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variation in time resulted from the tediousnesa of the task, 

 the lack of a fully matured plan, and unfavorable weather. 



— EFFECT OF STAND ON THE WEIGHT OF THE STALKS — 

 Since there were about eight per cent of the hills 

 which contained but two stalks, an attempt was made to deter- 

 mine whether estimating yield on the basis of the number of 

 stalks was justified. Accordingly the stalks growing two ^ 

 a hill where three or more such hills were in a row were care- 

 fully weighed. These were compared with the stalks in the 

 same row growing three in a hill. The results follow in 

 Table XXVI. 



