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TIIH RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 13, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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WEIGHT OF STALKS AND EARS. 
Last Kail I husked a few bundles of corn 
from the binder before they had dried any. 
The stalks weighed from 15 to 10 pounds 
to the bundle, and the husked corn from 
eight to nine pounds to the bundle. Is 
this a high average? Have experiments of 
this kind been tried by others? n. c. 
McLane Co., l*a. 
We have weighed the corn for a number 
of years, and we find, on an average, after 
the corn has been shocked and dried, that 
is, well cured, that 1,000 pounds of shock 
will generally give from 450 to 500 and 
occasionally 550 pounds of ear corn. It runs 
pretty nearly half of the shock to one-half 
of the ear corn, depending somewhat upon 
the season, and somewhat upon the variety 
of corn. Of course, it would be very difficult 
to tell the amount, because the corn is at 
all different, stages of dryness. 
Iowa Exp. Station. r. g. holden. 
We have no accurate data on the green 
weights at different stages of growth. The 
dry matter, however, at time of maturity will 
run as follows: Ear, 48.2 per cent; husks, 
4.9 per cent ; leaves, 28 per cent; stems. 
18.7 per cent. As the fodder usually runs 
we figure 1 1-3 pound of stover to a pound 
of grain. I cannot give you a very good idea 
of the accuracy of the results of your corre¬ 
spondent in regard to weight of husk and 
whole plant. These depend very much on 
stage of maturity and the amount of moisture 
in the corn. M. f. miller. 
Missouri Exp. Station. 
Your correspondent's weights of corn¬ 
stalks and ears seem to be quite correct, the 
proportion of ears to stalks generally being 
about one to one. Our experiments here 
have shown that while this is generally 
true under normal conditions as to soil fer¬ 
tility, moisture supply, etc., an unusually 
abundant supply of moisture will produce 
rather more stalk and leaf growth than 
grain. In a dry season there will be more 
grain than stalk. Very thick planting also 
has the effect of lessening the proportion 
of grain produced. Under these various con¬ 
ditions we have secured from about 35 to 
60 per cent of grain, or rather, ear corn. 
A. T. WIANCKO. 
Agriculturist Indiana Station. 
Of the 33 varieties of corn tried at this 
Station giving highest yields 16 were late 
or medium late maturing varieties, and 
gave an average yield of 5,084 pounds of 
stover, 4,009.6 pounds of shelled corn, and 
870.6 pounds of cobs per acre. Seventeen 
varieties matured medium early, and the 
average yield was 3,732 pounds of stover, 
3,662.4 pounds of shelled corn, and 754.4 
pounds of cobs per acre. The early corn con¬ 
tained a little less moisture in the ears when 
husked than the late corn, the average for 
the 17 samples of early corn being 18.5 per 
cent, and for the late corn 22.1 per cent. 
You will find some data on this subject in 
Prof. Henry’s “Feeds and Feeding,” pages 
169-170. From the reports of four experi¬ 
ment stations, New York, Connecticut, Wis¬ 
consin and Pennsylvania, the average yield 
was 4,415 pounds of ears and 3,838 pounds 
of stover per acre; figuring 82.5 per cent of 
the ears shelled corn would give an average 
yield of 3,642.5 pounds of shelled corn and 
773.5 pounds of cobs per acre. The propor¬ 
tion of ears to stover evidently differs great 
l.v in the different States, also with the differ¬ 
ent varieties of corn, whether late or early 
in maturing, the late maturing corn as a 
rule producing a larger growth of stalks 
than the early maturing varieties. From the 
experiment referred to at the Kansas Sta¬ 
tion it would appear that as the crop is har¬ 
vested and stored about one-half of the total 
weight of the crop is ears and the other half 
stover. With the late corn, as you have 
observed, the stover weighed about 300 
pounds more per acre than the ears, while 
with the early maturing corn the ears 
weighed nearly 700 pounds more per acre 
than the stover. At the New Jersey, Con¬ 
necticut, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania sta¬ 
tions,. the averages gave nearly 600 pounds 
more ears than stover, a. m. ten eyck. 
Kansas Exp. Station. 
We had at one time an extensive series of 
experiments to determine the relative pro¬ 
portions of the husks, the leaves, the stalks 
and the ears of Michigan field corn. As to 
the relation of the yield to the quality of the 
seed, the yield was 11 per cent greater from 
two-year-old seed fully ripened in a good sea¬ 
son as against seed of the year previous, or 
one-year-old seed ripened »n a bad wet Fall. 
As to width of row we found the greatest 
per cent of protein in rows at least two 
feet four inches apart, with the kernels three 
inches apart in the row. We found the 
greatest yield of pounds of protein in the 
same plot. A repetition of this experiment 
the succeeding year showed us the greatest 
yield of protein in the plot where (he rows 
were 42 inches apart. The per cent of the 
total weight of the plant found in the 
leaves, stalks and ears varied with the 
progress of the season. On September 14, 
when the corn was practically ripe, 35.70 per 
cent of the total weight of the plant before 
the rows .was in the ear, 36.26 per cent was 
in the stalks and 28.04 per cent was in the 
leaves. When the corn was air-dried and 
an examination made it was found that 46.32 
per cent of the total weight of the plants 
was in the ear. 31.91 per cent in the stalks 
and 21.77 per cent in the leaves, the leaves 
of course including the husks. Taking up 
next the matter of the protein, it was found 
that in the dry plants 50.60 per cent of all 
the protein was found in the ears, 32.30 
per cent in the leaves and 17.10 per cent in 
the stalks. Rejecting amido bodies and look¬ 
ing at the albuminoid nitrogen alone we 
found that nearly 60 per cent of the most 
valuable protein was in the ears and only 
about 10 per cent in the stalks. The ears 
and the leaves are the most valuable part 
of the corn plant. Again, if the corn be 
lacking in any one ingredient it is in ash. 
Henry of Wisconsin and others have found 
it necessary to feed pigs some ash material 
to supply the elements for the growth of the 
bones. In studying the distribution of the 
ash in the corn plant we were surprised to 
find that exactly 50 per cent of all the ash 
in the plant was found in the leaves, and 
only 17 per cent in the ears. The ears and 
leaves ought to be fed together, therefore, to 
cattle. What was true of our ordinary field 
corn was true also of our sweet corn. 
Michigan Exp. Station. c. D. smith. 
Killing Out Blackberry Roots. 
How can I kill out blackberry roots? I 
have a smooth lot of several acres. Would 
plowing and harrowing deep and planting 
some hoed crop kill roots, plowing in Fall 
and letting roots freeze out? d. a. c. 
Mansville, N. Y. 
Our plan would lie to cut the briers in 
late Summer or Fall and burn the piece over. 
Then plow as well as possible and leave, the 
furrows rough through the Winter, in the 
Spring harrow well with a spring-tooth and 
put in some hoed crop. We would like ex¬ 
perience from those who have cleared such 
land. 
Lima Bean Vines in Silo. 
Have any of the readers of The R. N.-Y. 
ever had experience with the vines of Uma 
beans in the silo? l.ast year I had a nice 
lot of them, and I thought of cutting them 
into silo, but did not. but afterwards thought 
that they would have been good topping, and 
might have used them for that purpose, and 
saved quite considerable corn. They were in 
fine shape, nice and green, and heavy. 
Berrien Co., Mich. ii. m. m. 
We desire the experience of practical 
farmers with Lima beans, cow peas or Soy 
beans as silage. We have had a few reports 
of success with Lima bean vines so far as the 
silage went. They were cut in with the 
corn, and helped the silage, but were hard 
to handle and cut. 
Keep Away from Skunk Farms. 
Can you give names and addresses of 
parties who have skunk farms or ranches? 
I believe there are several in this State, but 
cannot locate them. Can you tell me what 
kind to breed, also where they may be ob¬ 
tained, and a good market for skins? We 
have a few wild ones, but they are scarce 
and hard to get. w. ii. s. 
East Otto, N. Y. 
Every year dozens of people write us about 
skunk farms. Only one answer can be given 
—don’t attempt to farm with skunks. No 
matter what you read in the papers, let 
skunk farming alone. There are no skunk 
farms. A few people have tried breeding 
them in captivity but always with failure. 
The skunks do not thrive under such condi¬ 
tions, and usually a disease breaks out which 
carries them off. Add to this the fact that 
after starting such a place a man is known 
as a skunk for the rest of his life and it is 
easy to see the outcome. Never. Never, 
start a skunk farm! 
Concrete With Ashes. —A correspondent 
of the American Florist thus refers to this 
combination : “During the Fall, when pass¬ 
ing through Williamsport, Pa., I called on 
D. E. Gorman and found him just complet¬ 
ing a nice block of houses, the walls of 
which were concrete, but instead of using 
gravel with his cement he was using coal 
ashes, which, he assured me, were prefer¬ 
able. making a lighter, tougher and less ab¬ 
sorbent wall.” 
Fence Wire. —Noting your discussion on 
fence wire, and assertion that some manu¬ 
facturers claim farmers would not pay for 
good wire, wire that I put up six or seven 
years ago has become so rusty as to be 
almost worthless, for which I paid $4.25 per 
100 pounds. Wire that I put up 15 years 
ago__is in good condition, for which I paid 
$2.75 per hundred, so the price does not 
always get good wire. Hope you will con¬ 
tinue your fight for good wire. o. s. b. 
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