Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-21
MISSOURI CORN GROWING.
CONCLUSIONS FROM THREE YEARS.
EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE.
Cost of Growing Co~rn-Appie arowins
Improved Dairy nations-The
RnisinG nj DurLs-Barnyard
Harnyard MRnure-NotcA

\ number OF experiments In corn growing
nave been carried on at the Missouri agri-
cultural experiment station for three con-
secutive years. Some Of the more impor-
tant points brought out In the trial are
summarized In n bulletin issued recently:
Golden Beauty gave the hishos, average
yield. 6It bushels per acre Of the varieties
tested three years. followed by Leaning
With an average OF SIS bushels. 10th Of
iiasa King. 81, Charles White and ches:
yer County Mammoth. all requiring 100
osys or more for maturity were the best
per cent was secured in issi from an ap.
ntrc to the acre on the average of eight
mnhur.d and two untnanurcd plots. This
years produced an average Increase in Yield
or 3s.s per cent. Little difference was shown
IN the prodnctiveness OF iermentcd md
len tons OF combined solid and liquid ma
MT, nu.e Hsve a iarser total yield each year
IN is'l more corn was grown on the plot to
which the solid manure was applied. Horse
than did an equal weight OF cattle manure.
me avcrase difference for the three years
sreSsad sici sG 3, i per- eS %n, s II b issl the b ,nr
we're or cb, Il rsT f sram p nyswiss . ,arser rn y,Sl4s
freshly piowai ground and hnrrowins il in,
o. !plyins 1t on the surface after the land
Breaking the ground to tn. depth of
four and one-half inches gave uniformly
blowing nine inches deep. Tile drained lnnd
plowed TO n depth OF eight inches and sub:
so'ied seven inches aeeperi stirring the soil
and sugar beets than did sImilar soil not
Averaging tho three years work. when
corn was planted in hills feet and 2
as Tho nnnlhnr nf afnfk4 In tho hill In
els per acre. whiis three stalks prodncei
bushels. Where four stalks were left, tho
yield was IS bushels. The large proportion
Of Sns Snme nnh tss Inc esas; Sr e %saD 81 susk ErS;
than eounterbalanced the increase OF yield.
periments indicate that on strong land this
tsiek plantins would be prcttab,e when
on poor ,oaril land the iarSes, yieiG. IS bushels
per acre. was obtained by thinning to two
stalks per Hill; > feet Q inches each way;
bushels per acre less. and more than half
the CROP was too small to be marketable:
as much as two stalks on the poor land.
and almost every ear was marketable,
4 single seasons trial showed that when
obtained Il, was moro profitable to leave it
undisturbcd, than to either replant the
Ninety.four per cent OF a stand. however,
gave 90 bushels more per acre than was
obt from IS per cent OF n stand.
Shallow level culture gave the largest
yield each year. The gain from this meth.
cd over deep tillage ranged from 81 to li.3
bushels per acre. or from 4 to % per cent.
In 1890 nearly one-third more corn was
produced on the shallow TILED plots than
on those receiving the ordinary deep till
age. An average OF the result for three
years shows a gain Of 90 bushels per acre.
or l7.9 per cent.
Tile drainage on upland clay with fair
surface drainage has not thus. far given
sufficient Increase in the yield OF corn,
mangels and sugar bcets to warrant the
expense of tiling. Weekly moisture de.
examinations Indicate that the drained SOIL
Is slightly dryer than the UNDERLINED soil
when an abundance OF moisture is present.
and that the reverse is true during a
drouth, the drained soil containing the
most moisture. The difference does not
appear to be great enough. however. to
NATURALLY affect crop growth.