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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 10, 
THE NEW ENGLAND CORN SHOW. 
Part III. 
One reason why the production of 
corn grain fell off in New England was 
because the silo was substituted for 
the corncrib. Very much more corn is 
planted in this section than formerly, 
but a large share of it is cut for silage. 
The Southern dents or large-stalked 
flints are used for this purpose because 
they give a heavier yield of stalk, and 
this growing practice threatened to 
drive some of the grain producing flints 
out of culture. It was partly to save 
these flint varieties that the corn show 
was organized. If the record of dried 
grain on one acre was remarkable, that 
of silage corn was no less so. Mr. L. 
C. Holley, of Rhode Island, grew 79,040 
pounds of silage corn on one measured 
acre. The field received only the ordi¬ 
nary care which all his corn land re¬ 
ceived, and he cut nearly or quite as 
much from a number of acres. Here 
we have 40 tons of silage from one 
acre, or nearly enough to give four 
cows 30 pounds each per day for a full 
year. Mr. W. B. Whitlock, of Connecti¬ 
cut, made another great record with 
silage corn. This is what he says about 
it, and a picture of the crop is shown on 
page 1138. 
Eureka silage corn was used; soil a 
light sandy loam. In 1908 it was in sod, 
plowed in August, 1908. and sown with 
rye. The following Spring, 1909, a good 
dressing of stable manure was applied, 
then rye and manure turned under. About 
June 1 it was set with tobacco. After 
harvest it was harrowed and rye sown. 
This Spring the rye got to be nearly three 
feet high. We turned it under six inches 
deep; it was harrowed four times with a 
disk harrow, then three times with a 
smoothing harrow. I now applied 500 
pounds fertilizer per acre. I cannot give 
you the analysis of the fertilizer used, 
but can tell you what 1 used. After mix¬ 
ing my fertilizer for potatoes according 
to Prof. Clinton's advice (Connecticut Agri¬ 
cultural College), 1 found I had on hand 
200 pounds nitrate of soda, 400 pounds acid 
phosphate, 400 pounds sulphate of potash, 
also one ton ground flsh. I mixed these 
all together and put on 500 pounds per 
acre broadcast. I planted one bushel of 
seed per acre, one kernel every three 
inches, with a horse planter, rows three 
feet apart. Just as soon as I could see 
the rows I started the cultivator. It wa3 
cultivated seven times; after every rain, 
as soon as the ground was dry enough, we 
went through with the cultivator. This 
kept the ground covered with a dust mulch 
all the time. The picture shows the silage 
corn, with my son on horseback and my¬ 
self standing near. 1 hired a neighbor to 
cut it with a corn harvester. The corn 
was so thick and heavy he could nardly 
get through it with four horses. I had 
to have a man walk behind the machine 
and pull the bundles out to keep It from 
clogging. My silo is 10 feet in diameter, 
30 feet high, said to hold 50 tons. 1 
filled it from 1 1-3 acres. This being my 
first season in Connecticut I feel very 
good over ray crops. 
W. B. WHITLOCK. 
Mr. Whitlock certainly has reason to 
“feel good” over such a crop. Assuming 
that the chemicals were of average com¬ 
position, his mixture would be about as 
follows: 
Nitro- Phos. Pot- 
gen. acid. ash. 
200 lbs. nitrate soda. 
400 lbs. acid phosphate.... 
. 32 
56 
200 
400 lbs. sulphate of potash. 
2,000 lbs. ground fish. 
! 140 
160 
Totals . 
.172 
216 
200 
This means about 5^2 per cent, nitro¬ 
gen, seven of phosphoric acid and over 
6 l / 2 per cent, potash. In growing silage 
corn one would naturally use a larger 
proportion of nitrogen than in growing 
for grain. The Eureka corn is a large 
Southern variety', which makes only 
small and inferior ears in New England, 
but produces an enormous stalk. The 
seed is grown in the South. Mr. Ross, 
who introduced it, said he started with 
100 bushels of seed and would like to 
obtain 10,000 bushels for next season. 
With heavy manuring, it has given 60 
tons of silage on one acre. A number 
of varieties, suitable for silage were 
shown at Worcester—the entire stalk 
being exhibited. I found farmers di¬ 
vided in opinion regarding the best va¬ 
riety to grow for silage. Some prefer 
such types as Eureka because it gives 
a great mass of stalk and leaf. Of 
course, they admit that such stalks are 
not as valuable for feeding as those 
which carry a matured ear, yet they think 
the extra bulk makes up for it, and that 
they can buy cotton-seed meal or some 
other concentrate to balance the ration. 
Another class of farmers prefer a flint 
of fair size, which will make one good 
ear at least. There were several varie¬ 
ties of this sort exhibited. Some of 
them were at least eight feet high, with 
a large fully developed ear and a large 
amount of leaf surface. There is no 
question that a pound of silage from 
such corn would give a better analysis 
than that from an small-eared variety like 
Eureka, but the latter would make more 
silage. This exhibition demonstrates 
the superiority of the flint varieties in 
New Eiigland for grain at least. Not 
only did they give larger yields, but the 
grain was superior. The average of five 
flints was 11.47 per cent, of protein, 5.33 
of fat and 80.06 carbohydrates, while four 
dents gave 10.75 per cent of protein, 4.45 
fat and 81.19 carbohydrates. One of the 
flint varieties actually gave 12.02 per 
cent, protein and 5.51 of fat. Let us 
remember that wheat bran has a scant 
13 per cent, of protein and 3J4 of fat, 
and that oats have 12 per cent, protein. 
There then was a flint corn yielding 
nearly 90 bushels of shelled corn per 
acre, with a higher per cent of protein 
than oats. The crop grown by Mr. 
Davis, previously mentioned, analysed 
11.73 per cent, protein, which meant 597 
pounds of protein to the acre. This is 
more than you can grow in over four, 
tons of good clover hay, and in addition 
you have the dry fodder, which is also 
superior in the flint varieties. All these 
things increase the confidence generally 
expressed at this corn show that New 
England is to come nearer and nearer 
to feeding her own people. Clover, 
Alfalfa, Soy beans and vetch can all 
be grown in New England, and now 
that corn growing is to be made popu¬ 
lar the amount of homemade bread, 
meat and eggs will be largely increased. 
All that is needed is to show the profit 
in corn growing and the rest will fol¬ 
low. H. W. C. 
POINTS FOR INSTITUTE WORKERS. 
I have served as local correspondent 
since 1898. During that time our peo¬ 
ple have enjoyed 24 days of institute 
instruction, which I think we have all 
profited by in several ways. Webster 
has a large and live Grange; they own 
a good sized and pleasant hall. They 
also make it their business to attend 
these institutes, and advise every 'man, 
woman or child to attend and take part 
in the discussions by writing out ques¬ 
tions any time during the year that 
thoughtful farmers think of them, and 
bring them to the institute to be 
thrashed out here. The result is that 
many times the question box has a 
hundred or more slips or questions that 
are of importance to the writer, who is 
sure to be there when his question is 
discussed; hence a large audience attends 
each session composed of about equal 
numbers of men and women, farmers 
and their wives and larger children who 
can be spared from school. The plan 
outlined works well with us, so much so 
that at the next regular Grange the 
local correspondent is instructed to lay 
plans to secure an institute next year. 
I would suggest that the local corre¬ 
spondent be in sympathy and in touch 
with his town’s people and to carefully 
note what lines of agriculture need 
brushing up, and advise the institute 
workers of their wishes, or in other 
words, what lines to talk on, and while 
they are talking, follow them closely 
and at the close of their talks ask them 
to explain or make clear, such remarks 
as appear not well understood by the 
audience before he, the speaker, leaves 
the floor. By such means many points 
are made clear that would otherwise be 
lost, or worse yet, be used by some peo¬ 
ple (who have no use for institute) to 
ridicule the whole movement. When 
local correspondent asks instructors to 
explain a point, ask them to explain for 
his own benefit, not for the benefit of 
the audience; otherwise several listeners 
may take offence. geo. w. dunn. 
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SWEEPSTAKE PRIZE 
BEST ACRE DENT CORN-OPEN TO ALL NEW ENGLAND 
Raised on Hubbard’s “Base Bone” Soluble Corn and General Crops Manure by E.W.Theinert, Albion, R.I. 
117 1-5 bushels of Shelled Corn from one acre. 
Mr. Theinert describes his Crop and Methods as follows: 
Albion, H. I., Nov. 15,1910. 
In the Fall of 1908 I broke up about three acres of RUN OUT meadow laud, a 
heavy loam soil, sloping to the East on rather high land in Lincoln, R. L, where 
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During the winter of 1908-1909, a medium application of barnyard manure was 
applied broadcast. In the Spring of 1909 the land was prepared for planting with a 
Clark Bush and Bog Plow and 800 lbs. per acre of Hubbard's “Bone Base” Soluble 
Com and General Crops Manure was broadcasted and worked into the soil with a 
smoothing harrow, after which the field was planted with Dibble’s Dent Corn 
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in at last harrowing with smoothing harrow. Absolutely no other MANURE or 
FERTILIZER was applied for the 1910 crop. 
Brewer’s Yellow Dent Seed Corn was planted May 17th, 1910, and thorough flat 
cultivation kept up through the season. On the acre selected for the test, there 
were 08 skipped hills. The measurement, harvesting, weights and testing for dry 
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