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MAIZE 



CHAP, after allowing for a loss of 25 per cent of the stand from the 

 various causes mentioned before, one-third of the remainder 

 are barren ; (3) that each of these causes is partially account- 

 able. 



Barren Stalks. — An examination of many maize crops 

 shows that there is a small percentage of barren stalks, but 

 that this is not likely to equal anything like 33 per cent of the 

 standing crop. 



Table XXV. 



ANALYSIS OF YIELDS OF 352 EARS OF YELLOW HOG AN. 



Yellow Hogan, V. 3. 



