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during may be theoretically determined in another 

 way. 



It will be found that with the larger varieties of 

 corn, the stalks of a crop well attended will weigh, 

 on an average, eight ounces each. But, allowing for 

 unseasonable cutting and for defective curing, if we 

 estimate the weight at seven ounces, it will afford a 

 fair 1 criterion of what an acre ought to produce. In 

 the following table the acreable product of stover is 

 given, according to this basis, for several different 

 distances in planting : 



In the above table a part of the results are perhaps 

 larger than some farmers are accustomed to realize ; 

 but products equal to these have been obtained, and 

 may be again. 



If we now add to the above table the yield of 

 grain, assuming it to be five ounces per stalk, the 

 number of bushels per acre corresponding in each 

 case to the product of stalks would be as follows : 



