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AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



ers. The following data give a partial record of one of the 

 experimental plots conducted during the past season in the way 

 it is recorded on the report blank : 



It will be seen that the date the corn first appeared above 

 ground was the same in each of the ten rows. This may be 

 partially accounted for by the fact that all the ears used in 

 planting the plot germinated ioo%. Only one row was uneven 

 and all of the plants appeared strong. The variation in time 

 of maturing was five days between row No. 6 and row No. 8. 

 At the time this experimental plot was visited, one of the most 

 striking features of the plot was the uniformity of the different 

 plants in each row. This was during the latter part of the 

 season and at that time all of the plants in row No. 8 appeared 

 much more immature than those in row No. 6. The row yield- 

 ing the most corn fit for seed purposes was row No. 2, which 

 yielded at the rate of 65 bu. per acre. The yield of row No. 4 

 was only 28 bu. per acre or 37 bu, less than the yield of row 

 No. 2. Considerable variation is found in the yield of corn 

 fodder per acre in the different rows. Row No. 2, which yield- 

 ed the most corn fit for seed purposes, did not yield the largest 

 amount of fodder. The variation in pounds of fodder in row 



