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and slightly harrowed in before planting the corn, in rows, 

 May 21 and 22 (Clark's variety). The rows were three 

 feet three inches apart. The seeds were dropped from 

 twelve to fourteen inches apart, and six to eight kernels in a 

 place. The mode of planting and the subsequent treatment 

 of the crop was in every way corresponding to the course 

 adopted in the two preceding years. The 3^oung plants ap- 

 peared uniform and healthy looking, in all plats, June 1. 

 They turned, however, to a pale green color by June 28, 

 with the exception of those on Plats 9 and 10. The latter 

 were still of a dark green color Sept. 11, when the entire 

 crop was cut and stooked in the field. The corn growing 

 on Plats 1 to 8, inclusive, had reached, at the end of the 

 season, a height of from two to four feet, and showed only 

 here and there a partially filled ear ; it was badly dried up 

 and unhealthy looking when cut. The plants grown upon 

 Plats 9 and 10 had reached a height of from five to eisrht 

 feet ; the stalks and leaves were still succulent when cut, 

 and the ears pretty well formed throughout the plats, but 

 small, and the kernels scarcely beginning to glaze. 



The weight of the corn fodder raised upon each plat was 

 ascertained Oct. 23, when the crop was housed. The subse- 

 quent statement contains the results of the experiment. 

 The weights of the corn fodder are stated with reference to 

 the same state of moisture (from 45 to 50 per cent.) as in 

 the preceding year, to allow a comparison of the results. 



