EXPERIMENTS WITH CORN, 1896. 



By J. R DuGGAR. 



I. The spring and early summer of 1896 were extremely- 

 dry. 



II. Among fourteen varieties of corn tested, the largest 

 yield was made by St. Charles, followed by Early Mastodon 

 and Blount Prolific. 



Averaging many tests of varieties made in Southern States, 

 the varieties giving the largest yields were found to be as 

 follows : (1) Cocke Prolific, (2) Mosby Prolific, (3) Cal- 

 houn Bed Cob, (4) St. Charles, (5) Mammoth White Sur- 

 prise, and (6) Bio ant Prolific. 



III. In the unusual season of 1896, seed corn from 

 Illinois afforded a larger yield than did that from Alabama 

 and Georgia. 



IV. Kernels from the middle of the ear of dent varie- 

 ties afforded a smaller yield than grains from the butt and tip 

 ends of the ear. 



This result was confirmed by averaging the relative yields 

 obtained in fourteen tests at five experiment stations. 



V. In this dry season the yields were practically the 

 same whether the distance between single plants in rows five 

 feet apart was three or four feet ; a distance of two feet in 

 the row greatly reduced the yield. 



VI. On sandy branch bottom land the yield of corn was 

 3.1-10 bushels greater where 426 pounds per acre of crushed 

 cotton seed was used than where 180 pounds of cotton seed 

 meal was employed, the amount of nitrogen furnished per 

 acre being the same in each fertilizer. 



