Experiment Station Record, Volume 5, 1893-1894 Page: 42
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42 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD.
cut off close to the ground at the same date, or the corn allowed to
ripen in the field without cutting.
The yields tabulated are for field-cured material. Any variation due to difference
in water content is not shown. On account of the stalks being cut at different
dates such variations may have existed. With this limitation, the results were as
follows:
(1) TIfe weight of one hundred ears was least where corn was cut and shocked
when kernels were dented and greatest when corn was allowed to ripen fully before
cutting stalks. Topping the stalks reduced the size of the ears.
(2) The largest yield of ears was obtained when corn was allowed to ripen fully
before cutting the stalks. The yield of ears was reduced by topping the stalks when
the kernels were dented and still more reduced when the whole plant was cut up.
(3) The same general results were obtained from the stover. The top was about
one-third the weight of the total stover and only about one-eighth of the total corn
fodder. By topping, 1,050 pounds of stover was obtained at a loss of 540 pounds of
ear corn per acre as compared with allowing the corn to ripen and merely gathering
the ears.
Corn, detasseling (pp. 60,61).-Between August 3 and 20, in a season
of abundant rainfall, the tassels were removed as they appeared
from ten alternate rows. The number and weight of ears were not
materially affected by detasseling.
Test of varieties of oats, T. F. HUNT and W. H. CALDWELL
(Pennsylvania Sta. Report for 1891, pp. 61-63).-Tabulated data for 15
varieties grown in 1891 and previous seasons. The most desirable
varieties in the tests at the station have been Japan and Improved
American.
Time of sowing oats, J. W. SANBORN (Utah Sta. Report for 1892,
p. 131).-Two years' experiments in sowing oats at different dates
showed a marked advantage in early sowing.
Experiments with potatoes, W. H. CALDWELL (Pennsylvania Sta.
Report for 1891, pp. 67-71).-The experiments with potatoes at the
station in 1891 were in the following lines: (1) Test of varieties, (2)
amount and kind of fertilizer, (3) rate of planting, (4) preparation of
seed. The month of May being unusually dry, the potatoes sprouted
very slowly and the stand in many cases was very imperfect.
Test of varieties (pp. 68, 69).-Tabulated data and brief descriptive
notes on 16 varieties. The following are recommended as of most
promise: Freeman, Green Mountain, Burpee Superior, Ben Harrison,
and Monroe County Seedling.
Amount and kind of fertilizer (pp. 69, 70).-Dried blood, dissolved
boneblack, and muriate of potash applied on 4 small plats "did not
produce any beneficial results on land which had received the usual
application of barnyard manure."
Rate of planting (p. 70).-Seed potatoes were planted on 6 small
plats at the rate of 10, 12k, and 15 bushels per acre. The medium
amount of seed gave the largest yields as regards both total and merchantable
product.
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