombe Test Farm is located in the Swannanoa Valley about 

 eleven miles east of Asheville. The farm is about 2,400 feet above sea 

 level. According to the U. S. Weather Bureau report* on this section 

 the average date for the last killing frost in spring is April 17, and the 

 average date for the first killing frost in fall is October 3. This gives 

 an average of 169 days between the spring and fall frosts. During the 

 past season the rainfall for this section was 40.22 inches, 9.34 less than 

 normal. Fifty per cent of the total rainfall was well distributed 

 throughout the corn growing season. The soil of this farm on which 

 the tests were made is classified as Porter's Loam. 



The varieties and results of this test are listed in Table II, according 

 to yield of shelled com per acre. 



In this test the varieties range in yield betw^een 28.2 and r)0.6 bushels 

 of shelled corn per acre, Avith a difference of 22.4 bushels betw^een the 

 lowest and liighest yielding variety. The two highest yielding varieties, 

 Latham's Double and Southern Beauty, were rather low yielders at this 

 fami in 1914. 



'D. 8. Weather Bureau, ClimBtological Data. N. 0. Section, 1915. 



