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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



YIELD PER ACRE OF CORN FROM VARYING QUANTITIES OF SEED. 



Crop of 1894. 



Crop of 1895. 



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§ 1 



Yield 

 dry 



matter — 

 pounds. 



^2 2 



O.S o 



1 1 



Sfc| 



Yield 

 dry 



matter- 

 pounds. 



21,315 



22,530 

 20,190 



21.1 

 20.9 

 20.5 



4,497 

 4,709 

 4,139 



16,020 

 15,780 

 15,675 



37.42 

 38.47 

 35.45 



5,995 

 6,071 

 5,558 



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 

 two seasons with the several rates of seeding are as follows: Ker- 

 nels six inches apart 5.246 pounds; at nine inches 5.390 pounds; at 

 twelve inches 4.848 pounds. 



There appears so far to be only a small difference between six 

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

 inches was materially smaller both years. 



It should be noted, that the corn from the nine inch and twelve 

 inch seeding was eared more satisfactorily than that from the six 

 inch. 



