Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
SHOWS VALUE OF CORN
County Agent Dana Estimates
Worth of 13 Varieties.
Demonstration Conducted Yesterday NJ
Farm Of v. McLane in Westford'
Where Cuts from Equnl-siHed
Plots Are weighed Up.

tenden county, is quite busy these days
keeping track Of the corn crop In the
county, along with his many other du-
ties. Mr.. Dana states that the crop
promises to be unusually good THIS
year, provided that there are a couple
Of weeks more Of warm weather before
a frost gets at the corn. In several or
the counties in the northern part or the
State, the frost which occurred about
two weeks ago did serious damage to
the corn crop, but in Chittenden county
the damage was very slight. AS there
Is a much larger acreage Of corn In the
county this year han for many years
past. Mr.. Dana expects a banner crop
in spite Of the fact that the late sea-
son impeded the growth somewhat.
During the past two months, corn has
grown rapidly and there are some ex-
cellent fields Of his particular Vermont
product throughout the county.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Dana to
keep close watch of the kind of corn
that is being grown in the county this
year. Several demonstration plots
were planted last spring. in order to
find out which kinds of corn grew best
In this part of the country. under given
conditions. Mr.. Dana is making 1t a
point to visit each one of these plots
and ascertain just what results have
been obtained in each case.
A visit was made Thursday to the
farm of Varney McLane in the town
of Westford. where a demonstration
plot of corn was planted last spring, or
rather in the early summer. about the
18th of June. A fine field of corn was
seen there, including 10 different va
~rieties which were weighed up and
graded in order to ascertain how much
each was worth per acre.
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Thursday are interesting because they
bring out points which seem to be in
opposition to the general beliefs of
corn growers in this vicinity. They
also show hat It is not always the
tallest corn that Is worth the most. In
his demonstration, Nr. Dana chose a
place where there was a perfect stand
Of corn, and cut the corn from a plot
measuring 3x14 feet. which is practi-
cally the t%housandth part of an acre.
This was weighed. the number of tons
of yield per acre was estimated and
from this was found the approximate
value per acre of each variety of corn
through the use Of n table prepared by
Prof. G. f. Z. Story of the University
of Vermont, who has mad a thorough
study of this subject. Professor Story's
table shows that corn in the different
stages of growth is worth so much per
ton as follows: Tasseled. s1.4O; silked,
sass; milk. $500; glazed. 5000.
From these figures, the estimates
were made. The fact that the corn
was taken from plots where there was
a perfect stand. much better thar could
be obtained over an entire piece, and
that the corn was somewhat wet made
the averages somewhat high for all the
varieties, but it was. nevertheless, a
fair test. AS several of the varieties
were part way between the milk stage
and the silked stage. it was found
necessary to grade the value to some
extent.
Keeping the above facts in mind, one
can get a clear understanding of the
Importance of the results which fol-
low: King Philip corn, with a yield of
80 tons per acre In the milk stage gives
a value of 1892 per acre; Sanford corn,
with n yield of 32 tons per acre in the
milk stage. is valued at SIPS per acre;
NEarly Triumph. with a yield Of "a tons
per acre in the milk stage, but not
quite so mature, is valued at $11O.50
per acre; Northwestern Dent. with a
yield of 26.5 tons per acre in a less
matured division of the milk stage, is
valued at s106 per acre.; Huron. with a
yield of 26.5 tons per acre in the milk
stage. S1O6 per acre; Pride of Michi-
gan, No. l, with a yield of 3S tons per
acre in the silk stage, S104.50 per acre;
Pride of Michigan, No. 2, with a yield
of 36 tons per acre in the silk stage,
500 per acre; Wisconsin,, No. s, with a
yield of 81 tons per acre in the silk
stage, $101.75 per acre: Burlington
Dent. with a yield of 81 tons per acre
in the silk stage, S102 per acre; Early
Lakeside. with a yield of 2S.5 tons per
acre in the silk stage. s95.5s per acre:
Middlebrook 90-Day Dent, with a yield
of 35.5 tons per acre in the silk stage,
$94.07 per acre; Pride of the North,
with a yield of "a tons per acre in the
silk stage, 5000 per acre; Leaning,
with a yield of SO tons per acre in the
silk stage. $S4.15 per acre.