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On careful examinatiou of the table it will be observed that the weights of corn 

 yielded by rows from which the blades were stripped exceed those from the corre- 

 epondiog iinstripped rows in only three instances. With these exceptions every 

 unstripped row exceeded its adjacent stripped row by 1.7 to 10.2 pounds of corn in 

 the ear, averaging 5.76 pounds ; while to compensate for this loss of corn the stripped 

 rows yield an average of 13.4 pounds ot fodder. 



Calculating the results for one acre, and allowing 78 cents per acre 

 for the cost of pulling, $1 per hundred pounds for the cured leaves 

 pulled off, and 85 cents per bushel for the shelled corn, the tiuaucial 

 result is $1.62 iu favor of the pulling. 



Deep versus shallow culture of corjn, R.J. Redding (pp. 143, 

 144).-^A piece of sandy soil, with a hard, yellow clay about 1 foot 

 beneath the surface, was divided into live plats, each containing about 

 one fourteenth of an acre. The land " had been in weeds the previous 

 year." Alltbeplats were fertilized alike, and planted with Bates corn. 



" The entire section was plowed the iirst time, deep and close, with 

 scooter plows, April 29. Plowed second time May 17, plats 1, b, and 5 

 very shallow, with Planet, jr., cultivator, with small sweeps attached; 

 plats 2 and 4 very deep with scooters, out and out. Plowed third time 

 June 2, plats 1, 3, and 5 very shallow, as before; plats 2 and 4 very deei) 

 with shovel plows. Fourth plowing June 24, same as third plowing." 



The blades were stripped from all the plats August 13, and the corn 

 harvested October 17. The table of results shows the yield of shelled 

 corn and of cured fodder per acre on each plat. The plats receiving 

 shallowculture averaged 2.4 bushels of shelled corn per acre more, and 

 38 pounds of cured fodder less than those receiving deep culture. 



Variety test of corn and broadcast manuring, R. J. Redding 

 (pp. 144-140). — Tabulated uotes are given on 21 varieties of corn, 

 including the yield of each variety when thefertilizer (superphosphate, 

 cotton-seed meal, and muriate of potash) was applied iu the hill and 

 when applied broadcast. 



"The lesson to be drawn fi^om the result is, that if the season proves 

 unfavorably hot and dry it were better that the fertilizer be more 

 generally and uniformly distributed throughout the surface soil, espe- 

 cially if the fertilizer be used in large quantity." 



Cotton seed (crushed) versus cottonseed meal for corn, 

 R. J. Redding (p. 147). — A brief account of an experiment to test the 

 effects of equivalent amounts of crushed cotton seed and cotton-seed 

 meal on corn. The " location was unfortunate," and the results of the 

 experiment were " totally unreliable and insignificant." 



Corn at different distances, G. Speth (p. 148). — In this experi- 

 ment, made on a piece of land 104 feet long by 45 feet wide, the rows 

 were all 5 feet apart, and the hills 2, 3, or 4 feet apart in the rows. 

 "The land was a good chocolate clay loam, with clay subsoil." The 

 data given include for each plat the number of hills per acre, number 

 of large ears and nubbins, and the yield of shelled corn per acre. 

 The largest yield of shelled corn was where the hills were 4 feet ai)art in 

 tlierows,and the largest number of nubbins M'here they were 2 feetapart. 



