Bulletin No. 66 - Corn Experiments

Autor: Foster, Luther, Merrill, Lewis A.
Rok vydání: 1900
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Zdroj: UAES Bulletins
Popis: A number of varieties of flint and dent corns have been successfully grown at the Experiment Station for the past ten years. A sufficiently large number of kinds have been under test to prove beyond question that all of the best flint varieties, the smaller dents and the semi-dents will fully mature in the locality of the Experiment Station, the extreme northern portion of the State; but the climatic conditions cannot be considered as especially favorable to corn growing, the seasons being rather too short and the general temperature too low for the medium and larger dents to be successfully cultivated. The most unfavorable condition comes from the regularity of the cool nights, one of suitable temperature for the best growth of corn being the exception. It is the tendency of all dents after being grown a few years in this climate to take on the appearance of flints. In the whole ten seasons there has not been a single failure of the flint and small dent varieties on the Station farm. This result comes no doubt partially from the fact that the seed has always been carefully selected and the ground put into the best possible condition before planting, and the tillage and irrigation given prompt and regular attention. It should be stated that this farm is located on upper bench land and is in direct line with the Logan River canyon. The regular night winds from this source undoubtedly delay the coming of the frosts of early fall. However, as a rule, the corn has been too far advanced when the first light frost came in less favored localities to have received any injury from this source. It is very probable that the seeming beneficial effects of the canyon winds in lengthening the season is more than counterbalanced by its injurious effects on the corn in splitting the leaves and breaking down some of the weaker stalks which must have reduced the yield decidedly.
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