American Agriculturist, February 24,1923 
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What Corn Shall I Plant? 
Farm Bureau Tests Demonstrate the Paying Varieties 
E very dairy farmer By L. H. \ 
realizes that there 
is remarkable difference between indi¬ 
vidual cows, even though they may be 
given the same care, and most dairy 
farmers realize, too, that these differ¬ 
ences are very likely to be transmitted. 
Few of us would venture to say that 
there was an equal difference between 
two strains of corn, and that, too, these 
variations are not only likely, but are 
almost certain to be transmitted. Re¬ 
sults of corn variety tests show as 
much as 50 per cent difference between 
standard' varieties and strains. 
John C. Cheney is a prominent farm¬ 
er of Chautauqua County (N. Y.) and 
a leader in his own community and 
county. He has always taken a good 
deal of pains with his corn, and during 
the past 20 years had tried several 
varieties to find ones that gave him 
better results than Luce’s Favorite and 
King Phillip. 
Having heard the county agricul¬ 
tural agent speak about making some 
arrangements for corn variety demon¬ 
strations, Mr. Cheney offered to run 
such a test on his farm. The field 
DODWARD of each kind laid out 
along the main road 
made an interesting demonstration. 
Mr. Cheney says that more people 
stopped to see this demonstration dur¬ 
ing the summer than he had supposed 
would even notice it in passing. From 
the auto license plates of those who 
stopped, it is apparent that many from 
outside the county and State were 
interested. 
Among the larger groups of visitors 
with whom Mr. Cheney spent some 
time to explain the details of the test 
were the Western New York county 
agricultural agents, the annual farm 
management auto tour, and a group of 
farmers from Erie County, Pa. As the 
season progressed, Mr. Cheney found 
that each day he had several opportu¬ 
nities to talk with some one about it. 
Occasionally he - had difficulty in get¬ 
ting his work done, but he felt that it 
was a worthy cause. 
Early Season Observations 
Within six weeks after the corn was 
planted, some apparent differences be¬ 
gan to develop. The first fundamental 
A portion of Mr. Cheney’s variety test. Mr. Cheney on extreme right 
which he proposed to use was located 
on one of the main improved high¬ 
ways of the county, and proved to be 
an ideal place for one of these tests. 
Mr. Cheney, by the way, has a reputa¬ 
tion in his community and county as a 
good corn grower. 
Sixteen varieties of corn were used. 
Eleven of these came from the Plant 
Breeding Department of the College 
of Agriculture, where they had been 
assembled for this purpose. These 
eleven varieties were from the best 
known seed sources, and represent the 
best that are available at the pres¬ 
ent time. The other five kinds were 
collected locally except Bloody Butcher, 
which was purchased from a local 
merchant. 
The soil on which this test was lo¬ 
cated was very uniform in character 
and had a gentle slope toward the west 
and the shore of Chautauqua Lake. 
The texture of the soil was ideal for 
corn, being a gravelly loam and in an 
excellent state of fertility. In this sec¬ 
tion of Chautauqua County tlfe average 
growing season is about 120 days, but 
it is often impossible to give corn that 
danger of the seed corn rotting in the 
cold ground. 
This particular piece 'of soil warmed 
up rather quickly, however, and the 
corn was planted on May 10. The few 
days that followed proved to be good 
corn weather, and all the seed germi¬ 
nated well. 
All through the early part of the 
season the field was uniform, little dif¬ 
ference appearing until the corn was 
over a foot high. 
The Layout of the Test Plot 
The corn was planted in check rows, 
three feet apart each way, and five ker¬ 
nels were planted in each hill. All 
these details were personally super¬ 
vised by Mr. Cheney, and great care 
Was used to give each variety an equal 
chance. 
The corn was planted by hand and 
hoed twice during the early part of 
the season, which gave it a quick 
^nrt and left no weeds to compete. 
The varieties were chosen at ran¬ 
dom, six rows of each varietv being 
planted. 
Sixteen kinds of corn with six rows 
difference came, however, when the 
early varieties began to tassel. The 
order in which the different kinds tas- 
seled is shown in the list of varieties 
arranged according to the days to ma¬ 
turity. All of the varieties except 
Learning were practically mature on* 
September 10, 120 days after it was 
planted. All varieties were harvested 
on that date, and with the exception of 
Learning, Bloody Butcher, Sweepstakes 
and Long Island Luce’s Favorite. They 
were all allowed to mature in the shock. 
The order in which they matured was 
as follows: 
King Phillip. 
Smut Nose. 
Cook’s Cross. 
Alvord’s White Cap Dent. 
Webber’s Dent. 
Early Huron. 
Home-grown Cornell 11. 
Cayuga County Cornell 11. 
Onondaga White Dent. 
Hall’s Gold Nugget. 
Cornell 12. 
Home-grown Luce’s Favorite. 
Long Island Luce’s Favorite. 
Bloody Butcher. 
Westbranch Sweepstakes. 
Early Learning. 
A large proportion of the corn grown 
in New York State goes into the silo. 
There is some difference of opinion as 
to the stage at which the corn should 
be to make the best silage, but the ma¬ 
jority of progressive farmers favor 
that stage which will give them an 
excellent quality succulent feed 'and 
still contain as high food value as pos¬ 
sible. That there is a very great varia¬ 
tion in the dry matter in different kinds 
or varieties of corn was shown in 
this test. 
Each kind was weighed on the after¬ 
noon it was cut. Four shocks of each 
variety was weighed in order that the 
chance for error might be small. These 
four shocks were then placed in the 
barn and allow;ed to cure for three 
months. After three months Mr. 
Cheney felt that they had reached a 
uniform moisture content, and they 
were weighed again. During that pe¬ 
riod the smallest loss in weight had 
been 51 per cent, with Cornell 11, and 
the highest had been 70 per cent, in 
{Contimied on 'puge 175) 
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