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varieties that would reach maturity not later than September 

 10 to 15. 



The writer was criticised at the time, it being claimed because 

 "of the lack of height of the corn (13 feet) that the land on 

 which the corn was grown was not sufficiently supplied with 

 j)lant food, and that the Eureka did mature its ears in central 

 and southern Massachusetts. In order partly to answer these 

 criticisms the station has grown the Eureka during the years 

 1907 and 1908. The land, in a fair state of fertility, was 

 dressed with manure at the rate of 6 cords to the acre, and in 

 addition a very liberal application of commercial fertilizer was 

 made. In neither season was it possible to mature the corn 

 on the station grounds. The corn reached about the usual 

 height, silked, and the ears were forming and showed kernels 

 about September 15. The ears form very near the top of the 

 stalk, which is not a desirable feature. The writer does not 

 question the veracity of parties who state that in central and 

 southern Massachusetts fields of this corn have produced more 

 or less matured ears. It is his belief, however, in view of 

 the coarseness and general immaturity of the plant under 

 average conditions, that it is not a desirable corn for Massa- 

 chusetts dairymen to grow. The farmer will do far better to 

 l^lant Teaming, Rustler's Minnesota dent, Pride of the North, 

 Longfellow and Sanford White. Such varieties will undergo 

 less fermentation and decomposition in the silo and will yield a 

 less sour and more nutritive silage. 



Wet Breweks' Grains. 

 Wet brewers' grains contain 75 to 77 pounds of water in 

 100, and are practically all sold to farmers living in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of the brewery, at prices ranging from 10 to 13 

 cents a bushel. Assuming that 33 bushels weigh a ton, the cost 

 would be from $3.30 to $4 at the brewery, to which the cost of 

 cartage should be added. Four tons wet grains contain nutri- 

 tive material equivalent to that found in 1 ton dry grains, or in 

 1.1 tons wheat bran, or in % ton gluten feed. With this data 

 at hand, the purchaser of this material can calculate at what 

 price he can secure an equal amount of nutrients in the various 

 dry feed stuffs. The writer has not had any experience in feed- 



