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American Agriculturist, February 24,1923 
175 
What Corn Shall I Plant ? 
(Continued from page 163) 
the case of Learning. There was just 
70 per cent variation between the 
lowest and highest variety in the pro¬ 
portion of dry matter in a ton of 
these varieties at the silage stage. In 
the following table the different hinds 
of corn have been arranged in order, 
the first containing the most, accord¬ 
ing to the actual amount of dry mat¬ 
ter that they contained per acre on 
September 10: 
Home-grown Luce’s Favorite. 
Cayuga County Cornell 11. 
Cornell 12. 
Hall’s Gold Nugget Favorite, 
Long Island Luce’s Favorite. 
Westbranch Sweepstakes. 
Onondaga White Dent. 
Learning. 
Home-grown Cornell 11. 
Weber’s Dent. 
Bloody Butcher. 
Alvord’s White Cap Dent. 
King Phillip, 
Smut Nose. 
Early Huron. 
Cook’s Cross. 
When it came time to husk the corn 
and determine the yield in business of 
shelled corn per acre from each kind, 
the work of the Department of Plant 
Onondaga White Dent. 
Cook’s Cross. 
Westbranch Sweepstakes. 
Bloody Butcher. 
Early Huron. 
Long Island Luce’s Favorite. 
King Phillip. 
Smut Nose. 
Learning. 
The seed of the Bloody Butcher va¬ 
riety, which Mr. Cheney obtained from 
the local store, proved to be a long- 
season strain. This was unfortunate, 
for usually Bloody Butcher has stood 
up well in corn tests in western New 
York. This, however, does emphasize 
a very important point, that often the 
source of seed may be of more impor¬ 
tance than the variety itself. This 
problem has been given little attention 
until within the last few years. It is 
now possible, however, to obtain seed 
from reliable sources in commercial 
quantities from the best seedsmen. 
The remarkable similarity of differ¬ 
ent strains of the same variety in the 
cases of Cornell 11 and Luce’s Favorite 
is also worthy of attention. In almost 
every case these two strains of home¬ 
grown seed were similar in yielding 
capacity, height of stalk, time to matu¬ 
VARIETIES 
Days to Maturity 
Green weight per acre 
Dry weight per acre 
Percent loss in drying 
Green weight of stalks per acre 
Dry weight of stalks per acre 
% wt. of stalks lost in drying 
Green weight of ears 
Dry weight of ears 
Percent of wt. lost in drying 
Shelled corn..bu. per acre 
Length of stalk in inches 
King Philip .... 
100 
17.5 
6.3 
64 
13.2 
3.0 
77 
4.3 
3.3 
28 
94 
62 
Smut Nose.. 
100 
17.2 
6.3 
63 
12.813.2 
75 
4.4 
3.1 
29 
89 
62 
Cook’s Cross. 
100 
14.7 
6.3 
57 
9.6 
2.6 
73 
5.1 
3.7 
27 
106 
68 
Alvord’s White Cap Dent. 
100 
17.5 
6.9 
61 
12.7 
3.0 
76 
4.8 
3.9 
19 
111 
65 
Webber’s Dent... 
110 
16.8 
7.0 
58 
11.7 
2.9 
75 
5.1 
4.1 
20 
117 
68 
Early Hui’on ... 
no 
17.3 
6.3 
64 
12.2 
2.8 
77 
5.1 
3.5 
31 
100 
62 
Home Grown Cornell 11 .1.. 
no 
17.4 
7.0 
54 
12.3 
3.0 
76 
5.1 
4.0 
22 
114 
74 
Cornell 11 .-. 
no 
17.4 
7.5 
51 
12.1 
3.3 
73 
5.3 
4.2 
21 
120 
74 
Onondaga Western Dent . 
120 
19.7 
7.1 
64 
14.5 
3.4 
77 
5.2 
3.7 
29 
106 
76 
Hall’s (Told Nugget. 
120 
20.1 
7.4 
63 
14.9 
3.5 
77 
5.2 
3.9 
25 
111 
80 
Cornell 12 ... 
120 
20.1 
7.5 
63 
15.1 
3.5 
77 
5.0 
4.0 
20 
114 
84 
Home Grown Luce’s Favorite. 
120 
22.3 
7.8 
65 
17.2 
4.0 
77 
5.1 
3.8 
25 
109 
88 
Long Island Luce’s Favorite. 
130 
22.4 
7.2 
63 
17.8 
3.8 
79 
4.6 
3.4 
26 
97 
94 
Bloody Butcher .... 
140 
22.0 
7.0 
68 
17.0 
3.4 
80 
5.0 
3.6 
28 
103 
98 
West Branch Sweepstakes ... 
140 
22.7 
7.2 
69 
17.2 
3.6 
79 
5.5 
3.6 
35 
103 
108 
Learning ..... 
150 
23.7 
7.1 
70 
18.9 
4.0 
79 
4.8 
3.1 
35 
89 
100 
Breeding of the college showed up well. 
In running over the list, one can see 
that there are four kinds which this 
department has been instrumental in 
developing, the two strains of Cornell 
11, Cornell 12 and Weber’s Dent. 
The Origin of Cornell 11 
Cornell 11 is a selection of Pride of 
the North, a medium season yellow 
dent for New York State conditions. 
It will mature in about 115 days under 
good growing conditions, and is a high- 
yielding variety for both grain and 
silage on good corn soil. The plant¬ 
breeding department considers it well 
adapted to central and western New 
York conditions. 
The Home-grown Cornell 11 used in 
this test has been matured successfully 
in Chautauqua County under average 
growing conditions for the past five 
years. The farm on which this par¬ 
ticular seed was raised is over 1,500 
feet above sea level. This home-grown 
seed was somewhat earlier and some¬ 
what smaller growing than the Cay¬ 
uga County seed. 
Webber’s Dent is a selection from 
Punk’s Ninety Day Dent, and matures 
only a few days earlier than Cornell 11. 
Cornell 12 is the same selection as 
Webber’s Early Dent except that it is 
about two weeks later in maturity. 
In Order of Bushels Per Acre 
These varieties above mentioned 
Were well up in the list when it was 
rearranged in order of yield of shelled 
corn per acre. The highest yielding 
varieties are listed first: 
Cayuga County Cornell 11. 
Webber’s Dent. 
Cornell 12. 
Home-grown Cornell 11. 
Alvord’s White Cap Dent. 
Hall’s Gold Nugget. 
Home-grown Luce’s Favorite. 
rity and proportion of dry weight to 
green weight, to the same variety that 
was distributed by the college. 
Recommendable Varieties 
The conclusion that Mr. Cheney 
draws from all this work is that those 
varieties which have been recommended 
by the College of Agriculture and the 
Farm Bureaus are safe guides to go 
by. He would include among the kinds 
that he would recommend for various 
conditions: 
Alvord’s White Cap Dent, Cornell 11, 
Webber’s Dent, Cornell 12, Hall’s Gold 
Nugget^ Luce’s Favorite. 
These are not listed in order of their 
importance, but it is felt that each has 
a place on farms where the growing 
season is about 120 days and the eleva¬ 
tion is about 1,500 feet above sea level. 
I remain a reader of your paper and 
like it very much. —^JoHN Crandall, 
Saratoga County, N. Y. 
The Valley of the Giants 
(Continued from page 174) 
deposited in bank; and Buck Ogilvy was 
already spending it like a drunken 
sailor. From now on, Bryce could only 
watch, wait, and pray. 
On the next steamer a surveying 
party with complete camping-equip¬ 
ment arrived in Sequoia, purchased a 
wagon and two horses, piled their dun¬ 
nage into the wagon, and disappeared 
up-country. Hard on their heels came 
Mr. Buck Ogilvy, and occupied the 
bridal suite in the Hotel Sequoia. In 
the sitting room of the suite Mr. Ogilvy 
installed a new desk, a filing cabinet, 
and a brisk young male secretary. 
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