44 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 
TABLE 4,—AVERAGE YIELDS FROM DISTANCE PLoTS IN CENTRAL ILLI- 
Nors on LAND Propucine Over Firrty BUSHELS PER ACRE, 
CoMPARED WITH THOSE FROM LAND PropuciNne LESS THAN 
Firty BUSHELS 
Distance Number Average yield 
between hills, of stalks Urbana, Sibley, 
inches per acre. Mattoon fields. 
More than 50 bu. | Less than 50 bu. 
per acre. per acre. 
TWO KERNELS PER HILL 
44x44 6480 56.7 42.8 
44x39.6 7200 57.5 43.4 
39.6x39.6 
36x44 8000 58.1 43.5 
33x44 
36x39.6 8800 59.3 44.3 
36x36 
33x39.6 9680 62.4 44.2 
33x36 10560 64.8 . 43.1 
33x33 11520 63.7 41.2 
THREE KERNELS PER HILL 
44x44 9720 61.7 39.7 
44x39.6 10800 63.6 41.5 
39.6x39.6 
36x44 12000 64.1 42,2 
33x44 
36x39.6 13200 62.3 41.0 
36x36 
33x39.6 14520 61.9 41.6 
33x36 15840 62.0 41.1 
33x33 17280 63.8 39.0 
NOTE: The above tables are taken from Bulletin No. 126, Illinois Ex- 
periment Station. Thi in i 
Leonard Hegnauer. is bulletin is by Albert N. Hume, 0. D. Center and 
