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Irrigation and Drainage 



The photo -engravings, Figs. 32, 33, 34 and 35 (pages 192, 193), 

 sliow the relative amounts of corn husked from each plot and the 

 areas upon which these were grown, while in the table below are 

 given the yields per acre: 



WHITE DENT 



* 4 stalks 



Dry 



matter Shelled 

 per acre corn 



LBS. BU. 



11,426 53.44 



8,758 



stalks . 



Dry 



matter Shelled 

 per acre corn 



LBS. BU. 



23.06 



12,567 



9,126 



3,441 



2 stalks- . 



Dry 



matter Shelled 

 per acre corn 



LBS. BU. 



Corn Irrigated 

 63.23 11,712 



Corn not Irrigated 

 39.45 7,931 



Difference in Yield 

 23.78 3,181 



. 66.01 



48.66 



17.35 



. 1 stalk . 



Dry 



matter Shelled 

 per acre corn 



LBS. BU. 



9,554 



7,354 



2,200 



49.53 



39.03 



10.5 



In the case of the Pride of the North, the corn was planted 

 3 stalks, 2 stalks, and 1 stalk in a hill, and the yields in this case 

 were as follows : 



PRIDB OF THK NORTH DENT 



-3 stalks- 



stalks- 



-1 stalk- 



Dry matter 



Shelled 



Dry matter Shelled Dry matter 



Shelled 



It will be seen from these tables that the yield of water -free 

 substance per acre was largest in every case where the corn was 

 planted 3 stalks in a hill every 15 inches, and in rows 44 inches 

 apart. It is a significent fact that this is true, not only with both 



