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larger when the planting was at a distance of 9 and 12 

 inches. 



At the Louisiana Station, stalks 18 inches apart in five- 

 foot rows, produced the largest results, although a closer 

 planting might have proved more profitable during a 

 more favorable season, but is not recommended as a 

 general practice. 



At the Alabama Station, on poor and sandy land, to 

 which complete fertilizer was added at the rate of 320 

 pounds per acre, the yield was largest when the constant 

 area devoted to each plant produced, was a perfect square 

 in shape; that is, when 15 square feet was so planted 

 that the distance in the drill was about equal to the dis- 

 tance between rows. 



The highest average yield for two years resulted from 

 single plants three feet, nine inches apart, in rows four 

 feet apart, but plants three feet apart in rows five feet 

 wide, were more cheaply cultivated. 



A row of cow-peas should be planted between corn 

 rows on very poor land, in which case the corn rows 

 should be at least five feet apart. 



At the Georgia Station, ten years' experiments indicated 

 that land capable of producing 25 to 40 bushels of shelled 

 corn per acre should be so planted as to grow 3,630 plants 

 per acre. 



This number may be secured by planting 32 inches 

 apart in 4>4-foot rows, 36 inches apart in 4- foot rows, 

 or 42 inches apart in 3^ -foot rows. 



Soil capable of producing 15 to 25 bushels per acre 

 produces its maximum yield when 16 square feet are 

 allowed per plant, or 2,722 plants per acre. 



This number should be secured by planting 38^ inches 

 apart in 5-foot rows, 32 inches apart in 4^ -foot rows, 

 or 48 inches apart in 4-foot rows. Soils capable of pro- 

 ducing 10 to 15 bushels per acre, give their maximum 



