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In 1907, at the Edgecombe farm, all three varieties attained their 

 highest yields at a distancing of 20 inches in the row. At this dis- 

 tancing Cocke's Prolific slightly exceeded Holt's Strawberry, and 

 Holt's Strawberry exceeded Weekley's Improved by 1.8 bushels 

 shelled corn per acre. At the Iredell farm all three varieties made 

 the best yields at a distancing of 36 inches in the row. At this dis- 

 tancing Cocke's Prolific exceeded Holt's Strawberry by 4.7, and 

 AVeekley's Improved exceeded Holt's Strawberry by 3.1 bushels 

 shelled corn per acre. 



DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. 



The results of the distance tests of corn are brought together in 

 Tables VII and VIII, which follow : 



Table VII— COMPILED RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. 



EDGECOMBE FARM. 



- £ 



.as 



c c 



£W 

 05 o 



Distance Between 

 Stalks. 



7 



2 



5 



1 



4 



3 



6 



8 



9 



11 



10 



12 



Distance Be- 

 tween Stalks 

 in Row. 



No. 

 Stalks 



per 

 Plat. * 



o 



h 



11 . 



faw 



eg 



3 



>> o 

 MO 



Three and one-half 



feet. 

 Three and one-half 



feet. 

 Three and one-half 



feet. 

 Three and one- half 



feet. 

 Four feet 



Four feet 



Four feet 



Four feet 



Five feet 



Five feet 



Five feet -, 



Five feet 



Four feet 



Three feet 



Two and one- 

 half feet. 

 Two feet 



Four feet 



Three feet 



Two and one- 

 half feet. 

 Two feet 



Four feet 



Three feet 



Two feet 



One and one- 

 half feet. 



365 

 410 

 478 

 631 

 464 

 440 

 472 

 494 

 458 

 404 

 490 

 487 





MS 

 »8 



> - 



<£ 



Yield per Plat in 

 Pounds. 



to 



W 



0) 

 HO 

 u 



ca 



■3 



106.0 

 108.0 

 107.0 

 109.0 

 110.0 

 100.0 

 111.0 

 109-0 

 110.0 



112.75 

 149.25 

 130.00 

 177.25! 

 165. 00 : 

 174.50 

 132.25 

 124.50 

 145.75 



10.25 

 14.00 

 17.75 

 15.50 

 12.75 

 10.50 

 18.00 



a 



u 



o 

 O.Q 



-2 ° 



° G 

 Eh o 



123. 

 163. 

 147. 

 192. 

 177. 

 185. 

 150. 



107.0 126.75 



109.0 

 106.0 



145.00 

 117.75 



14.50139 



16.75 

 11.00 

 13.50 

 16.50 



162 

 137 

 158 

 134, 



w 



92.00 

 161.75 

 162.25 

 112.25 

 142.25 

 150.00 25.7 

 154.75 20 



■o 

 v 



-c 

 W . 



IB ^ 

 3 fc 



o c 



HO 



73 



J5 . 



CO.* 



c w 



O D 



Cm d 



19.6 

 26.1 

 22.3 

 30.8 

 24.7 



176.00 



162.50 



97.25 



136.50 



19.3 

 18.2 

 15.4 

 17.7 



150.7515.0 



.41 

 .37 

 .33 

 .32 

 .52 

 .53 

 .30 

 .25 

 .46 

 .29 

 .40 

 .23 



T3 



C 



§ 



Cm 



< 

 U 

 <0 



a, 

 u 



> 

 o 



-t-> 



w 



1140 

 2005 

 2011 

 1391 

 1536 

 1620 

 1671 

 1900 

 1413 

 846 

 1187 

 1311 



