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" Matured," and " Days to mature " apply only to the planting up to 

 and including the date in the first column. The items in the other 

 columns apply to the whole piece. 



The per cent of corn standing and that taken by squirrels was 

 made from actual daily counts of hills. 



In computing the yield the corn was weighed instead of measured.^ 



Experiments of 1888 in pJanting corn at Brookings, *S'. Dak. 

 [First killing frost, 1888, September 12, a. m.] 



I regret not to be able to state the source whence the seed was obtained an( 

 Qatic peculiarities under which it was raised. According to Linsser's laws this 



ind the 

 climatic peculiarities under which it was raised. According to Linsser's laws this must 

 decide as to the behavior of the seed and plant in a new climate. I know, however, tbat 

 some of the varieties had been raised in previous years in the neighborhood of Brookings, 

 S. Dak.— C. A. 



