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Value of the product of the rows planted with seed 

 taken from the middle of the ears : 



663 pounds sound corn, $6.63 



164 " soft corn, .82 



1200 " stover, <8> 7 dollars per ton, 4.51 



$11.96 



Value of the product of the rows planted with seed 

 taken from the tips of the ears : 



747 pounds sound corn, $7.47 



53 soft corn, .27 



1320 " stover, 4.62 



$12.36 



In this case, the seed from the butts produced the 

 most, that from the tips the next, and that from the 

 middles the least, in money value ; but the tips produced 

 the most, the butts the next, and the middles the least, 

 sound corn ; while the middles produced the most, the 

 butts the next, and the tips the least, soft corn. 



One experiment, as already intimated, does not prove 

 a point in agriculture, however fair it may be, and 

 the above was eminently so, so far as uniformity of soil 

 and manuring was concerned, and this point is Avorthy 

 of more careful trial and investigation by practical 

 farmers. 



The chief objection to sowing Indian corn to be cut 

 up green and dried for winter fodder is to be found in 

 the difficulty with which it is cured, on account of the 

 lateness of the season at which it arrives at the most 

 productive stage of its growth, and the extreme suc- 

 culency of its large and juicy leaves. But when prop- 

 erly cured it affords a very large amount of nutritious 

 feed, which is relished by all kinds of stock, and is 

 especially valuable for feeding to young animals; and, 

 notwithstanding the objection often made to it, it is 

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