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large fodder varieties did not surpass the early maturing sorts. The fodder 

 varieties did not produce mature enough ears to permit of harvesting them 

 separately any season during the years' experiments. The smaller acclimated 

 varieties like Gehu, ^Nlercer, Golden Dent, and others made a more rapid and 

 stronger growth during the early part of the season than the large fodder corns. 

 The results with varieties of sorghum, cane, Kafir, and hroom corn during 12 

 years show that they are not as valuable a crop for fodder production as the 

 counnon varieties of Indian corn. 



Shallow cultivation gave an average yield for G years of 35.4 bu., as com- 

 pared with 34.5 bu. for shallow early and deep late cultivation, 31.5 bu. for 

 deep earlj' and shallow late cultivation, and 30.3 bu. for deep cultivation. In 

 every year the corn on the plat receiving shallow cultivation was ripest when 

 frost came. When drilled in G in. drills, planting on May 27 and June gave 

 better average yields than planting .June 1!) and 30. Corn drilled in 42 in. 

 drills did not give such high yields as corn drilled in 6 in. drills, but it was 

 more easily harvested and it also produced a considerable part of its value 

 in the ears which it formed. In a test with planting different numbers of 

 kernels per hill it was observed that the yield of fodder increased with the 

 thickness of planting, while the greatest yield of ears was mrtde by the plat 

 having 4 stalks per hill. Corn drilled G in. apart led in average yield of fodder 

 for 8 years with 7,843 lbs. per acre, while corn planted in drills 42 in apart 

 led in yield of ears with 25.2 bu. per acre, the corn being in the hard dough to 

 ripe condition when harvested. 



A comparison of different distances between kernels of corn in rows 44 in. 

 apart shows that stalks growing at intervals of 6 in. gave better returns of 

 both ears and fodder than when grown at greater distances, the yield decreasing 

 regularly as the distance widened. Of corn fodder grown in 6 in. drills cattle 

 consumed during a 32-day feeding test 02.(> per cent of the forage offered them, 

 while of the fodder grown in rows 42 in. ai)art only 82.8 per cent was consumed. 

 Analyses made of fine and coarse corn fodder showed but little difference in 

 the value of the refuse rejected by the cattle, although that from the thick 

 grain sample was slightly superior. Coi'u grown in G in. drills produced 8,174 

 lbs., and that grown in 42 in. drills 5,570 lbs. per aci-e. 



In brief notes on different crops it is I'ecorded that field peas in 1906 yielded 

 31.5 bu. per acre, and that cowpeas and soy-beans had not given much prom- 

 ise. A heavy dressing of decomposed barnyard manure on brome grass seeded 

 in 1902 gave a yield of 2.75 tons of hay per acre, as compared with 1.9G tons 

 for the check test. It is believed that the I'educed yields of brome grass after 

 it has stood for a few years is due as much to the reduced fertility of the soil 

 as to the density of the sod. Grimm and Turkestan alfalfa have produced on 

 an average for 5 years 5,051 lbs. of hay per acre. The average yield for 7 

 years of medium red clover from the first cutting was 3,547 lbs. The plat giving 

 the highest yield of red clover seed lacked only 4 lbs. of making 2* bu. of seed 

 I)er at.-re. Clover sown with and without a niu'se crop showed no differences dur- 

 ing any i)eriod of the following growing season. 



Alfalfa in Maryland, C. W. Nash ( Mari/laiid Sta. Bid. 118, pi). 291-31',, figs. 

 7). — (Jeneral directions for the culture of alfalfa in Maryland are given, and 

 the results secured in cooperative tests with farmers are summarized. The 

 reports received show yields ranging from 2| to 7 tons per acre. One farmer 

 reported a yield of 5 tons per acre on a field of GG acres seeded 12 years ago. 

 The results of inoculation tests showed the value of using alfalfa and sweet 

 flover soil for this purpose. 



Of the farmers reporting, 122 had good stands at the time of making their 

 reports while 3G had been unsuccessful. Of the successful parties 91 used 



