S44 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE, 



CORN STALKS FOR FODDER.. 



Mr. Carpenter spoke highly of stalks for cattle feed, and urged 

 farmers to cut them in a chaffing machine. He has wintered his 

 milk cows and work oxen on cut stalks alone, and they are now 

 in very fine condition, 



VARIETIES OF CORN RECOMMENDED FOR GROWTH HEREABOUT. 



For field crops. — Dutton, R. I. Premium, King Philip, King 

 Philip improved, Prolific Golden Drop, Improved Crystal Flint. 



For eating green. — Early Burlington, Tuscarora, Darling's 

 Early Sugar, Excelsior Sugar Cane, StowelPs Evergreen. 



CORN FOR DISTILLATION. 



Mr. Henry stated that a few years ago about two-fifths of the 

 corn crop brought to the seaboard was consumed by the distil- 

 leries, and that the hardest flint corn gave the smallest yield of 

 spirit. 



EARLY TABLE CORN. 



Mr. Gale stated that by selecting the earliest ripening ears, 

 for five years, a gentleman had been able to have corn on his 

 table three weeks earlier than formerly. 



CORN PLANTED TOO THICK. 



Mr. Gale thought it a great mistake to plant corn as thick as 

 it usually is in this State. The more land is worked the better 

 the crop will be. It should be a leading object with farmers to 

 try to make more corn than they now do for use. 



John G. Bergen. — It is a great object here to get corn very 

 early for sale, and so gardeners get the seed at the North, and, 

 as this grows short stalks, it is not necessary to plant it wide 

 apart. The distance apart should always be regulated by the 

 size of corn to be grown, and according to the strength of the 

 soil. 



SHEEP. 



A member read the following condensed statement on the 

 merits of pure bred and cross-bred sheep, taken from an address 

 by Mr. Chas. Howard at a meeting of Central Farmer's Club, 

 held in London : 



1. Southdowns. — The South, or Sussex Downs, are descended 

 from small gray and dark-faced sheep, which were found on the 

 hilly and mountainous districts throughout England. John Ell- 

 man was the original improver. He was followed and sTirpassed 



