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Table 1Y .—Shorcmcj rate of fmiilng on respective, plats of hollworm experiment firm of 

 Depart meiit^of Agriculture at Wills Point, Tex., 1904- 



The counts made on the several date.s plainly show that the plats in 

 the first group, that is, Nos. I, II, IV, VI, and VII, had a decided 

 advantage over the others in earline.ss of fruit production; those in 

 the second group, that is, Nos. Ill and V, were about intermediate, 

 while No. VIII fell far behind all the others. Plats of the first group 

 reached their maximum square production about July 9; those in the 

 second group about two weeks later; and plat VIII about a week later 

 than the second. 



The decided uniformity of the results of the counts on the several 

 dates is noteworthy; also their conformity with the earliness as shown 



