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hill. Plat 32 was drilled in with a common grain drill, so arranged 

 that the rows were 3}^ feet apart while the broadcast conditions 

 were obtained by drilling in the corn with all hose of the drill open 

 and sowing at the rate of two bushels per acre. The yield from 

 the various plats is shown in the following table : 



Table Showing Results from Different Methods of Planting 



Corn, 1895. 



In 1896 the corn was planted sirnilar to the way in which it was 

 planted in 1895. 



Table Showing Results from Different Methods of Planting 



Corn, 1896. 



If the investigation had stopped here the results would clearly 

 have been in favor of the broadcast method of seeding. This is 

 as far as the producer is able to get unless he is of an especially 

 enquiring mind and conducts careful feeding experiments with an 

 endeavor to find out from the animal which material is best. At 

 the time the corn was in best condition for forage, samples were 

 taken from each plat. On the plats of hilled and drilled corn the 



