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PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 



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Eureka White Dent. — A large growing southern variety. 

 It reaches a height of some 13 or more feet and has very coarse 

 stalks. It has never matured in Amherst. The ears set very 

 high on the stalk and the kernels are forming by September 15. 



Yield Per Acre of Entire Corn Plant {Pounds). 



Year. 



Variety. 



Condition. 



Total 

 Yield. 



Dry 



Matter. 



1909 

 1908 

 1908 

 1910 

 1904 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1906 

 1907 

 1909 

 1910 

 1908 

 1909 

 1908 

 1908 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1904 

 1910 



Twitchell'a, 



Sanford White, . 



Longfellow, 



Longfellow, 



Pride of the North, 



Pride of the North, 



Pride of the North, 



Rustler, 



Rustler, 



Rustler, 



Learning, 



Learning, 



Brewer's, 



Brewer's, 



Early Mastodon, 



Early Mastodon, 



Klondike, . 



Red Cob Silage, . 



White Cap Yellow, 



White Cap Yellow, 



Wing's Improved White 



Eureka, 



Eureka, 



Cap 



Mature, 



Mature 



Mature 



Mature 



Fairly ripe, kernels glazing, . 

 Mature, ...... 



In milk, not quite ripe. 



Mature 



Mature 



Mature 



Mature 



In milk, not quite ripe. 



In milk, green, . . . . 



In milk, green, . . . . 



In milk to dent stage, green. 



In milk to dent stage, green. 



Green and poorly eared. 



In milk to dent stage, green. 



In milk to dent stage, green. 



In milk to dent stage, green. 



In milk, green, . . . . 



Immature, kernels scarcely formed. 



Immature, ears just forming. 



13,800 

 28,400 

 34,960 

 25,400 

 27,800 

 42,600 

 28,500 

 23,067 

 27,100 

 22,400 

 51,560 

 28,200 

 35,100 

 28,100 

 39,320 

 36,220 

 37,340 

 43,500 

 35,300 

 24,900 

 28,300 

 40,800 

 43,800 



4,236 

 8,148 

 8,981 

 6,480 

 6,253 



11,064 

 5,141 

 7,843 

 5,328 

 6,772 



12,307 

 5,144 

 6,286 

 7,226 

 9,488 

 6,436 

 9,069 



11,210 



11,038 

 5.784 

 5,671 

 6,671 

 9,044 



The preceding table shows the total yield per acre as cut and 

 also the total yield of dry matter. The entire crop for each 

 one-twentieth acre plot was cut and immediately hauled to the 

 barn and weighed. The dry matter was determined by taking 

 a representative sample at the time of harvesting, running it 

 through a cutter, subsampling, placing the subsample in a glass- 

 stoppered jar and drying at 100° C. 



Twitchell's corn was well matured in spite of the unfa- 

 vorable season, and although the 4,236 pounds of dry matter 



