Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-02-09

because the corn used was not accli- |
mated but there are several farmers
through the eastern part of Was hing
ton who now have acclimated yarie-
ties of corn and are growing fair crops
of we'll mature corn every wear.
Among them are mentioned p. w.
Cox, Hay, Wash, Max Hinreich, L.
w. Dawson, Oscar Young, and w. V.
Windus of Pullman, NJ. Cassel, Oak
esdale, M. H. Heirgood, r. F. d. No.
l, Spokane, Wash. and M. w. Teeple.
Meyers Falls, Washington. These
men are mentioned because the varities
of corn grown by them have all been
tested at Pullman.
Some corn has been grown at the
Experiment Station every year since
its establishment but prior to nine
teen hundred three the chief obje ct in
growing it was to furnish silage. The
yield Of forage per acre was very sat
isfactory in many cases but most of
the corn never got beyond the roast
ing ear stage. Since that time
large number of varieties have been
tested for the purpose Of ferretng
out one or more varieties adapted
to our Palouse conditions.
A number of these varieties have
been secured from the United States
Department of Agriculture which has
been picking up all the best varieties
Of northern corn that they could find
beween two oceans and are using them
in cooperative tests with several
northern stations to determine their
relative merits for northern condi-
tions. In addition to these a number
of promising varieties have been
picked up throughout the Palouse to
grow in comparison with those Sc
cured from the Government. The
following have been tested: Flint
varieties, Canada Yellow, Canada
Blueblade, Gehu, North Dakota White
Flint Yellow Flint from Leland, Ida
no Early Tuscarora, Triumph Yellow
Flint, Ninety Day Yellow Flint.
Moores Premium and Rhode Island
White Flint; Dent varieties: White
Dent from M. W. Teeple, Meyers
Falls, White Dent from Athena, Ore
gon, White Cap Yellow dent, Wash
ington Giant, Pride of the North,
North Dakota, Golden Dent, Dakota
| Sunshine, Yellow Dent from Oriel
Dumbauld, Kendriok, Idaho, Mime
sofa King, Bloody Butcher, Rustler
While Dent, Golden Ideal, Yellow
Dent from M. Cassie, Oakesdae, yell
low Dent-local-.
OF these varieties the best for Pull
man conditions is the Windus White
Dent. 1t natures fully every year
if planted early, May 1920, making a
heavy growth of fodder we'll cared
producing with good care eight to
twelve tons per acre green weight of
first class feed. This variety would
probably be adapted to quite wide
belt in eastern Washington. The
next best would probably be the yell
low dent secured of c.. H. Thayer,
Pullman, White Dent secured of M.
w. Teeple, Meyers Falls. and the Nor
| tn Dakota Golden Dent. These all ma
ture we'll here and ear we'll but do not
yield quite as heavily as the Windus
Dent, hence would mature farther
back toward the mountains. The
best real early dent in the lot is the
yellow dent secured of M. Cassel,
Oakesdale. 1t is not as large a corn
as the Thayer Dent but ears splendidly
and even earlier. The dent from
Oriel Dumbauld proved to be one OF
the earliest but did not ear as we'll as
the above mentioned varieties. The
Minnesota King, grown on Spokane
Prairie by M. Heirgood, r. F. D.
No. l, Spokane, is an excellent corn,
producing a splendid foliage and ear
ing heavily but requiring a slightly
longer season than the Windus Dent
1t fully matured with us last season
but would not have done SO had the
killing frosts come as early as they
frequently do. For localities with
seasons somewhat longer than at Pull
man the Minnesota No. l3, and Bloody
Butcher are two promising varieties.
Of the flint varieties we believe but
two are worth considering here, the
one secured from Leland, Idaho, and
the Gehu. The Gehu is real short
corn, suckering profusely and caring
heavily with small ears. 1t natures
several days earlier than anything
else tested. On account of its small
size we believe it useful only where
the seasons are very short or on low