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Field and Silage Corn. The growth of corn in California 

 as a grain or silage crop is out of the view of this treatise. An in- 

 teresting publication on the subject can be had from the Experi- 

 ment Station at Berkeley. During the last decade silos have mul- 

 tiplied in various parts of the state and a much greater acreage of 

 field corn has been grown than formerly. It is chiefly grown in 

 rows and somewhat less carefully than corn for grain, because the 

 plant is not required to meet the strenuous requirements of grain 

 for ripening. Still the better the growing the better the crop. A 

 hardy, vigorous, tall growth is important for silo filling. Varieties 

 chiefly grown are the Learning, which well meets these points and 

 is the most popular of the yellow varieties in California, and San- 

 ford White Flint, which holds about the same place among white 

 sorts. The Red Cob Ensilage is a strong growing, short jointed 

 and leafy variety especially selected for silo purposes. 



