SILAGE STUDIES 



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COMPOSITION OF VARIETIES OF CORN SILAGE. 



Vakiety. 



Sanford, 1891, Hanover, 1 



Sanford, 1894, Durham, 1 



Sanford, 1896, January-February average 



Sanford , 1896, April average 



Learning, 1896, February-March average 



Learning, 1898, April 1 



Learning, 1898-1899 average 



Learning, 1 899-1900, average 



Mosby's Prolific, 1896, 1 



Mosby's Prolific, 1897, 1 



Average of Sanford 



Average of Learning 



Average of Mosby's Prolific 



Sanford corn and Soy bean, 1897 



Learning corn and red clover, 1898 



a 



■♦-J 



o 



u 



CL 



1.82 

 1.54 

 1.92 

 1.73 

 1.70 

 1.03 

 1.79 

 1.35 

 1.98 

 1.35 

 1.75 

 1.47 

 J. 66 

 2.82 

 3.25 





5.02 

 5.14 

 5.08 

 5.10 

 5.49 

 5.83 

 4.98 

 4.68 

 7.02 

 6.97 

 5.09 

 5.24 

 7.00 

 6.41 

 7.71 



O ea t, 

 coQ-o 



9.32 



10.74 



11.89 



11.19 



10.62 



11.04 



9.95 



8.24 



9.78 



8.66 



10.78 



9.97 



9. 22 



8.31 



14.50 





.56 

 .53 

 .65 



1.13 

 .39 

 .48 

 .53 

 .52 

 .72 

 .59 

 .72 

 .48 

 .65 



1.22 

 .88 



EFFECT OF DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF SEED. 



The first trial in this line was at Hanover in 1S91 , as already 

 mentioned, with Sanford corn. The quantities of seed used 

 per acre were one bushel, one half bushel, twelve quarts, and 

 ten quarts. The corn on each plot was cut at four different 

 stages of growth, and the amount from a measured rod of drill 

 weighed and sampled. From the notes of the assistant in 

 agriculture have been obtained the weights of each lot and the 

 number of stalks per rod. 



In making the comparison the tabulated data have been 

 limited to an average of the results for each quantity of seed 

 obtained in the last two stages of growth, which were but five 

 days apart. It is of interest to know how thickly plants will 

 be placed when a certain quantity of seed is used. In this 

 experiment the four difterent lots where 32 quarts of seed were 

 used varied from 57 stalks to S'j stalks ; 16 quarts of seed gave 



