298 MAINi: AGRICULTURAL ElXPliRIMENT STATION. 191O. 



From this table and the diagrams we note the following 

 points : 



1. The highest yield of corn was obtained from the rows 

 where 4 kernels were planted to the hill. Or, in other words, 

 the largest amount of ear corn is. obtained with an average 

 stand of between 3 and 4 stalks to the hill. It is of interest to 

 note that this is in agreement with certain results of this same 

 kind of an experiment with field corn recently reported by 

 Williams and Welton {loc. cit.). 



2. With 3 kernels to the hill the rate of yield per acre is 

 within 3 bushels of that with 4 kernels to the hill, and is nearly 

 10 bushels higher than with 5 kernels to the hill. Now 5 ker- 

 nels to the hill in our plot meant an average stand of only a 

 little over 4 stalks to the hill ; and 3 kernels to the hill an aver- 

 age stand of about 25^ stalks to the hill. The present figures 

 do not support the contention so frequently made in Maine 

 that 4-5 stalks to the hill represent the ideal condition. 



3. The rate of yield of ear corn in this experiment was 

 actually higher when only 2 kernels were planted to the hill 

 than when 5 or any higher number were planted. It must be 

 remembered further that this was with seed of high germinat- 

 ing capacity and on the very best of corn land. If any land in 

 the State can stand a high number of stalks to the hill it is that 

 on which this experiment was carried out. 



4. In this experiment there was practically no difference 

 in yield between the. rows planted with 5 and those with 

 6 kernels to the hill. 



5. The rows planted with 7 kernels to the hill yielding at 

 the rate of approximately 11 bushels to the acre less than those 

 planted with 2 kernels to the hill. 



6. The proportion of the total yield borne upon nubbins 

 unfit for use for any purpose but feeding increases as the num- 

 ber of stalks to the hill increases. In the rows planted with 7 

 kernels to the hill more than 1-3 of the total yield was on nub- 

 bins. This matter of the quality of the ears produced is a very 

 important one practically, especially if one is raising seed corn. 



The general result of this experiment is quite clear and bears 

 out the impression which the writers have gained from three 

 years general study of the sweet corn growing industry in the 



