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pounds from 12-inch hills in 36-inch rows. Average results for the 5-year 

 period of the test are given in table 7. 



Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Results. McClelland ( 10) 

 reported that tests with rows as narrow as 12 to 18 inches apart were 

 conducted in 1919. However, these tests were not continued because of 

 the difficulties encountered in cultivating these narrow rows. The yields 

 of peanuts and of hay were larger than when the peanuts were planted 

 in wider rows. 



Table 7. — Average Yields of Spanish Peanuts when Planted at Different 

 Spacings, Main Station, Au6urn, Alabama, 1918-1922 



Spacing experiments conducted during the period 1925-1930, in- 

 clusive, also were reported. The average results are given in table 8. 

 Spanish and Valencia varieties were used in these tests. Higher yields 

 of both nuts and hay were obtained from the Spanish variety when 

 grown in 30-inch rows and spaced 6, 8 or 9 inches apart in the drill. The 

 Valencia variety produced highest yield in either 30- or 36-inch rows with 

 6, 8 or 9 inches between the hills. 



In a later test (11), 1931-1941, highest yields of the Valencia variety 

 were obtained when spaced 8 inches apart in 30-inch rows. The Spanish 

 strains produced best from a 36-by-8 inch spacing. There was little diflfer- 

 ence in the yield of either variety between rows of 30 and 36 inches. 

 Spacings of less than 8 inches in the row were not included in the tests. 

 Highest yields of hay from both varieties were obtained from 30-by-8 

 inch spacing. Average yields of nuts and hay from various spacings for 

 1931-1934 and for a 9-year average between 1931 and 1941 are given in 



table 9. 



Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Results. In 1928 and 1929 



