538 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Com culture in North Carolina, B. Irbt {North Carolma Sta. Bnl. 

 171, j)p. J?-4'J). — This is a popular pi'actical bulletin on corn culture, 

 dealint;- in detail with the following- subjects: Kinds of land suited for 

 corn culture, preparation of the soil, planting, fertilizers to be used 

 on corn, methods of corn cultivation, rotations for corn, varieties best 

 adapted to the South, harvesting the crop, selection and improvement 

 of seed, protection against weevils and moths, and the comparative 

 food value of corn and other forage crops. Dent varieties of corn are 

 considered best for the South, and for grain and stover purposes the 

 One-Hundred-Day Bristol, Delaware Count}' Dent, Leaming, Golden 

 Beauty, Chester County Mammoth, White Cap Early Dent, among 

 the 3'ellow varieties, and Mortgage Lifter, Hickory King, Mammoth 

 White Hite, Kiley Favorite, Cory Klondike, Snow Flake, Mosby 

 Prolilic, and Red Cob, among the white varieties, are considered best. 

 For grain and silage purposes Cocke Prolific, Northern White Field, 

 Blount Prolific. White Dent, Red Cob Ensilage, and Southern Horse 

 Tooth, are recommended. 



Sowing the seed with a planter is advised when as much as 10 acres 

 of corn is grown. The seed for planting should be selected from the 

 stalks in the field I'ather than in the crib. 



Crops for alkali soils, C. E. Mead {New Mexico Sta. Bui. 33, pp. 

 37-39). — A brief accoiuit of the successful culture of sugar beets and 

 sorghum on alkali patches or "chico spots," which are common on 

 many of the farms in the northwestern part of New Mexico. Sugar 

 beets grew especially well on these alkali spots, the roots being of 

 large size and good shape analyzing 18 to 20 per cent of sugar in the 

 juice with a purity of from 80 to 90. 



Tn the sorghum experiment the soil of a "chico spot" was removed 

 to a depth of al)out 1 ft. and distributed over the remainder of the 

 plat as evenly as possible. The excavation thus caused was filled with 

 soil containing very little if any alkali. It was leveled and the Avhole 

 plat drilled to sorghum. " In the fall, when the cane was stacked, the 

 stalks on the 'chico spot' were large and tall and most of them 

 matured their seed, while those on other parts of the same plat were 

 small, short, and of a sickly-looking color and in very few instances 

 could a ripe head be found. There was a difi'erence of fully 2 ft. in 

 the height of the canes on the plat in favor of the ones grown over the 

 'chico' land, and the heads of these were large and well filled with 

 grain, while the same can not b(» said of the others." 



G-rasses and forage crops, C. A. Keffek {Neio Mexico Sta. Bui. 

 32, pp. 19-3J{). — The author discusses briefly the importance of com- 

 bining li\'e stock and crop interests on the same farm in New Mexico 

 and urg(\s the gi'owing of certain forage c - for summer feeding 

 during periods of drought. Forage ci-ops j,.own at the station and 

 considered valuable are Broi/iu.s inerniiKi, Italian rye grass {Lol'imn 



