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EARLE V. HARDENBURG 



Rate of planting in Franklin and Clinton Counties 



The growers in Franklin and Clinton counties who were interviewed 

 concerning their 1913 crop planted an average of 12 bushels of seed per 

 acre, the rate varying from less than 10 to more than 18 bushels. The 

 relation of this factor to yield in 1913. is shown in table 62. A study of 



TABLE 62. 



RELATION OF RATE OF PLANTING TO YIELD ON 300 FRANKLIN AND CLINTON 

 COUNTY FARMS IN 1913 



S 

 S, 



6 



7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 ] 6 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



Yield per acre, in bushels 





12 27 



26 



14 



1 



4 



12 



21 



63 



24 



77 



27 



23 



31 



6 



2 



5 







4 



300 



50 52 76 38 

 r = 0.367 0.034 



FlG. 143. CORRELATION OF RATE OF' PLANTING AND YIELD ON 300 FRANKLIN AND CLINTON 



COUNTY FARMS IN 1913 



