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sumed, until positive demonstration shall prove to the contrary, 

 that in case there was a deficiency of soil moisture for the thick 



Fig. 34. Maize, irrigated and not irrigated, two stalks in a hill, 

 middle section not irrigated. 



seeding, a larger supply would have increased the yield of shelled 

 corn as well as the total amount of dry matter. 



Fig. 35. Maize, irrigated and not irrigated, one stalk in a hill, 

 middle section not irrigated. 



INFLUENCE OF THICK SEEDING AND IRRIGATION ON 

 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANT 



It was observed, the first year the maize was planted thickly 

 and irrigated, that the corn did not appear to develop quite nor- 



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