The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-13

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" trials are summar-
/. Colden Beauty
gave the highest average yield, 5Ii
bushels per acre. Of the garletic3 tested
three years. followed by Leaning With
en- average yield Of 5G.S bushels. Both
OF these varieties are medium maturing
yellow dents. Pisa King. Saint Charles
White ana Chester County Mammoth,
an requiring 1870 days or more for ma
,urity were the best OF the white va
rleties tested.
?. An Increase Of nineteen bushels
per acre. or Gl.7 per cent. was secured
In 1891 from an application Of ten tons
o. fresh barnyard manure to the acre
on the average Of eight MANFRED and
unmanured plots. This amount Of
manure applied twice In three years
produced an average increase In yield
OF S6.6 per cent Little difference was
shown In the productlycncss Of fer
meniod and unfermentcd manurcs
"hen applied TO corn. Ten tons Of
combined solid aud liquid manure give
larger total yield each year than did
ten tons Of solid manure. although In
1891 moro corn was grown on the plot
to which the solid manure was applied.
Horse manure proved more productive
each year than did an equal weight OF
cattle manure. the average difference
Tor the three years amounting TO "a
per cent In 1891 the increased yield
OF corn was &C bushels per acre, or II
per cent Decidedly larger yields were
obtained from nlowlng cattle manure
under for corn than from either spread
ing II on freshly plowcd land and har-
rowing II In or applying II TO the sur
face after the land was ready to be
planted.
j. breaking the ground TO a depth
OF four and one-half Inches gave uni
tormly better results than were oh
tainod from blowing nine inches deep
Tile-dralned land plowod 10 a depth Of
eight inches and subsoIlod seven inches
deeper. stirring the soil 10 the depth Of
hfteci inches, produced slightly smaller
yields Of ruiabagas. corn and sugar
beets than did similar soil not sub.
soilcd
4. Averaging the three years work.
when corn was planted In hills three
feet nine inches apart each way, the
yield increased as the number o. stalks
In the hin increased. Two stalks per
hlll gave Gfiy-four bushels per acre.
while three stalks produced under
otherwise similar circumstances. 81
bushels Where four stalks were
lCft the yield was Gfty-clght bush.
els. The arce proportion Of un-
merchanlnhio ears or "uuhhlns" pro-
iucCd and the increased cost OF husk
ing from four stalks per hill however.
mere Than colnterbalauccd the Increase
lu Yield obtained. Barring excessively
dry eeaGons. these experiments Indicate
taai On strong land this tNlck planting
would be profitable when the fodder ls
10 be led without husklng On poor
land the larger Yield. thirty-slx bushels
per acre, was obtained By thinning 10
two stalks PER HIN. three feet nine
inches each way. on this land four
stalks pCr hin gave &C bushels per acre
less. and more than half the crop was
too small 20 be marketable One
s'alk produced within one bushCl Of as
much as two stalks on the poor land
aud almost every ear was marketable
4 single seasons trial showed that
when sj per cent Of a perfect siard had
been obtained. II was more profitable
20 leave Il undlsiurbcd then 10 either
rcplant the missing hills or rcrlant The
entire field Sinety-;our rcr cent of
stand. however, gave % bushels moro
per acre than was obtained from 81
Ter cent Of stand.
g. Shallow level culturc rave ilr
largest yield each year Tie ga.a from
This method over deep t.i'aro uurcf
from 81 to lia bushels Per acre. or
from 4 10 30 per cCat In 1899 nearly
nnc-thlrd more corn was produced on
The shallow titled plots than on those
receiving the ordinary deep ullsge
An average Of the results for the three
years shows a gain Of 96 bushels per
acre ~ 40 per cent
G. Tilc-drainnge has not thus mr.
given sufficient Increase In the yield Of
corn. mangcls and sugar bcc,s 90 war.
ran, the expense Of tllIng. Weekly
moisture determinations indicate Tia,
The drained soil Is slightly dryer than
The UNDERLINED soil when an abundance
ct moisture Is present, and that the &C..
verse Is true during drouih. the
drained soil containing the most mo.al.
ure. The difference does not appear TO
DO great enough. however 20 materially
affect crop growth For further Ia
formation concerning these trials. adj
dress tho Director % the Station Tor
Bulletin %. which may be- had flc, ui
charge. II. J. Waters.
Columbia, No. Director
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