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" Clark Corn." 

 (The sample was sent by H. C. Comins, Esq., of North Hadley, Mass.) 



The ear contained eight rows of kernels of a yellow color. 

 Its average length was nine inches, and its average weight 

 was from 6.5 to 7 ounces, and consisted of eighty-six per 

 cent of kernels and fourteen per cent of cob. The average 

 weight of one kernel was .4 gram. The corn was raised 

 upon a sandy loam (river-land), upon which, for six or seven 

 years previously, grass had been raised, without manure. 

 It was manured with the " Stockbridge Formula " for corn. 

 The yield amounted to sixty-five bushels per acre. 



One hundred parts contain : — 



Nutritive ratio of kernels, 1 : 6.45. 



IU. 



" Tip-Corn." 

 (The sample was sent by C. E. Crehore, Esq., of Chicopee, Mass.) 



The ear contained eight rows of kernels of a yellow color. 

 Its average length was seven inches. Its average weight was 

 from 4.5 to 5 ounces, and consisted of eighty-seven per cent 

 of kernels and thirteen per cent of cob. The average weight 

 of one kernel was .3 gram. 



The corn was raised upon river-land which had been ma- 

 nured with barnyard manure (four cords per acre). 



One hundred parts contain : — 



Nutritive ratio of kernels, 1 : 6.29. 



