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PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 
TaBLe 2.—SuUMMaRY OF AVERAGE YIELDS FROM ALL FIELDS IN CENTRAL 
ILLINOIS; URBANA, SIBLEY AND MATTOON 
Figures indicate actual yields, bushels per acre 
TWO KERNELS PER HILL 
Distance Number Urbana Sibley Mattoon Gen. average 
between hills, | of stalks | average of average of 1904, for three 
inches. per acre. | 4 years. 4 years. 1905. fields, 
44x44 6480 50.2 45.5 46.9 ATT 
44x39.6 7200 51.7 47.9 51.0 50.0 
39.6x39.6 
36x44 8000 53.8 48.9 54.3 51.9 
33x44 
36x39.6 8800 54,8 49.7 55.0 52.8 
36x36 : 
33x39.6 9680 58.5 49.6 56.4 54.5 
33x36 10560 59.6 | 489 — 57.8 55.0 
33x33 |: 11520 54.9 49.9 60.4 54.0 
THREE KERNELS PER HILL 
44x44 9720 54.1 47.9 53.9 51.6 
44x39.6 10800 54.1 47.7 55.7 51.9 
79.6x39.6 : 
36x44 12000 53.8 49.0 56.0 52.3 
33x44 ‘ we 
36x39.6 13200 51.8 48.5 56.6 51.4 
36x36 
33x39.6 14520 48.6 46.7 54.8 49.1 
33x36 15840 49.8 45.5 55.1 49.1 
~~ 33x33 | «17280 47.0 42.6 55.0 46.8 
