INVESTIGATION OF 1905. 



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The first corn ready for table use ripened about the first week in 

 August, and the matured corn was harvested October 1. These data 

 apply equally to the Crosby and to the Stowell Evergreen, except 

 that the Crosby matured a week earlier than the Stowell. 



The climatic conditions under which this corn was grown and the 

 analytical data obtained are shown in the following tables: 



Meteorological data for College Park, Md., 1905. 



Analysis of individual ears of Stowell Evergreen corn grown at College Park, Md., 1905. 



Comparison by weight of various parts to the whole ear (Stowell Evergreen). 



The meteorological data show a normal rainfall for April, May, and 

 June, but for the months of July and August, when the ears were 

 forming, the precipitation was excessive, the average for these months 

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