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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



The variety of corn raised was Sibley's Pride of the 

 North, which was planted on May 17, replanted as far as 

 necessary on June 1, and thinned to one plant per foot in 

 the drill early in June. The extraordinary precipitation of 

 the season kept the soil too wet the greater part of the time 

 during the month of July, and the crop was prevented from 

 doing its best. It was cut and stooked September 21, and 

 husked about the last of October. 



The yield per })lot and the calculated rates per acre are 

 shown below : — 



It will be noticed that one of the best crops in the field 

 was produced where no phosphate was used, and that the 

 yield on the plots to which phosphates were applied varies 

 without apparent relation to the availability of the phos- 

 phoric acid in the materials used. Under these circum- 

 stances, extended discussion of the results is not called for. 



