92 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



the party drawing the product of an acre of green Eureka 

 corn to the barn would he transporting 34,109 pounds of 

 water and (),691 of dry matter, while in the case of the 

 Pride of the North he would cart 21,. 545 pounds of water 

 and 6,255 pounds of dry material ; in other words, to secure 

 essentially the same quantity of actual food in the Eureka he 

 would be required to handle 12,564 pounds extra water. 



It is, of course, understood that the yield would vary 

 from 3^ear to year, depending on soil and climatic conditions. 

 It is believed, however, that the relative proportions would 

 hold true, and that the farmer would secure as much actual 

 food material from those varieties of corn that mature their 

 seed, without being obliged to handle the extra bulk in the 



form of water. 



CoJiclusio7is. 



1. Eureka silage corn is a late dent variety; it has large 

 stalks, which appear to be thickly set with leaves. During 

 the seasons of 1903 and 1904 it o-rew 11 to 13 feet hiah, 

 and when cut, Septeniber 15, the ears were very inmiature 

 (kernels just forming) . 



2. In comparison with Sil)ley's Pride of the North, a 

 medium dent, which matures its ears in this latitude, the 

 Eureka green corn, Avhen cut, contained about (! per cent, 

 more water, noticeably more ash and fil)er, and nmch less 

 extract matter. The field-cured fodder of the Eureka still 

 contained as high as 69 per cent, of water, while the Pride 

 of the North contained only 38 per cent. 



3. The leaves and husks of each variety did not vary 

 greatly in composition. The ears and stalks of the Eureka 

 contained more fiber and much less extract matter and fat 

 than those of the Pride of the North. 



4. The Eureka green fodder was found to l)e 67 i)er cent., 

 and the same material dry 64 percent., digestible ; a typical 

 sample of Pride of the North, cut green, was 71 per cent, 

 digestible. The stover of both varieties pioved equally di- 

 gestible. 



5. The Eui'eka yielded about the same relativi^ weight of 

 green leaves as did the Pi-idc^ of the Noi'th. It ja-oduced 64 

 p<M- cent, of stalks and 7 per (-(Mil. of eai-s, wlille t\\v Pride 



