339 



corn and cob after being wetted. The 669 kernels displac- 

 ing 18.0718 cubic inches are equal to 37 kernels displacing 

 one inch. 



Other experiments were to determine whetlier tlie eight or 

 twelve rowed variety, produced most corn in proportion to 

 its cob ; also the same with respect to the variety known as 

 "King Philip" corn. Some of the above results are here 

 grouped together into a table, that the relations which the 

 several, varieties sustain to each other may be readily ob- 

 served. 



Although these data are somewhat imperfect, — several 

 other items need be known before an accurate result can be 

 given ; yet it is interesting to ol)serve the bearing of the 

 above facts. 



Commoa 

 8 Rowed. 



Common 

 12 Kowed. 



King 

 JPhiUp. 



37 



(1) Number of rows, 8 j 12 8 



(2) No. of kernels in a row, 37.32 140.4 41 



(3) No. of kernels required to dis- 



place one inch, 



(4) No. of kernels naturally packed 



in one inch, 



(5) Ratio of corn to cob, 



(6) Ratio of ear to corn, 



(7) Ratio of ear to cob, 



(8) Ratio of corn and cob to ear, 



(9) Percentage of matter in a bushel 



of shelled corn, 



(10) Amount of water displaced by 



two ears, 



(11) Amount of water displaced by 



the corn from two ears, 



(12) Amount of water displaced by 



two cobs, 



(13) Relative produce of one kernel, 



(14) Product of (5) X (7)^(6), 



(15) Product of (5) X (7) X (9) 



-r-(5). 



The expense per acre of cultivating the above-named 

 ■corn-field was estimated as follows, viz : land valued at 

 $50.00 per acre, its interest one year would be $3.00. The 

 labor of ploughing to break up the soil was 3 pairs of oxen aud 

 3 men for one day — if we reckon one pair of oxen worth as 

 much per diem as one man, and each at fl.OO per day, 



8 



12 



37.32 



46.4 



56 ) 

 53-5 j 



51. 



35 





2.281 



2.035 



1.492 



1.52 



3.4 



3.1 



1.037 



1.023 



.6497 



.6271 



18.6327 



33.4237 



12.4858 



21.8983 



5.4707 



10.757 



4. 



7. 



5.87 



4,15 



3.8137 



2.6025 



1.877 

 1.457 

 2,738 

 1.051 



.6272 



26.8387 



18.0718 



9.6199 



6. 



5.1692 



3.2421 



