The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-21
EXPERIMENTS in
CULTURE OF CORN D. 4.
Summary Of Results as Shown by
Demonstration at Virginia
Experiment Farm.
BOONE COUNTY WHITE. LEADS
Soil Conditions Are to Be Con-
sidered-Good Flowing Is
Very Essential.
BOONE COUNTY WHITE LEADS

l. Among the best varieties of corn
tested to date are Boone County White,
which made yield of 1877 bushels;
Cookies Prolific. which made yield
OF 1853 bushels; Snow White Dent.
which made yield of 1853 bushels,
Virginia Station Leaning Ear No. 81,
which made yield of 1880 bushclss
and Virginia Golden Dent, which made
a Yield OF T143 bushels. Virginia Sta
ton Leaning and Virginia Golden
Dent are yellow corns, and the others
are white.
20 Leaning Is one of. the best vare-
ties to grow ut high elevations where
the season is short. Hickory King
while not making as large yield as
some other varieties. is one of tho
very best varieties for soils of medium
fertility.
2. The period OF tasseling with the
twenty varieties under observation
commenced on July 1st and ended on
tho 3lst. The number of days silleing
varied from nine to twenty-four, COM
mencing July 9th and ending August
18th. The figures show that the pol
len might have become non-viable be-
fore tho silks appeared. and as TIM
so-called barren stalks are generall~
large and lato in developing, their
nn-productiveness is probably due to
tho lnteness OF development.
a. There was little benefit observed
from detasseling corn; not enough 70
pay for the labor involved.
S. Varieties grown on the fertile
lands OF the Middle West will out
yield home-g grown strains which have
been developed on comparatively poor
soils. but western seed will not do so
] well on our comparatively thin lands
MS the native varieties. indicating
very clearly tho Importance Of secur-
Ing home grown seed.
- 6. The strain of corn selected has
an important bearing on the yield OBJ
| tanned, Several samples of variety
purporting to be Hickory King and
| Virginia Ensilage were grown side by
side in. 1906. There was variation
! in yield OF more than nine bushels
between the best and poorest strains
OF Hickory King. and nearly eighteen
|ibushels between similar strains OF
Virginia Ensilage. See to 1t that You
obtain vigorous reproductive strain
OF tho variety you are growing.
-. ~ The Importance of securing the
right strain is Illustrated by the fact
that sample OF Leaning corn from
Illinois yielded 1894 bushels, and a
Virginia sample 1891 bushels. Ear
4 No. IA from our breeding plat made
Il yield OF $3.50 bushels; Ear No S5,
G6.29 bushels; Ear No. az, 67S4 bush
els. There was a variation of more
1 than eight bushels between the Yields
of Ear No. and Ear No; 81, show
ling how the choice of strain will
Influence tho yield; and also that
] highly developed samples OF native
corn, like Ears No. So and No. 81.
compare favornbly in yield with tho
thoroughbred corns which have been
developed In the West.
i S. Corn developed on thin land will
not yield we'll when first placed on
rich land, Virginia Leaning on land
4 where cowpoas wero plowcd under
made n Yield or 6o.Sl bushels, as com,
4 pared with 1884 bushels for tho thor
lIoughbred sample from Illinois, Our
own Improved strain. Ear No Sc.
made Il Yield OF 6i.3t bushels. Corn
drought from the West should. there's
4 fore, be put on rich land, and tho
native corn bred up by crossing to
z whera 1t Will give corresponding
4 yields under favorable conditions,
i 8. Fertilizer tests with corn show
clearly that blowing under green
!. leguminous crops is Il highly benc-
4 fetal practice. and that where this is
Z, followed only moderate amounts OF
Z fertilizer will be necessary to give in-
creased Yields; when vegetable matter
u Is lacking. however, heavy applica-
ItiGns OF fertilizer seem advisable. \
4 10. The Importance or securing a
perfect stand and having the ground
\ In ideal mechanical condition Mt tho
j time of planting Is shown By the
4 fact that the Der cent. OF stand was
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