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86 REPORT OF THE CHEMIST OF THE 
PER ACRE. Sept. 11. | Sept. 29. Increase. 
Pounds. | Pounds. Pownides 


PHILTOMON-{FOG. OKLPACL ov ok oo sa des oe cress Peek eee aoa 2,696 3,109 
=U SR eps Se one Ba DM, 5 a pean Beep tlh 125 188 
OUGL TIO Obst es ea vais co bank a VERE comin. cane otek Rais ee 84.07 80.94 
Aibuminoid nitragen si. ic. acne Caakoeeaeek rome gee eeu hed 50.04 66.79 
Amide nitrogen..... sole Sok Geek Oi SRE a Res Ha SEG eines ae 34.03 14.15 
REIMOGSG Ras ohne SS co tecl, See cela doe ee 580.46 751.49 171.03 
PIGLET. Sintc gh ok Sls b cae s BV won oclie headed ae unetee eae tees 390.31 633.92 243.61 
BSCELT UC crrrichnt Cae ote aie oie on kon oe IOS A OE Ee eee COU See anee 908.72 1,077.10 168.38 


583.02 


The variety of corn was B. & W. and September eleventh, the 
date of first cutting ranged from full silk to watery stage of 
kernels ; September twenty-ninth from watery stage to full milk. 
EXPERIMENTS IN 1889. 
The present season our experiments have been restricted to the 
one question, “What is the best stage for cutting corn for 
the silo?” ‘The chemical work, to determine the changes in the — 
corn at the several stages of growth, has been quite complete. 
For the purpose of our experiment King Philip corn was selected. 
In the latter part of July, in a field of some twelve acres, one acre 
was selected that to all appearances was as nearly uniform in 
erowth as possible to select and measured off. The plot included 
forty rows and these were divided into five sets, one-fifth acre ~ 
each. This gave eight rows to each fifth acre, and, in order that 
any inequality in the land or growth of the corn might be coun-_ 
terbalanced so far as possible, it was decided at each cutting of 
the corn to take rows frcm each plot. The corn, as fast as cut, 
was piled upon a wagon, drawn to the barn, weighed and immedi- 
ately run through the ensilage cutter and eight samples selected . 
from the mass for water determination and analysis. Five cuttings 
were made and the dates and stage of growth are shown below: 
Date of cutting. Stage of growth. 
BEES 8) Sp a vests ait: ccgiaca) bin sone eee Sates Full tasseled. 
AES Gig lpancidis ea cesta eiste won ects Eenetcer ae Full silked. 
PTSD St Pree as se chex Re, «wo cle atts Ok cic ewt Kernels watery to full milk. 
Sbptenierde oc eos woes rae wee Kernels glazing. 
September 23............... Ftc tae Ripe. 
