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drills were planted with four grains for every three feet, or 

 nine inches apart. The corn was thinned at the first hoeing, 

 and an equal number of stalks left standing in each row. 

 The four acres were hoed three times, and looked well through 

 the season. One-half the piece was cut up by the roots and 

 stooked on the 15th of September, husked, housed and weighed 

 on the 18th and 20th of October, and yielded as follows : The 

 part planted in hills, 2,276 pounds of corn on the ear, and 

 2,950 pounds of stover. The part planted in drills yielded 2,700 

 pounds of corn on the ear, and 3,270 pounds of stover. The 

 part planted in drills yielded 324 pounds of corn on the ear, 

 and 320 pounds of stover more than that planted in hills. 

 The other half of the field was topped on the 18th of Septem- 

 ber, the tops bound and stooked, remaining in the stook till 

 October 20, when the corn was cut, husked and weighed. The 

 part planted in hills produced 2,170 pounds of corn on the 

 ear. The tops and butts weighed 3,020 pounds. 



The rows planted in drills on this part of the field, produced 

 2,505 pounds of corn on the ear, and 3,890 pounds of stover. 

 The drilled rows on this part of the field yielded 335 pounds of 

 corn on the ear, and 370 pounds of stover more than the rows 

 planted in hills. That half of these four acres planted in 

 drills, produced 659 pounds of corn on the ear, and 690 pounds 

 of stover more than the half planted in hills. 



From an examination of the weights given above, it appears, 

 that the corn on the ear, on that part which was cut up by the 

 roots and stooked, weighed 401 pounds more, and the stover 

 190 less than that which was topped. This apparent anomaly 

 is accounted for by the fact, that when corn is cut up by the 

 roots and stooked, the stover becomes dryer and the ears dry 

 less than when topped. 



The two acres of corn planted on the plain, and manured 

 with 7|- cords of barn manure to the acre, spread and cultivated 

 in, 10 bushels of leached ashes and 100 pounds of plaster, per 

 acre, in the hill, were planted June 3, in alternate rows, with 

 seed taken from the butts, middles and tips of the ears. This 

 corn Avas hoed three times in the course of the summer. One 

 of the acres, through the inadvertency of the head farmer at 

 the time of harvesting, was cut up and stooked all together. 

 Whftn husked on the 18th of October, the yield of corn on the 

 ear was 2,66t3 pounds, the stover weighing 3,270 pounds. 



The other acre was stooked separate, and was husked on the 

 19th of October. The rows planted with seed taken from the 

 butts of the ears, yielded 738 pounds of sound and 77 pounds 

 of soft corn on the ear, and 1,360 pounds of stover. 



The seed taken from the tips yielded 747 pounds of sound 

 and 53 pounds of soft corn on the ear, and 1,320 pounds of 



