The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-10
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Gull TlvATlON OF CORN.
Conclusions Drawn from Experiments IA
the kGnSas Stntion.

WI tiNNllON UT SOttN,
Conclusions Drawn from Experiments at
the KGnsaS station.
AT the Kansas experiment station at
Manhattan experiments were undertaken
To determine: |. bow often corn ought to
ba cultivated; .. When to harvest corn
for grain aud fodder; 3, Large and small
kernels for seed; 4, Butt, middle and tip
4. kernels for seed; 5. Distance to plant
corn for grain and fodder; C, Distance to
plant corn fer cnsilagc; :, Removing tas-
sells from corni s, Plaster und oilmeal
as fertilizers for corn; 0, Treating seed
corn with creosote for SMUT TO- Test of
varieties of corn. The results of these
interesting experiments are reported
upon in detail in bulletin recently is
sued. Following is summary of the
same:
/. The results from the experiments
with cultivation indicate that it is posi-
BILE to give too much as well as too little
culture. The plats cultivated four times
during the season gave the best yields.
This is for wet season, however; in a
dry season general experience points to
the conclusion that more frequent cult
ton is advantageous.
2. Corn should not be cut before it is
ripe Three years experiments have
given practically the same results.
They indicate that there is a loss of
Mt least 30 per cent. in the yield of
grain when the corn is cut in the
dough" state, and so per cent when
cut in the milk" state. The yield of
fodder, too, is greatest when the corn is
allowed to ripen, but it is inferior in
quality to that cut at an earlier stage.
3. Practically the yield was the same,
whether large or small kernels were
used for seed. The small kernels aver
aged slightly less sound marketable ears
than the large ones did, but the differ
ence is so small that but little weight
can be given it, and the deficiency was
fully made up by greater yield of
small ears.
4. In the trial of butt, middle and tip
kernels for seed, the butt kernels gave
the best yields. Only the outermost, de-
formed butt and tip kernels We're used.
.. The experiment of growing corn at
different distances was tried on partially
exhausted soil, and the corn therefore
did not grow with the vigor it would on
richer soil, nor yield as well. On this
soil it was found that small to medium
sorts, like the Pride of the North, Weld
best when the rows are feet apart and
the stalks 16 inches apart in the row.
Leaning about the same, though the
best yield of merchantable corn was
reached when the rows We're 81 feet
apart and the stalks 90 inches in the
row. ST. Charles gave the best yield of
merchantable corn when the rows were
3 feet apart and the stalks 90 Inches
apart. Listed, the best yields were OBJ
tanned when the rows We're feet apart
and the stalks s, IL and 16 inches apart
for Pride of the North, Leaning and st.
Charles, respectively; and the best Yields
of merchantable corn when the stalks
were inches farther apart, in each case.
In general, corn grown for the grain
should not be planted closer than 3
feet, nor farther than 81 feet between
the rows, and the stalks should be from
IL to 20 inches apart for medium varie-
ties, surface planted. The highest
weights of fodder We're obtained when
the stalks were but 4 inches apart in the
row.
6. The heaviest weight of food material
for ensilage, leaves and ears was OBJ
tanned when the rows were 81 feet apart
and the stalks inches apart in the row.
Next to this, the best results were reached
when the rows were 3 feet apart and the
stalks from - to 16 inches, or the rows
81 feet and the stalks to 10 inches,
with but little choice between them.
T. There was a decided gain in the
yield of corn by pulling the tassels from
every other row.
.. Land plaster, applied at the rate of
200 pounds per acre with the seed in the
row, had no effect whatever on the Weld
of corn. Castor bean oilmeal (pomace),
applied at the rate of 200 pounds per
acre in the row, did not increase the
yield of corn
8. Soaking seed corn in solutions of
creosote does not prevent smut, but it
does injure the termination of the seed.
10. In comparison of 40 varieties
the following ten gave the best yields,
IN the order named: Mammoth White
Dent, Hartman's Early White, Silver's
Mammoth Yellow, Mammoth Ivory
Dent, North Star, Piasa Queen, Lean
ing, Pride of Kansas, Legal Tender.
Large Golden Dent, the yields ranging
from so to 9l115 bushels per acre. Those
found to be excellent ensilage varieties
were Hiawasse Mammoth, Little Red
Cob, Mosby's Prolific and Parrish White.