1890.] 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



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FIELD D, 1889.* 



Red-cob 

 Ensilage Corn. 



Potatoes, 

 Plat 3. 



May ; tassels were first noticed July 30. The growth 



measured at this time 70 inches in height ; it was 105 inches 



high at the appearance of silk. The field looked extremely 



vigorous and handsome at this stage of the growth, — middle 



of August. The leaves died, however, 



soon, largely beginning at the lower 



end of the stalks. Most of the foliage 



up to the middle of the stalks was dead 



before the kernels began to glaze over. 



The plants measured 10| feet in height 



when cut, October 2. The ears were 



at this late date not yet fully matured ; 



they were also to a considerable degree 



imperfect in their general development. 



We obtained 475 pounds of ears and 



2,550 pounds of stover. 



The exceptionally cool and wet 

 weather during the months of July and 

 August has no doubt largely contributed 

 to the unsatisfactory termination of our 

 trial for a matured crop. Late matur- 

 ing varieties of corn offer but little^ 

 chance with us for a successful curing. 

 Our trial for ensilage has been referred 

 to in some preceding pages (Field B). 

 The general character of a well-matured 

 ear of this handsome corn may be 

 judged from a description and photo- 

 graph of an ear sent on to the station, 

 which occur farther on. 



Potatoes (Beauty of Hebron). — 

 Three plats for several years assigned 

 to this crop to study the causes of scab 

 were prepared and manured in exactly 

 the same manner as in previous years. 

 They were planted with healthy tubers, 

 May 1 ; the young crop showed itself 

 pretty uniformly over the entire field, 

 May 16. A blight appeared at the close of the month of 

 July ; it spread so rapidly that it killed within a week the 



Potatoes, 

 Plat 2. 



Potatoes, 

 Plat 1. 



Rus'n Khubarb. 



Minn. King Corn. 



Common Oats. 



Improved 

 American Oats. 



Hargett's 

 White Oats. 



H 



* Scale, 4 rods to 1 inch. 



