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HOW TO GROW GOOD CORN. 



TABLE OF THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT. 



Sample 1. — Wheat gathered when the grain was sweet, and almost 

 milky. The stalks green. Date, July 25th, 1856. 



Sample 2. — Wheat from the same field, gathered when in the state 

 of hardening grain. The stalk just yellowed all the way down. 

 August 2nd. 



Sample 3. — Wheat from the same field, gathered when what is 

 termed " dead ripe," having been, in fact, left longer than it otherwise 

 would, for want of hands. August 18th. 



4. table of results for twelve ears of wheat dried, 

 "morton's red straw white." 



5. TABLE OF ANALYSIS OF THE CORN FOR THE TWELVE EARS. 



Now, this shows that although the medium ripe 

 ears in sample 2 had a less number of grains, yet their 

 per-centage of flour, as compared with bran, was 

 greatly on the increase. Still, it will be seen that 

 sample 3 has the advantage in measure : hence, then, 



