Feb., 1927] PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS 



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FIELD CROPS 



Ensilage Variety Tests — {Hatch Fvnd) 



The ensilage from nine varieties of corn grown and reported a year 

 ago by F. W. Taylor was analyzed in IMarch, 1926, by the chemical 

 laboratory. Table 1 shows the yield per acre together with the results 

 of the chemical analyses of these nine silages: 



Table I — Yields and analyses of ensilage plots 



Variety Tests of Legumes — (Hatch Fvnd) 



A half-acre of the Heater Lot on the college farm was laid off into 

 eightieth-acre ])lots in the spring of 1926 and seeded to alfalfa, sweet 

 clover, and red clover with barley as a nurse crop. Different varieties 

 and strains of these legumes from different sources were planted to 

 secure data on their comparative adaptability to this climate. 



Sweet Corn Fertilization — (Hatch Fimd) 



This project was conducted by F. S. Prince and J. R. Hepler, on 

 l)lots 20 X 50 located on the Horticultural Farm. The treatments 

 were duplicated three times, and one row of corn around the plots was 

 discarded in order to avoid any overlapping of fertilizer applications. 

 The corn was i:)lanted May 25 and harvested September 5 to 10. 

 Table II shows the treatment and yields of both corn and stover. 



Effect of Place on Potato Production — (Purnell Fund) 



Previous experiments on the effect of early harvesting on freedom 

 of potatoes from degeneration diseases and productivity were continued 

 by 0. Butler. Green Mountains, grown at East Kingston in 1922, 

 were dug after 90 days and planted in 1923. In 1923 the stock was 

 again harvested after 90 days' growth and planted in 1924. In 1924 

 the stock was harvested after it had grown 90 days, 100 days, 124 



