320 Agkioultukal Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



sary to produce a maximum crop and that this over-production is an 

 exhaustive process. 



The following are the results in brief of detasseling practiced at 

 this station for four years: 



In 1890 a gain in total yield of corn of 50.6 per cent. 



In 1891 a very slight gain. 



In 1892 a gain in total yield of corn of 21 per cent. 



In 1893 a gain in total yield of corn of 19.3 per cent. 



GEO. C. WATSON. 



