34 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Varieties (pp. 140-149). — Tlic date of tasseliug aud ripeniug, heiglit 

 of stalk, height of ear from ground, and yield of sound corn and nub- 

 bins are given in tables for each of 48 varieties. The largest yield 

 of sound corn, 24.28 bus. per acre, was made by Stewart Improved. 



Experiments with corn, A. C. Magruder {Oldalioma Sta. Bui. 

 10, pp. 39-iii). — Experiments with varieties, distance, number of stalks 

 per hill, frequency and depth of cultivation, listing vs. drilling, and 

 subsoiling on alkali soil. 



Forty-two plats were used for a test of varieties and seed was 

 obtained from 13 States. The largest yield, 840 lbs. of ear corn per 

 acre, was made by Champion White Pearl, from Kansas. Eleven 

 varieties from the Southern States averaged 262 lbs. of corn and 1,323 

 lbs. of stover i)er acre; 23 A'arieties from States north of Oklahoma 

 yielded 514 lbs. of corn and 1,203.7 lbs. of stover per acre. Listed corn 

 covered 6 in. deep yielded 15.2 bus.; drillejl corn planted 3 in. deep 

 yielded 9.6 bus. per acre. 



Shallow cultivation resulted in a smaller yield than deep cultivation 

 for drilled corn, but in a larger yield for listed corn. Drilled corn made 

 the largest yield when cultivated deep 5 times; listed corn when cul- 

 tivated shallow 10 times. Subsoiling alkali lauds was unprofitable. 



Corn as a silage crop, W. H. Jordan {Maine Sta. Bui. 11, 2d ser., 

 p2), i). — A brief statement of the results of an experiment in comparing 

 Southern corn with Maine field corn for silage. In 1888, 1890, and 

 1891 Southern corn gave a larger yield of digestible dry matter per 

 acre. In 1892 and 1893 Maine field corn gave a larger yield of diges- 

 tible dry matter. The average results for 5 years Avere as follows: 

 Southern corn yielded 34,701 lbs. of green fodder x^er acre, Maine field 

 corn 22,26) lbs. The dry matter in Southern corn was 14.5 per cent; 

 in Maine field corn 18.75 per cent, or as 100:129. In Southern corn 

 65 per cent of the total dry matter was digestible; in Maine field corn 

 73 per cent, or as 100 : 112. In 100 lbs. of dry matter there was in South- 

 ern corn 7.28 lbs. of digestible dry matter; in Maine field corn 13.69 

 lbs., or as 100 : 189. Southern corn averaged 3,251 lbs. of digestible dry 

 matter per acre, and Maine field corn 3,076 lbs. 



"The yield of digestible dry matter has averaged 175 lbs. more with the Southern 

 corn. To offset this it has been necessary to handle annually 5.75 tons more weight. 



''The largest as well as the smallest yield of digestible matter in a single year has 

 come from thii ^Nlaine held corn." 



Some leguminous plants, G. McCarthy and P. E. Emery {North 

 Carolina 8ta. Bui. 9S, pp. 135-150, 157-170). — Directions for the cul- 

 ture of various leguminous plants, and notes on the growth made by 

 the following species and varieties, most of which were grown on 

 lowland and upland at the station: Alfalfa {Medicago sativa), hybrid 

 medic, or sand lucern {M. media), black medic {AI. hipulina), sainfoin 

 {Onohrychis sativa), sulla {Hedijsanim coronarium), serradella {Oniith- 

 opus sativus), kidney vetch {Anthyliis vidneraria), Japan clover {Les- 



