CORN CULTUEE 



BY CHARLES WM. BUBKETT 



The total area devoted to the cultivation of maize or Indian 

 corn in the United States in 1889 was a fraction over 51 per 

 cent of the total cereal acreage of the country. 



In New Hampshire, according to the last census, the total 

 acreage in Indian corn culture was 23,746 acres with a pro- 

 duction of 988,806 bushels, or an average production of 41 

 bushels per acre. 



The prominent place the silo is taking in New Hampshire 

 agriculture places this crop as one of the most important 

 cereal products in the state. This, therefore, is an important 

 subject with us, and anything that pertains to increased pro- 

 duction in acreage and yield per acre is worthy of the most 

 careful consideration. During the past season the following 

 experiments in corn culture were conducted at this station: 



A. Methods of Cultivating Corn. 



I. No Culture, Frequent, and Ordinary. 

 II. Shallow and Deep Culture. 

 III. No Culture, Mulch, and Ordinary. 



B. Effect of Witch-Grass in Growing Corn. 



C. Depth of Plowing in Eeference to Corn Production. 



A. CULTIVATIOJs' 



In some of the principal corn growing states this matter has 

 received considerable attention and some of the points have 

 been practically settled. Many hold, however, that the condi- 

 tions, diiTering as they do between the East and West, render 



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