INVESTIGATION OF 1905. 



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MAINE. 



The piece of land selected for the corn experiments at the Maine 

 station was a plat of clay loam consisting of one-twentieth of an acre 

 which had been used for garden vegetables. It was fertilized with a 

 mixture containing 3 per cent of nitrogen, 6 per cent of phosphoric 

 acid, and 8 per cent of potash. The seeds were planted June 15, cul- 

 tivated with a spike-tooth cultivator at intervals of ten days, and 

 hoed as often as was necessary to keep the plat free from weeds. 

 The green corn was ready for table use about September 15, and 

 the mature corn was harvested October 14. The Stowell Evergreen 

 failed to mature before a killing frost. That portion grown on land 

 which had }>een devoted to cabbages the previous year was small 

 and inferior. The rest was fair and typical of the variety. Follow- 

 ing are the tables of meteorological and analytical data: 



Meteorological data for Orono, Me., 1905. 



Analysis of individual ears of Crotby corn grown-at Orono, Me., 1905. 



The rainfall at this station was less than in any of the other States, 

 and the mean temperature lower, but the season appears to have 

 been typical of the locality. The corn did not make nearly so good 

 a growth at the Maine station as it did in Maryland or Connecticut, 

 more nearly resembling the South Carolina corn in appearance. The 

 percentage of sugars, however, was higher than that for the Con- 

 necticut station and lower than for the South Carolina corn. 



