SEED PER ACRE FOR CORN. 



31 



COMPOSITION OF WATER FREE SUBSTANCE OF CORN (WHOLE PLANT) 

 FROM VARYING QUANTITIES OF SEED. 



Distance Planted. 



. 







as 





% 



4001 



6.10 



4002 



5.90 



4003 



6.03 





C 









bD O 





O cS 



P 





En 



*~A£> <d 



% 



% 



19.42 



61.47 



21.79 



60.15 



19.72 



60.75 



Kernels 6 inches apart 

 Kernels 9 inches apart. 

 Kernels 12 inches apart 



% 

 9 87 

 9.57 

 10.66 



% 



3.10 



2.59 



2.84 



YIELD PER ACRE OF CORN (WHOLE PLANT) FROM VARYING QUANTITIES 



OF SEED. 





Chop of 1S94. 



CKOP OF 1895. 



Crop of 1896. 



Distance Planted. 



0.2 



pa 



2 -2 

 2h3 



o.2 



u 



CB 



OS 



2 2 

 2 >>"5 



£5s 



"32 



EH >> 



CP 



r- <^ 





Lbs. 

 21,315 



22,530 

 20,190 



% 

 21.1 



20.9 

 20.5 



Lbs. 

 4,497 

 4,709 

 4,139 



Lbs. 

 16,020 

 15.7S0 

 15,675 



% 



37.42 

 38.47 

 35.45 



Lbs. 

 5,995, 

 6,071 

 5,558 



Lb3. 

 34,110 



34,680 

 31,815 



% 



19.36 

 19.32 



20.74 



Lbs. 

 6,604 

 6,700 

 6,598 



The results so far reached indicate that the amount of seed 

 may vary greatly without materially affecting the yield of dry 

 matter in the mature crop. The average yield per acre of dry 

 matter for the three seasons with the several rates of seeding 

 are as follows: Kernels six inches apart 5,699 pounds; at nine 

 inches 5,827 pounds; at twelve inches 5,432 pounds. 



There appears so far to be only a small difference between 

 six inches and nine inches seeding, whereas the yield from the 

 twelve is considerably less. 



