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Planted 26 x 22 inches, equalling 4 square feet per plant, or chap. 

 10,890 plants per acre. V. 



An average of six rows carried 136 plants per 100 yards, 

 or 6,577-5 plants per acre, equivalent to 60-4 per cent of a per- 

 fect stand. At an average of 6 ozs. of grain per plant (the ears 

 produced were smaller than those of the Yellow Horsetootk), 

 this should give 2,466-5 lbs., or 12-34 muids, per acre. About 

 2 per cent of the crop was affected with smut of the tassel, 

 Ustilago Maydis. 



No. 5. Hickory King. — Government Stud Farm, Stander- 

 ton. Check-rowed, 3 feet by 2 feet 8 inches, equalling 8 

 square feet per hill, two plants being planted on each hill. A 

 full stand, therefore, would have 5,445 hills, or 10,890 plants. 

 Six rows averaged 90 hills per 100 yards, or 8,668-4 plants if 

 each hill carried two plants, but on account of the number of 

 suckers it was not practicable to determine the actual number 

 of individual plants ; this is equivalent to 79-6 per cent of a 

 full stand. At an average of 8 ozs. of grain per hill, i.e. 4 ozs. 

 of grain per plant (the ears were small), the yield should be 

 2,178 lbs., or 10-88 muids. 



No. 6. Wisconsin White Dent. — Government Stud Farm, 

 Standerton. Check-rowed, 3 feet by about 2 feet 8 inches, 

 equalling 8 square feet per hill, two plants per hill. A full 

 stand should give 5,445 hills, or 10,890 plants. Five rows 

 averaged 88 hills per 100 yards, or 4,259 hills per acre, equi- 

 valent to 77-8 per cent of a full stand. Number of plants per 

 hill not counted. At an average of 8 ozs. of grain per hill this 

 stand should yield 2,118 lbs., or 10-65 muids per acre. In 

 this stand 2-65 per cent of the plants in some rows were 

 affected by maize-smut in the tassel, and 11-3 per cent of the 

 plants were injured by stalk-borer. 



No. 7. Early Learning. — Government Stud Farm, Stander- 

 ton. Check-rowed, 3 feet by about 2 feet 8 inches, equalling 

 8 square feet per hill of two plants, or 5,445 hills, or 10,890 

 plants, per acre. Six rows averaged 93 hills per 100 yards, 

 or 4,500 hills per acre, or 82 6 per cent of the full stand. At 

 an average of 8 ozs. of grain per hill the yield should be 2,250 

 lbs., or 1 1 -25 muids per acre. 



No. 8. Yellow Hogan. — Government Stud Farm, Stander- 

 ton. Check-rowed, 3 feet by about 2 feet 8 inches, equalling 

 5,445 hills, or 10,890 plants per acre. Six rows averaged 101 

 ears per 100 yards, or 4,888 hills per acre, equivalent to 89-3 

 per cent of a full stand. At an average of 8 ozs. of grain per 

 hill this stand should yield 2,444 lbs., or 12-22 muids per acre. 



