PREPARATION AND PLANTING 



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thin plantings give the best results, while in favorable 

 seasons the reverse is true : ' — 



TABLE XLIV 



Effect of Season on Yield and Percentage of Gkain 



This also indicates that in semiarid regions, as central 

 Nebraska or Kansas, the regular practice should be rather 

 thin planting. 



METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS 



127. At the Illinois station, hill planting was compared 

 with drill planting at various rates per acre. For example, 

 four plants would be planted in hills every 48 inches, in 

 comparison with two plants every 24 inches or 1 plant 

 every 12 inches. The conclusion was that it made no 

 difference in what manner the seed was distributed, so 

 that approximately the same nimiber of plants per acre 

 were grown in each case. 



At the Nebraska station, a uniform distribution of 

 three grains per hill was compared with distributing the 



»lnd. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 64 : 4. 



