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were harvested. At least the results do give an indication of forage vield. 

 Vicland continued to give excellent yields of heavy grain although it is 

 not an extra high forage-yielding variety. The Canadian varieties, Van- 

 guard, Erban, Ajax, and Beaver, partly resistant to stem rust, gave good 

 }'ields both in forage and grain. 



Barley. Fourteen barley varieties were grown along with the oat 

 varieties. These were grown in duplicate and were planted, harvested, 

 and yield calculations made at the same time as the oat samples. In- 

 cluded in the trials were some of the newer varieties. Wisconsin Barbless 

 (Wise # 38), Alpha, and V^elvet, commonK' grown in New Hampshire, 

 were used as "checks." 



No record was taken on the forage yield as it was quite broken down 

 at harvest time. Two Canadian varieties, Byng and O.A.C. 21, showed 

 promising yields and well-matured grain. 



Spring Wheat. Twenty-three varieties of spring wheat were 

 planted in single rod rows for observation. The wheat was handled just 

 as were the oats and barley. Some of the rows looked so well at harvest 

 time that grain was finally threshed and cleaned. 



L. J. HiGGINS 



Silage and Field Corn Trials 



In this experiment varieties for check plots were selected on the 

 basis of adaptabilit)', maturing characteristics, and yields under New 

 Hampshire conditions. During each season all varieties were replicated at 

 least three times and all promising varieties were grown for at least three 

 seasons. The 1944 season was actually the first in which several new 

 hybrids were tried out with the selected "checks." During the preced- 

 ing years, many varieties and hybrids have been discarded, due to in- 

 ferior yielding ability and for other reasons. 



Silage Corn. Twenty-four varieties and hybrids, making up the 

 corn silage trials, were planted on May 17, 1944, at the Bunker Farm. 

 Each variety was replicated three times in 18 hill royvs with each hill 

 thinned to three plants. West Branch Sweepstakes, a very popular and 

 high silage-yielding, open-pollinated variety, and Cornell 29-3, a good 

 yielding dent hybrid, were used as "checks " 



On September 8, the corn silage was harvested. Twelve hills of 

 each replication were weighed to get the green weight yield. One hill 

 of three stalks of each replication was bagged and dried to obtain a uni- 

 form basis for calculating the dry matter yield per acre. 



In general, due to the fact that the 1944 season's rainfall was below 

 normal, there was not the usual spread in yields, and the earlier maturing 

 varieties yielded proportionately better than the later maturing varieties. 

 Ohio K-25 and DeKalb 628-a, two new hybrids, gave good yields in all 

 replications. 



Over a period of years there has been considerable fluctuation in 

 silage yields, but West Branch Sweepstakes and Cornell 29-3 have been 

 the more consistent \'ielders of mature late and early silage, respectively. 



