PLANTING. 91 
found practically no difference in yields. This 
is in accordance with previous experience. 
At the Connecticut State experiment station 
corn was planted in drills four feet apart, with 
plants 10 inches apart in the row, and in hills 
48 by 40 inches four plants to the hill, and 48 
by 20 inches two plants per hill.* The drilled 
corm gave about six per cent more dry matter 
and a larger yield of each food ingredient. The 
composition of the grain was about the same, 
whether hill or drill grown. 
At the South Carolina stations, as already 
noted, it made no practical difference in yield 
whether the corn was planted in hills or drills. 
of Ξ 
FIG. 29.—CHALLENGE CORN PLANTER. 
Where land is fairly level, and the corn crop 
is an item of special importance on the farm, 
* Annual report for 1890 Connecticut State agricultural 
experiment station, p. 183 
