80 REPORT OF THE CHEMIST OF THE 
The three questions presenting themselves most forcibly for 
study were: 
1. What is the best variety of corn to grow for the silo? 
2. What is the best method of planting? 
3. What is the proper stage of maturity for cutting corn for 
the silo? | 
In the past a larger amount of work has been done at this 
Station in the growing of maize for forage and other experimental 
purposes, and much of this data is in a line to aid in answering — 
the questions we have already outlined. 
Before coming to examine the results of the present season we 
may review the work already done at the Station. In 1884* 
several trials with varieties are recorded, and we first note the 
difference between hill and drill for a flint variety. Hills, forty- 
four by twenty-two inches; drills, forty-four inches, about twelve 
kernels to foot. . 



| | 
| Yield of | Amount 

Dry 
. water 
| forage. per acre. matter. 
| 
: : ¢ | Tons. Tons. Tons. 
DL inNtCON ND WILLIS es eres tae. Fe ne cee OR cee Cee | 16.39 13.04 3.35 
| 
PENACOLT A TI) CFT 5 os Goes os chs cs cnt eahae Mee oo eee | 10.01 8.07 1.94 


The results are in accordance with the general belief that corn 
so thickly planted, as in the drills above, give smaller amount of 
dry matter than when planted at greater distance. 
It is interesting to note the actual yield per acre of the several 
chemical constituents: for thick planting and thin planting, as in 
the hills and drills just recorded : 






YIELD PER ACRE IN POUNDS. 
In hills. In drills. 
OTL aE ere cae res os Sra a ucla te ee ore eas AG DELETE eh STEEN 237.85 136.58 
AIDUMINGlds co. 27 os oe oe ee te Lanes 559.45 308.07 
TUCO TDCI. cock oe a ee eat AR eee Nea) ae ees the 1564.45 1019.66 
MILPOWSNHILOO -OLtTract hs i572 cael ncks GeMavow es <aeakeedide dene 4159.38 2294 24 
MUG ie sas A a Be oOo o is bee Ue wen Be here Ce oe ae LE eee | 174.87 121.44 


*Third Annual Report New York Station, p. 102. 
