100)8 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Tile followiiiji varieties of eorn led in theprodiu'tion of silage in 1903: New Century 

 Wonder, 2!).:Mons; Cloud Early Yellow, 26.!) tons; Eureka, 26.i> tons; Peiuisylvania 

 Early Dent, 2().4 tons; Mastodon I)ent,L'(>..'Uons; and 100 Day Bristol, 20.2 tons. The 

 average data from different depths of planting show the greatest yieldof totiil crop and 

 ears from planting 2 in. deep. In 1902 and 1903 corn cultivated deeply immediately 

 after ])lauting and shallower as the season advanced gave a hetter yie'.d than corn cul- 

 tivated shallow at first and deeper latter on. The results obtained Avith 15 varieties 

 of sorghum, including sugar cane, broom corn, Kafir corn, milo maize, and other 

 varieties, are given in a table. The greatest yields of forage were obtained from the 

 varieties of sugar cane. The yields of varieties of sunflowers, millet, rape, kale, cab- 

 bage, and other forage crops are also given. 



Sixteen mixtures of grasses and (dovers, each consisting of one gra«s and one clover, 

 were tested 4 times with an average yield for all of 3^ tons of hay per acre. The 

 average yield for the second year after the seed was sown was 4 tons, and the third 

 year 2.7 tons. Alfalfa and tall oat grass head the list with an average yield of 4.41 

 tons per acre, followed by alfalfa and timothy, alfalfa and orchard, and alfalfa and 

 tall fescue, with yields of 4, 3.84, and 3.78 tons per acre, respectively. A mixture 

 of 8 grasses and 5 clovers in different proportions, amounting to 35 lbs. of seed per 

 acre, and one of 5 grasses and 4 clovers, amounting to 24 lbs. per acre, have been 

 under test for 9 years and have furnished 21 cuttings. The average yield of hay per 

 acre for the first mixture was 4.47 tons, and for the second 5.14 tons. 



Corn culture, K. J. Redding {Georgia Sta. Bxd. 62, pp. 81-98). — Previous work 

 of this kind has already been noted (E. S. R., 14, p. 855). Sixteen varieties were 

 tested but unfavorable conditions interfered with the results. Marlboro Prolific 

 gave the best yield, and of this variety 175 ears were required to shell one bushel, 

 while of Henry Grady, which stood second, only 115 ears were required. The aver- 

 age number of ears to the bushel for the best eight varieties in the test was 156 and 

 for the remainder 137. 



In comparing methods of harvesting in 1901 and 1903, it was found in each year 

 that cutting the stalks and curing them in the shock gave the best returns. The 

 stalks in the experiment of 1903, rated at 50 cents per 100 lbs., were worth ?>8.41 per 

 acre. 



Planting corn on Ijeds and in the water furrow gave practically equal results, and 

 applying cotton seed composted for several weeks about one week before planting 

 showed no advantage over the use of crushed cotton seed used in the same way. 



The results of a tillage experiment indicate that cultivation once a week for corn 

 on unfertilized land is better than less frequent but more thorough working of the 

 soil, while on well-fertilized land the more thorough tillage at longer intervals is the 

 more advantageous. 



Fertilizer tests with different applications of equal cost did not give conclusive 

 results, but they indicated that the larger proportion of cotton-seed meal, furnishing 

 nitrogen, is of greater benefit under the prevailing conditions tlian a larger propor- 

 tion of acid phosphate and muriate of potash. On the fertilized plats an average of 

 76 percent and on the unfertilized plats an average of 67.1 per cent of a perfect 

 stand was obtained. 



Cooperative variety tests of corn in 1902-3, T. L. Lyon (Nehraska Sta. Bui. 

 '83, ]>p. 20, map 1) . — Nineteen varieties were tested by 59 farmers in various parts of 

 the State. For the purpose of the experiments the State was divided into 6 sections 

 corresponding in general with the variations in the natural vegetation. Not more 

 than 12 varieties were grown in any one section. The larger varieties were grown in 

 the eastern, the late maturing varieties in the southeastern, the early maturing sorts 

 in the northern and western, and the smaller eared varieties in the western sections. 

 The results of germination tests of the seed used and the yields obtained at the sta- 

 tion and by a number of farmers in the different sections are shown in tables, and 



