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Show ENSIUOE CORN. T& laflseeia of Tarlttr sn4 f ltsl al Seeding aa Ihs llelil. In 11 tmlletln reporting remits of perimeuts load at tho IVnasylrtnli Btato Colleg Cfjierlment station, tha folloirlrg Information Is glreni "In tlw early day of cnjiligf, thick arvdlng ami early barrettlng were tha rnle. Liter, when It was potntM onl that tb amount of dry milter contained In a crop of corn Increased rery rajitdly as tho crop matured, a reaction against this practice set In, and at rewnt the general drift of opinion Is In faror of thin seeding nnd of allowing tho crop to becotM as mature at po(hl. Honia anthorllles, Indivd, asy that tha crop snoukl bo grown exactly llko a crip of Celd corn Fully matured corn, bow crer, li not well adapted fur ensilsge. sine A certain degreo of ticcn!enca I rciiulreil to oanw tho material to settle and pick t roperly lu tho silo. With any firm rarlrty of corn, on the other baud, it has been shown tb.it. If wo linrrtf t before be-fore tha crop reaches fall malnrlty, wo tacrine a oontllerablo amount of dry matter which won) 1 otUrwIo him been produced. In caao It Is detlml to liar ml com while still aomswhit luimv ture. two method suggest themselve for counteracting this Iim, mmi ly, thicker thick-er sealing and tho tu of largo growing Varieties. Tliere Is no djnht whalerer that a greater groM yield can bo secured In , either of tbmo way or by a combination of tha two. It It claimed, boworcr, that thl larger gruna yield will contain a to much smaller 1 ruportlon 'of real food thai there will lw no actual gain of food, Imt only of "wood ami water." This, however, ha been linrelyA matter of opinion. It ha been shown by numerous numer-ous oipriments that thick aeodlng, within moderate limits, rniblet ut to produce more dry matter racro. Tho dlgestlbilityof this dry msttcr.boworrr, thst Is It content of rest foot has not hitherto Iwcn deti rmliU Thocxjierl-menu Thocxjierl-menu d-tcrilie.1 below were designed to contrlbuto soma exact knowledgo Uion this HnL The Ian was lo grow the dent variety rued nere a a del 1 crop, and also a laigo variety which do not ordiuarlly mature ma-ture here, to tee-1 both varieties at two dllTe rent rate and lo harvest them when they were cunil Irred lit fcr riulhupi It was further attempted to determine the actual yield of dlgestiblo matter per acre by weighing 'he yield an I determining deter-mining lu digestibility by sheep. IJya most nnfortanato mliundcrstandlng, however, tho dliferent plats received unequal un-equal amount of fetllllter, the thick eroded plats receiving most. It Illicit thought that this irror greatly aflccte tlie results, but the conclusion now to lw staled must be understood at nbject to a possible error on this account, riub-jtt riub-jtt to this qualification the following conclusion were rcachfrli Tho thick seeded corn reached nearly tho tame stag of maturity a the thin seeded. Cnler tbvso conditions, the use of twenty quart of teed per Acre gave an average ylcldof 41 percent more dry lailtcr thin was obtalnod by the use of six and one-half qaart Ir acre. The dry matter of Uu thick seeded corn wot, on the average of both varieties, S ir cent more dlgettlble than that of the thin seeded cum. The thick seeded cum produced.ontheaieragecf the two varieties, va-rieties, n per nut. more digestible fuo.1 Per Acre than tho tliin seeded corn. Tha larger variety did not liecome as mature na the amsller, but contalneil a fair proportion pro-portion of ear. The larger variety produced, pro-duced, on the average of Iho two nli of seeding, 43 nr cunt, more dry matter per aire than tha smaller variety. Tlia dry matter of the larger variety wat, en the average of the two rati t of sonllug, !1 per cent more digestible than tliat uf the smaller variety. The larger variety I reduced, on tho average of the two rate of seeding, 41 tier ant, more dlgrstlUe foal per acre tlian dl 1 the smaller va riely. In kenerol the results of Ibis single experiment are strongly in favor of thicker teoillag of euillsgo corn Ihsn 1 generally reoommendej aud of the hm of rattier large growing varieties ercu when these do uut fallr laatuio. |