INVESTIGATION OF 1908. 



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The plat was cultivated four times with a spike-tooth harrow and 

 hoed once. The corn reached the edible condition on September 19. 

 The appended table shows the meteorological conditions under 

 which the corn was grown: 



M> tioroloffical data for Orono, Me., 1908. 



Although the Cruxby mm Lrrown at the Maine station in 1908 was 

 xec.md highest in percentage of sugar, still it contained less sugar 

 than in former yean, Thm- \\ere more clear days during the grow- 

 ini; season in I'.MIX and the mean temperature was higher than 

 in cither of the two precedin-j; years. The niinf all, however, was 

 normal. 



The detailed analytical data follnu : 



Analyst* ! ual ears of Crosby corn grown at Orono, Me., 1908. 



GENERAL DISCUSSION OF DATA. 



The average data, analytical, meteorological, and geodetic, for the 

 year 1908, as shown in the tables of summaries and platted on the 

 graphic chart (fig. 4), confirm in a general way those^of the three 

 previous years. The highest percentage of sugars fo'r the Crosby 

 variety was obtained at the South Carolina station, while at the 



