Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-04-21
WITH CORN
State Agricultural College Experts
Make Reports of Experiments
with Corn Culture.
Varieties Best Adapted to the Soil OF
the State and Best Methods of
Culture.

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Culture.
Prof. A. NJ. Ten Eyck of the state
agricultural college says:
The North Dakota experiment sta
ton is about to issue a bulletin on
Corn Culture The station has been
carrying on a series of experiments in
growing ORR for several easons. Bui-
letin No. 81 is a report Of the results
of these experiments and a discussion
of the results as. they are related to
corn growing in North Dakota. A trial
of varieties of corn extending over
a period of seven years has shown the
following varieties to be we'll adapted
to North Dakota conditions in points of
earliness and productiveness: North
western Dent, Mercer Flint, Triumph
Flint, North Dakota No. 100 "a Sc
ection from Minnesota King), Gehu
Flint and Wills Dakota Flint. The
last two named are very early but
produce short stalks and the ears grow
close to the ground.
In a single trial in 1901, the best
producing sorts were Dawson's Pink
Dent. Dawson's Smut Nose Dent,
South Dakota Early White Dent, Col
den Dent, Compton's Early Flint and
Northwestern Dent. Mr.. Dawson's
varieties (seed from G. n. Dawson,
HAVANA, n. d. are of Northwestern
Dent type Of corn and are excellent
producing sorts. These varieties,
South Dakota Early White Dent and
Compton's Flint did not ripen so fully
as Golden Dent and Northwestern
Dent. Golden Dent ripened fully and
ranked second in production of fodder
(Jhree tons, 1882 pounds per acre. and
fifth in the production Of ears (45.5
bushels per acre, seventy pounds per
bushel.l This variety gave a larger
percentage of shelled corn per bushel
OF ears than any other sort tested.
Seventy pounds of ears gave 60.7
pounds of shelled corn, which is at the
rate of S6.6 pounds OF corn and 1873
pounds of cobs per 100 pounds of ears.
North Dakota No. 100 gave only 1S.S
pounds of corn to PIP pounds of cobs
in 100 pounds of corn. The ears of the
Golden Dent variety are small but well
covered with small deep set kernels,
Tl1 1-nrrnJc n,.n rynIt InrHn1 or1 Of
deep yellow color. The cobs are small
and the variety always ripens and
makes a good yield of fodder. AL
though the station has not grown this
variety before. it is an old North Da-
kota sort which according to James
Holes OF Fargo has been grown by d
few farmers in this vicinity for ffteer
years. It is thus we'll adapted to oul
climate and conditions. The station
secured seed from Walter Russell OF
Fargo. The Northwestern Dent corr
is also one Of the early sorts and &
good producer of both fodder and ears
1t shells we'll but not SO well as tbs
aEa ~ "~AS IL 1S StS AZ 81 NS
to type as the Golden Dent.
Besides the trials of varieties, severa:
experiments have been carried on il
thickness of planting corn. The Re
suits Of these trials show that the larg
est yield Of fodder was secured b.
planting in rows twelve inches apar
and ~eultiVating. Corn sown in drill
six inches apart has yielded more thar
corn own broadcast. When corn wa
planted in drill rows three and one
half feet apart and cultivated, tn,
largest yield OF fodder and ears wa
secured each year from the plot il
which the stalks were six inches apars
In the drill row. The yield Of fodde.
and ears was not SO large when corr
was planted in hills as when 1t wa
drilled in rows n way. However
1T IS easier and o convenient to cul
tivafe and keep corn clean which Ii
planted In rows both ways. TIL,
number Of stalks in the hill where tn,
range was from three to six did no
greatly effect the yield of either TIL
fodder or the ears.
The shorter and finer quality OF til,