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the grower in determining the proper rate of planting. 

 Corn may be planted in hills, that is, several kernels in a 

 group, or drilled, in which case kernels are placed along 

 in a row, one kernel at a place. At the Nebraska Station, 

 with hills 44 inches each way, the yield of grain was about 

 the same for 3, 4, or 5 grains per hill. When the corn 

 was planted thinly, 

 large numbers of 

 suckers or tillers were 

 produced, many of 

 which produced ears. 

 When plant e'd 

 thickly, the percent- 

 age of barren stalks 

 was greater. In Il- 

 linois, tests were made 

 at the main station 

 and also on various 

 soil types in different 

 parts of the state. 

 The results indicate 

 that in the fertile soils 

 of Northern Illinois, 

 higher yields are ob- 

 tained with hills 36 



inches each way and 3 stalks per hill, while in some of the 

 less fertile soils, the best yield was obtained with 2 stalks 

 per hill. At the Ohio Station, with the rate of planting vary- 

 ing from 1 to 5 grains per hill, and hills 42 inches each way, 

 there was a variation of only a few bushels in the yield of 3, 

 4, and 5 stalks per hill. Four stalks per hill produced the 

 largest yield. Two stalks per hill produced about 81 per 

 cent and 3 stalks about 95 per cent as much as 4 grains. 



FIG. 21. Planting corn with a check 

 rower. 



