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Journal of Agriculture. 



[jo April, 1909. 



varieties produce more cobs than others, but these cobs vary in height from 

 the ground. For example, the North- Western Dent i>roduces cobs at 18, 

 24 and 31 inches from the ground, whereas Eclipse produces one col) at 

 5 feet from the ground. High-growing cobs hinder rapid picking, for 

 the reason that the stalk has to be bent down before the cob can be 

 jmlled off. Low growing cobs are equally undesirable because they 

 compel the picker to bend down, thus increasing the fatigue of the work. 



TAKING MEASUREMENTS OF MAIZE IN TITE FIELD. 



Varieties extensively grown for grain, such as Learning, Siblev and 

 Solomon's Pride, produce their cobs at from 2 feet 6 inchts to 4 feet 

 from the grcmnd, thus making picking much easier. 



Weights oi' GRt:KN I-'odder per Acre. 



Li order to ascertain the relative values of the varieties under trial 

 for forage purposes, a given area was cut and weighed at the period" 

 when the grain was just glazing. 



These weights should only be accepttfl in connexion with the previo'US 

 tables referring to the same varieties. Much superior \ields have beerr 

 obtained elsewhere and the following by no means re])resent the- maximum, 

 possible. 



