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replanting (Jnne 12) was necessary. Tabulated data for 38 varieties of 

 dent corn (classified as large and medium yellow, mixed, and large and 

 medium white) and for Brazilian Flour corn, include weight when 

 husked, number of ears, shrinkage in drying, weight of shelled corn 

 and of cobs, color of cob, yield per acre of grain and stalks, date of 

 cutting, number of days from planting to cutting, and state of maturity. 

 J^ata are also given for duplicate tests with four varieties in three coun- 

 ties representing ditferent sections of the State. Other tables give, 

 averages of yields, etc., for the classes of varieties indicated above, and 

 for 11 varieties for each of 3 years (1888-{K)), including the average 

 yield as weighed in ^^^ovember and again in January. The per cent of 

 shrinkage varied from 7 to 25. The rainfall and mean temperature at 

 the station in each of 5 months (April- August) in 8 ditferent years 

 (1883-1)0) are also given. The total average rainfall during the 8 years 

 was 17.48 inches, and the mean temperature 64.7° F. Brief descriptive 

 notes are given for 33 varieties. 



Corn, distribution of seed (pp. 17, 18). — Tabulated results of planting 

 kernels from 1) to 49 inches apart and dropping from 1 to 4 grains at a 

 time. The average yields for 3 years have been, with kernels 12 inches 

 apart, 79.7 bushels per acre; 15 inches, G4.9 bushels; and 18 inches, 

 04.4 bushels. From planting at 6 inches apart in 1888 and 1889 an 

 average yield of 101.9 bushels per acre was obtained, but nearly half 

 (47 per cent) of these were nubbins. 



Corn, seed from different parts of the ear (pp. 18-20). — "The seed used 

 in this experiment has been grown continuously from the several part3 

 of the ear, each year preserving the seed from the tips of ears grown 

 from planting tii)s the year previous, middles from middles, and butts 

 from butts, in like manner for three consecutive seasons [1888-90]." 

 Kesults are tabulated for 1890 and for three other years (1880, 1888, 

 and 1889) in which similar experiments were made. The average 

 yields for the 4 years were, from the butts 06.9, middles 62.8, tips 04.8 

 bushels per acre. 



Corn, deep vs. shallow cultivation (pp. 20, 21). — The average results of 

 experiments in 1890 with deep and shallow cultivation, as given in a 

 table, show a slight advantage in favor of the latter method. Similar 

 experiments in 1888 and 1S8!> slightly favored the former method. 



Corn, methods of harvesting (pp. 21-24). — Experiments at this station 

 and in three other places in Ohio are reported, in which the corn on 

 some of the experimental plats was cut and shocked in the ordinary 

 way and at the ordinary season ; on others it was topi)ed ; and on others 

 it was allowed to mature on the stalk. The results, as tabulated, are 

 contradictory. 



Corn, test of varieties for silage (pp. 24, 25). — The yields are given for 

 nine varieties grown on fertile soil in 1889, and on poor soil in 1890. 

 The corn was planted June 7 and 19, and was cut September 27. " In 

 neither year were the varieties of corn sufficiently matured to make 



