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CORN CROPS 



planted. The average yields were 81, 77, and 76 bushels 

 per acre, respectively. 



At the Nebraska station, corn was planted in hills 3 

 feet 8 inches apart each way, the stand varying from one 

 to five plants per hill. 



TABLE XLI 



Average Results prom planting Cokn at Various Rates 

 FOR Six Years (1903-1908), Nebraska Station i 



' Nebr. Agr. Exp. Sta., 

 ^ Four years only. 



Bui. 112 : 30. 1909. 



There was practically no difference in yield when three, 

 four, or five plants were grown to the hill. 



ADJUSTMENT OF CORN PLANTS 



123. As the number of plants increased, the size of ear 

 and the number of ears decreased, while the number of 

 barren plants increased. One stalk per hill produced 64 

 per cent and two stalks per hill 90 per cent as much grain 

 as did three stalks per hill, due principally to the increased 

 size of ear and number of tillers producing ears and to the 

 decrease in number of barren plants. It is evident that 

 the corn plant is capable of a wide range of adjustment 



