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tending over four years, gave the most satis- 

 factory yields where four to five stalks grew in 

 ^hiUs 42 by 44 inches apart.* 



At the Illinois station elaborate experiments 

 with dent corn have been carried on since 1888 

 on number of kernels planted per hill and the 

 distance aparb of the hills. As a general thing 

 th« largest yields occurred fr&m planting four 

 kernels in a hill, and the average yield of 69.5 

 bu. of air-dry corn was the greatest amount se- 

 cured, and this by putting four seeds in hills 

 four feet apart.f 



At the Purdue University station the rela- 

 tion of thickness of planting to yield has been 

 studied for eight years.:}: The average results 

 of this work show no material difference in 

 yields where stalks are practically .11, 12 or 14 

 inches apart, but for _distances exceeding this 

 there is a gradual falling off in yield. 



In an interesting article on "Distance apart 

 in planting corn," D. S. B. of Hartford, N. Y., 

 says:§ 



"The distance, after years of experiments on average soils 

 is, in my opinion, 33 inches or six to the rod. This with 

 good tools renders cultivation easy and rapid, and with three 



* Annual reports New York agricultural experiment sta- 

 tion for 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885. 



t Illinois agricultural experiment station Bulletin 31, 

 March, 1894, p. 354. 



J Purdue University agricultural experiment station, Bul- 

 letin 50, April, 1894, p. 46. 



§ Country Qentleman, March 18, 1886. 



