The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-09
Experinents With Corn in North Csro.
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recent bulletin gives mass or Tn formation. largely in elaborate statisti- cal tables, relative to the results oI variety and distance experiments with corn at three branch experiment sta ton farms maintained wholly by state funds in North Carolina. Two of these farms arc on sandy soils corresponding in a general way with the soils found in the southern part of Alabama. The third sub-station is on red clay soii of the Piedmont region and Is some what similar to the red clay SOILS In the eastern part of Alabama.
 In 1905 in test of twenty-four var1e- ties at one of these sandy land farms, the four giving the largest yield were, In order, Cocke's Prolific, Weekdays Improved, Thomas's Improved, and San derss Improved. It will be noted that three of these are the same varieties that have stood very high in the tests made at Auburn and at Un1ontoWn, Ala. In 1905 on the red clay soil the four varieties standing at the head or the list of thirty-one were Cocke's Prolific. Weekley's Improved, Ameri- can Queen and Thomas's Improved. Other varieties taking high rank dur ing some of the yeas when tested are Hofts Strawberry, a one-eared variety, and Craig's Prolific White. McMachin Gourd Seed and Mosby, which in Ala bama have usually stood high. occupied medium or low positions in the North Carolina list.
 Relative to Cocke's Prolific, the au- thors make the following statement: "The results of comparative varietal tests conducted during the past five years on the Tests Farm indicate this to be a most substantial and reliable variety" Weekdays Improved Is, like Cocke's. a prolific variety. and some what earlier, with somewhat smaller stalks
 The chief weakness of Craig's Pro- life White is the Schaffy appearance of the grain and the ease with which the kernels are sh ttI"r-,' {r:-" ne COD. Tf ear of Marlborough Prolific was found to be a little larger than that Of Cocke's.
 The authors point out the characters usually associated with each other and with large or small yields of corn, and in practically all of these points their work confirms the conclusions express ed in the recent corn bulletin of the Alabama Experiment Station. l would call special attention to the additional proof here afforded that "varleties pro- ducing two ears per stalk are generally more productive of shelled corn per acre than those bearing only one car, although it may be large one.
 In numerous distance experiments made for several years on each Of three experiment farms the authors, B. w. KiIgore and C. B. Williams, found that whatever the distance between plants from twenty inches up to forty inches the yield was invariably larger with the two-eared varieties than with the one-eared varieties, thus invalidattng the claim that if the one-eared Varie- ties are given sufficient distance they will afford more corn than the prolihc kinds. Thirty to thirty-six inches De- tween plants in the row was found to be the best distance on sandy soils for the prolific varieties. and forty inches between plants on the same soils for the large. one-eared varieties. On onS sandy land farm the average yield fof five years was PAT bushels at distances of four by three feet; 22.S bushels when the distance was increased to 4x4 feet and 216 bushels when the distance was further increased to SKA feet On the other sandy land farm the yield was 1.1 bushels per acre greater with plants two feet apart than with plants three feet apart, the rows in both cases being five feet wide. On the red clay soil the average yields for three years were as follows: