The Bulletin. 



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McMackin's Gourd Sood (Toini.) P.nrenn of I'lnnt Iiulnslry, Wasliiii^'toii, I). C. 

 Mosby's I'roliHe ( Mississippi )... lUiroau of I'laiit Industry, Washington, D. C. 



Native Porter Watts, Statesvillc, N. C. 



Native John Pitt, Rocliy Mount, N. C. 



Peele's Prolific- Albert Peolo, (iuilford College, N. C. 



Pool's J. C. Pool, Marion, N. C. 



Reid's Yellow tJeut (lllinuis) . .P.ureau of Plant Industry, Washinj^ton, D. C. 



Riley's Favorite (Indiana) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. 



Sanders' Improved ((Jeorgia) .. .Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. 



Selection 77 (Ohio) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. 



Sbelleiu's Prolitie George Shelleni, Raleigh, N. C. 



Square Deal Square Deal I-'arni and Nursery, Wilmington, N. C. 



Thomas' Inqiroved R. P. Thomas, Bethlehem, N. C. 



Weekloy's Dnproved Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. 



Willian'is' C. S. Williams, Franklinton, N. C. 



RESULTS OF VARIETY-DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. 



The results of these tests are included in the followinsi; table : 



Table Y— RESUFTS OF TESTS OF THREE LEADING VARIETIES OF 

 CORN AT DIFFERENT SPACING IN THE ROWS. 



EDGECOMBE FARM. 



Varieties. 



Cocke's Prolific 



Holt's Strawberry — 

 Weekley's Improved- 



Yield, Height of Stalks and Ears at Different Spacing of Stalks in 

 Four Foot Rows. 



20 Inches. 



o 



a 





O -M 



■a 

 _2 



"3 



M 



o 

 — c 



24 Inches. 



(V 



o 



c 



2 >> 



O ■!-> 



.s 



n 



m 



5 u 



30 Inches. 



u 

 S 



o +j _ a 

 'S 0! .so 





•H3P3aj «h3(<h3DQd 



O 

 03 Q) 



''..■So 



36 Inches. 



J3 



0) 





<)-( 3 

 O +J 



^ 13 





3 



40 Inches. 



3,C3 « 

 ■S Is .SO, 



0) 



o 



c 



$>> 



«H 3 

 O +J 



; EG en 



•H 3 ca ID 



'S cs .S O 

 HI >< 



120.0 61.5 



1 

 126.563.8 



107.8 53.0 



27.3 115.0 

 17.7 130.2 



28.5 



120.9 



65.0 35.6! 125.9 

 64.0 23.5' 131.2 

 63.0,32.71 122.9 



67.8'38.3; 122.9 63.8 27.0l 125.4 

 66.822.3 131.6 63. 8i23.li 129.0 



64.8 



38.7 



125.0 66.5|38.7I 119.0 



58.5 30.1 

 67.0,25.7 

 58.8134.7 



I 



IBEDELL FARM. 



Cocke's Prolific 



Holt's Strawberry--- 

 Weekley's Improved - 



123.0 57.0 36.1 

 132.0 72.0 24.4 



I 



126.0;63.0;30.3 



120.0 

 126.0 

 126.0 



54.0:33.4 

 72.0 30.0 



120.0 54.0 40.7 126.0 57.0 44.0 

 120.069.034.5 114.072.034.1 



123.0 54. 0;42.8 

 120.0 66.0i39.8 



63.0,36.7, 129.060.0 



43. ]i 126.0 60.0i44.0i 123.0,60.0140.8 



COMMENTS ON VARIETY-DISTANCE TESTS. 



These tests at the respective farms were conducted on the same 

 types of soil that the respective variety tests were. The tests were 

 planned and put out to ascertain if the claim made by some that if 

 distance is given the large one-eared varieties they will produce 



