less productive capacity.) Find out how many stalks there 

 would be to the acre in a perfect stand. Then find out how 

 many stalks there are to the acre based upon the number of 

 stalks counted in the hundred hills, and what per cent of a 

 perfect stand this is. Make this test in four places in the 

 field, and average the four percentages. 



If the corn is not planted in check rows, but in drills, 

 select a part of the field 10 rows wide and 35 feet long. 

 Instead of counting by hills count by 3|-foot lengths in the 

 row, assuming that a perfect stand has three stalks to every 

 3J feet in the row. Proceed as described above for check 

 rows. Make four tests and average them. 



After returning to the schoolhouse determine the per 

 cent of stand for the field by averaging the separate per 

 cents found by all the groups of students. 



1. How many suckers in the plot? Do they bear 



corn? 



2. How many stalks have corn smut? How many 



stalks are injured by insects?. 



3. How many stalks have two ears? One? 



None? 



4. How many seed ears in the plot? 



5. Measure the distance between the hills; also between 

 the rows 



6. Measure the height of the ears ffom the ground to the 

 shank 



7. Measure the stalk from the ground to the tip of the 

 tassel - 



8. Based on your answer to question 3, how many ears 

 would there be in an acre? 



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