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BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table I. 



It should be noted that from an error in making and plant- 

 ino-, made by the unskilled hands assigned me, it became ne- 

 cessary to transplant several rows of corn on plats 13, 15 and 

 17, and that although the greatest care was taken in the work, 

 the transplanted hills were checked in their growth and never 

 fully matured. This will, in part at least, account for the 

 lower yield of both stalks and corn on these plats. 



The corn from plats 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 13 and 19, was put 

 in thin bags and placed on racks suspended by wires over 

 the barn floor for further drying ; and the stalks from plats 

 0, 1, 3, 5 and 7 were likewise separately stored, so that they 

 could be again weighed. 



These reserved samples were re-weighed November 17, 

 with the results given in Table II. The loss in drying, per 

 acre, is given in italic. 



Both stalks and corn are still preserved for weighing at 

 intervals during the winter and spring : — 



