PROFITABLE AMOUNT OF SEED PER ACRE FOR 



CORN. 



J. M. Bartlett. 



This experiment was planned by Prof. Jordan and is 

 a repetition of those made for the same purpose in 1894 and 

 1895.* An acre of land was used this season as before, and for 

 a dressing it received fifteen two horse loads of stable manure, 

 250 pounds acid South Carolina Rock, 100 pounds nitrate of 

 soda and 75 pounds muriate of potash. 



The acre was divided into twelve plots, or four sets of plots 

 with three plots in a set. The corn was planted May 19. On 

 one plot in each set the single kernels were planted six inches 

 apart, on another nine inches, and on the third twelve inches. 

 This gave four plots or one-third of an acre planted by each 

 method. 



Great pains were taken to insure a stand of stalks in accord- 

 ance with the plan, and the experiment appeared to be a suc- 

 cess so far as the field work was concerned. The growth of 

 the corn was all that could be desired and the crop produced 

 was greater than ever before secured here by this method of 

 planting. September 8-10, it was harvested and put in the silo, 

 the kernels being well glazed and in the best condition for silage. 



Below is given the composition of the 1896 crop and the 

 ratio of yield for all three years. 



* Reports of this Station for 1894 p. 33 and 1895 p. 19. 



