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SILAGE STUDIES 



from 32 to 44 stalks ; 12 quarts, from 26 to 35 ; and 10 quarts, 

 from 27 to 34 stalks. One bushel of seed gave an average of 

 72 stalks to the rod, one half bushel 37 stalks, 12 quarts 32 

 stalks, and 10 quarts 30 stalks. 



The composition of the corn from each quantit}' of seed 

 averaged from two cuttings is in the table below. 



COMPOSITION OF SANFORD CORN FROM DIFFERENT QUANTITIES 



OF SEED. 



In this comparison the variations in composition are slight, 

 and the field notes make no mention of any differences in de- 

 velopment other than in yield of green fodder This difference 

 in yield was 20 per cent, in favor of the bushel of seed, and 

 follows throughout the constituents. 



In 1897 a somewhat similar experiment was conducted at 

 Durham with Learning corn. Through one field, that season, 

 duplicate pairs of rows were planted by the corn-planter, 

 at the rate of one half bushel, one bushel, and two bushels 

 respectively per acre. In the fall the most uniform portions of 

 these rows were cut and weighed at the usual time of harvest- 

 ing for the silo, and samples taken for analysis. The yields of 

 fodder have been taken from the notes of the agricultural de- 

 partment, at that time in charge of Professor Rane. The 

 effects of the different quantities of seed on composition and 

 yield follow : 



