Experiment Station Record, Volume 4, August 1892-July 1893 Page: 36
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36 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD.
Fultz, Golden Amber, Currell Prolific, Red May, Wyandotte Red, High
Grade, Extra Early Oakley, Arnold Hybrid, Zimmerman, Fulcaster,
and Strayer Egyptian.
Wheat from Maaryland and Kansas seed (pp. 215, 216).-A brief account
of an experiment with 6 varieties. There was no great difference
in the results in favor of seed from either locality.
Wheat, methods of seeding and quality of seed (pp. 216-218).-Notes
and tabulated data on an experiment in which sowing broadcast was
compared with drilling, and seed of the best, medium, and poor quality
was sown with a drill. The results were indecisive.
Wheat, soil test with fertilizers (pp. 218-223).-The land and the fertilizers
used for this test were those employed in a similar experiment
with corn in 1889 and 1890, as recorded in the Annual Reports of the
station for those years (E. S. R., vol. II, p. 352, and IIi, p. 513). The
variety grown was Golden Cross, which gave relatively small yields
on all the plats. The results are tabulated. Nitrogen alone, in various
forms, gave profitable returns. Lime materially increased the
yield, but marl produced little effect. Potash and phosphoric acid,
singly and in combination, were ineffective. Averaging the results
with corn and wheat for the three years, it appears that phosphoric
acid alone gave negative results, potash increased the yield 2 per cent,
lime 22 per cent, and nitrogen alone 62 per cent.
Report of agriculturist of Maryland Station for 1891, A. I. HAYWARD
(Maryland Sta. Reportfor 1891, pp. 347-378).
Synopsis,-This includes the following subjects: (1) Silos and silage, (2) crops grown
for silage, (3) soil test with corn, (4) experiment in detasseling corn, (5 and 6)
tests of varieties of oats and wheat, (7) grasses and forage plants, (8) rotation
experiment, (9) potato experiments, (10) Maryland vs. Vermont potatoes for
seed, and (11) miscellaneous.
Silos and silage (pp. 347-350).-Two of the station silos which were
coated inside with creosote oil when constructed in 1888 have remained
intact, while the lining boards of a third silo which were not thus
coated were so far decayed in 1891 that it was deemed advisable to
replace them with new boards. Silage made from a mixture of corn and
soja beans decayed rapidly after the silo was opened, and corn silage
made from the whole stalks did not prove to be an economical feeding
stuff on account of a large percentage of waste. About 75 tons of corn
silage were stored at the station in 1891 at an average expense of 75
cents per ton for harvesting, hauling, cutting, and storing.
Crops grown for silage (pp. 350-355).--Notes and tabulated data on
the methods of planting and cultivation, yield of green and dry fodder,
and percentages of water and ash at different stages of growth for corn,
Jerusalem corn, Chinese sorghum, and corn with sorghum, cowpeas, or
Jerusalem corn grown on 14 plats. Samples of the crop were weighed
and analyzed at three stages of growth as follows: (1) The cob
developed but the kernel unformed, (2) the kernel in the dough state,
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