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duced 80.6 bushels per acre, while another cultivated but five 

 times produced 79.1 bushels. This difference will in no wise 

 meet the extra expense of labor. 



Second, weeds grew at the expense of corn; where they were 

 permitted to grow, but 17.1 bushels resulted, as compared with 

 80 bushels where they were kept out. 



GROUP II. 



Kind of Culture. 



Pounds corn 1 Bushels 

 stover per shelled corn 

 acre. | per acre. 



Shallow — 14 times 

 Shallow — 5 time s . 

 Deep— 5 times — 



80.6 



79.1 

 69.7 



From the above we see that deep culture was less productive 

 than shallow. A difference of 10 bushels per acre is a mat- 

 ter of considerable importance. If deep culture were aban- 

 doned and shallow culture adopted by all, on the basis of this 

 experiment, it would raise the average yield to 51 bushels and 

 add 237,400 bushels to the total corn production in the state. 

 \VTien we consider the fact that the farmers of New Hamp- 

 shire are bringing into the state several thousand bushels of 

 corn annually, this matter becomes especially important. 



In the following table we have grouped the tests of other 

 stations that have experimented in reference to deep and shal- 

 low culture: 



