PLANTING. 91 



found practically no difference in yields. This 

 is in accordance with previous experience. 



At the Connecticut State experiment station 

 corn was planted in drills four feet apart, with 

 plants 10 inches apart in the row, and in hills 

 48 by 40 inches four plants to the hill, and 48 

 by 20 inches two plants per hill.* The drilled 

 corn gave about six per cent more diy matter 

 and a larger yield of each food ingredient. The 

 composition of the grain was. about the same, 

 whether hill or drill grown. 



At the South Carolina stations, as already 

 noted, it made no practical difference in yield 

 whether the corn was planted in hills or drills, 



Fig. 29.— CHAIiLBUGE GOBN PLANTEB. 



Where land is fairly level, and the corn crop 

 is an item of special importance on the farm, 



* Annual report for 1890 Connecticut State agricultural 

 experiment station, p. 183 



