82 REPORT OF THE CHEMIST OF THE 
For this year we have only the yield of green forage in tons, 
per acre, as follows : | 

Series I. Series IT. e 
PW ANTS PPL EL INNS occ ete am tienes nei eee asia ae PEG ER RE ASE * 11.19 19.05 
EUR GO DION GaN ote ied ce ctnk po ee aeenes aoe ea ch oe ie eb is eh eemaaete 12.88 18.21 
Stow eile. Evergreen, BWeet\... <2 sccineen dma ss aude esanc tne caqwere 9.99 13.06 
GAT DOP ths thal viene esp als die bah a ceaee Moles Sees Deeeamaee 11.74 11.51 
MR UEP EOS: BLY y Soa ti Paes aoe Poe nis es aad Raed eee Se AS 2 15.08 14.61 

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It is noticeable that the yield per acre of green forage was 
greater for the thick seeding for each variety except the pop. 
The average for four-year trials is summarized * as follows, 
regardless of variety : 
Tons of green forage per acre. Avante tele 
of forage 
per acre. 
Pant CORN 2 oo sc OS he RR Ce SO ee eee 15.88 
PONG GOT BoP aie FEE tow eka oie Re ee es ee 14.95 
POC) CORI eae erin dk ticked we Soe ee ei. . 12.83 
BODO eee Ae 5 aieenis, sp uals se 3 shel pisie< setae sol 6 ome eau tetams Ws o's ss 12.63 

From the trials as summarized, it appears that the flint corns 
give, under the method of thick seeding, the greatest amount of 
green forage per acre, and four years’ trials should give a fair test 
including as they do, several well-known varieties. 
The corns were cut, as a rule, at the stage when the pollen was 
falling. 
The question we now have to consider, is, whether the method 
of planting in drills with the stalks so close, twelve or more to the 
foot, was the most favorable for the production of the greatest 
amount of forage. The flint corn, planted in hills and drills, indi- 
cates that the corn in drills was too thick for best growth. The 
trials in the following year on this point are conflicting, but we do 
not have the same two varieties for comparison, hence must look 
elsewhere for our answer. In 1886 we have direct comparison for 
twenty kernels to the foot in drills forty-four inches apart and— 
drills thirty inches apart. With flint, dent and sweet corn, the 
results for total yielded of green forage is decidedly in favor of | 

* Fifth Annual Report New York Station, p. 47. 
