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development. At that time it averaged 11^2 feet in height, 

 the ears liad formed, and the kernels were just beginning to 

 develop. When cut, it contained 82.6 per cent, of water, and 

 yielded at the rate of 15 tons of green material to the acre. 



Crop of 1904. 



One-third of an acre of well-drained, light loam was 

 plowed, manured at the rate of 6 cords to the acre and well 

 litted. The area was divided into two halves, and planted 

 with Eureka and Sil)ley's Pride of the North corn, the latter 

 a medium dent that will mature its seed in our latitude. 

 Some of the seed failed to germinate, more particularly the 

 Eureka, which necessitated some replanting. When the 

 corn was 15 inches high it was thinned to about one stalk 

 to the foot. The area was kept well cultivated and free 

 from weeds. On July 12 the corn was growing fast and 

 looked healthy, the Eureka being the taller. August 15 

 the Pride of the North was well tasseled and silked, while 

 the Eureka tassels were just showing. The corn was cut 

 September 15, at which time the Pride of the North averaged 

 9 to 10 feet in height and was fairly ripe, with kernels glaz- 

 ing. The Eureka was 1 2 to 13 feet high and quite immature, 

 the ears being small and the kernels scarcely formed. Two 

 plats, each 175 by 35 feet, were cut, stooked and eventually 

 carried to the liarn and carefully weighed. The Eureka 

 yielded 936 pounds of dry matter, equal to 6,683 pounds 

 per acre, equivalent to 20.4 tons of green corn (83.6 per 

 cent, water) ; the Pride of the North yielded 877 pounds 

 of dry matter, equal to 6,262 pounds per acre, equivalent 

 to 13.9 tons of gTcen corn (77.5 per cent, water). 



