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crude carbolic acid in water. Three ounces of this mixture was 
poured upon a gallon of corn, which was thoroly stirred until every 
kernel was moistened, the surplus being allowed to drain away. Not- 
withstanding its slightly moist condition, the corn ran out of the 
planter as well as if it had been dry. 
The 20 rows next this strip were planted with ordinary seed left 
as a check ; and for the next 12 rows the corn was treated with kero- 
sene, half a fluid ounce of the pure oil being thoroly mixed with a 
gallon of the seed just before it was put into the box. 
The next 12 rows were planted with corn treated with oil of 
lemon. For this purpose one part, by measure, of the oil was mixed 
with nine parts of ordinary alcohol, and 3 fluid ounces (6 tablespoon- 
fuls) of this solution was thoroly stirred into a gallon of corn, which 
was then drained and put at once into the planter box. 
The next 8 rows were left as a check ; and for the plot of 12 rows 
adjoining, the seed was treated with formalin reduced to a 3 percent 
solution by the addition of water. Three ounces of this mixture 
was thoroly stirred with a stick into a gallon of corn, which was then 
carefully drained and put into the planter at once. 
On the 11th of May, in another part of the field, 28 rows of com 
were planted, the seed for which had been treated with a solution of 
lime and sulphur known as "Rex Dip," 1 part of this substance to 10 
parts of water. A pint of the mixture was poured upon a gallon of 
seed-corn, which was then thoroly stirred, and after 20 minutes' soak- 
ing the seed was drained, being stirred in the meantime to dry it 
partially, in order that it might work well in the planter. 
Next to this plot, a strip of 8 rows was left as a check, and the 
followirig 8 rows were planted with corn treated with flowers of sul- 
phur. The grain was dampened slightly to make the sulphur stick, 
and a quarter of a pound of the latter was stirred thoroly into a gal- 
lon of corn, completely covering all the kernels. 
Finally, 16 rows adjacent were planted with seed which had been 
soaked for 10 minutes in half a pint of a saturated aqueous solution 
of chlorid of lime to the gallon of corn. 
The ground was reported to be very dry at the time of planting, 
and the young weeds in the field were all dead as a consequence. Its 
condition was evidently not unusual, however, since a heavy rain is 
recorded for May 2, and another followed May 8.* Nevertheless 
there was some deficiency of moisture, for the soil was lumpy after 
plowing, and the sprouting of the seed was said, on the 22d, to have 
been delayed somewhat by dry weather. 
Fifty hills of corn were examined on the latter date in one of the 
checks, and 15 were found to contain root-lice and ants. Odors of 
carbolic acid, oil of lemon, and kerosene were still perceptible on the 
kernels a week after planting, but the corn treated with formalin had 
no noticeable smell. 
'Rains fell at this place as follows: April 8, 13, 24, 30 (shower); May 1, 2 (heavy), 8, 
18 (slight), 26 (heavy), 27, and 30. The fields and roads were said to be muddy June 1. 
