Experiments in Growth of Maize. 



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the following details are given concerning the cause of failure. 

 [The numbers correspond to the numbers of the stations in 

 Table I.] 



TABLE II— Yield per Acre of each Variety of Maize at each centre, 









Canadian Seed. 





German Seed. 



_ _ 



Ameri- 

 can 

 Com- 

 mer- 

 cial. 







Learn- 

 ing. 



Comp- 

 ton. 



Long- 

 fellow. 



Angel 

 of Mid- 

 night. 



Baden. 



Horse- 

 tooth. 



Aver- 

 age. 





T. 



7 



C. 

 0 



T. 



5 



C. 



2 



T. 



9 



C. 

 2 



T. 



8 



C. 

 4 



- 



T. 



6 



C. 

 7 



T. 

 10 



C. 



5 



T. 



3 



C. 

 1 



T. C. 



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(6) Hampshire 



12 



19 



13 



11 



13 



14 



15 



19 



17 



18 



18 



10 



18 



10 



15 17 



(8) Cambridge 



15 



3 



17 



18 



19 



8 



15 



11 



19 



16 



22 



6 



11 



10 



17 7 



(9) ,, 



9 



17 



9 



1 



9 



15 



11 



12 



15 



5 



18 



10 



5 



0 



11 6 



(10) Norfolk 



4 



19 



11 



0 



5 



11 



8 



9 



7 



0 



9 



18 



6 



15 



7 13 



(ID „ 



12 



12 



13 



12 



15 



0 



11 



14 



14 



2 



17 



10 



10 



4 



13 11 



(13) Kent 



15 



18 



15 



4 



16 



14 



16 



16 



11 



3 



19 



0 



11 



16 



15 4 



(IB) 







13 



3 



11 



18 







9 



0 



12 



15 







11 14 



(17) „ 



6 



10 



11 



0 







10 



3 





- 







Failed* 



9 4 



(18) „ 



15 



0 



15 



0 











14 



14 



not 

 wghd.* 







14 18 



(19) Surrey 



10 



10 



11 



5 



9 



7 



9 



3 



13 





16 



8 



3 



1 



10 9 



Average 



11 



1 



11 



18 



12 



5 



11 



19 



12 



17 



16 



2 



8 15 





* Not included in Average. 



(2) . Cardiganshire, Lampeter. — The crop was a failure and had 

 to be ploughed up ; the failure can only be attributed to rooks 

 and pheasants. The opinion was expressed that maize is not 

 likely to become a useful forage crop in Wales. 



(3) . Montgomeryshire, Llandinam. — The failure was due to 

 the quality of the soil, which was heavy and wet, and to the 

 unfavourable season. 



(4) . Dorsetshire, Bryanstone. — Failure thought to be due to- 

 the hollow state of the land, which was also in very poor con- 

 dition. Produce not weighed. 



(5) . Oxfordshire, Great Rollright. — No braird was obtained, 

 as the rooks carried off practically the whole of the seed, in 

 spite of stringing on the day of sowing. 



(7). Nottinghamshire, Colston Bassett. — The plots were care- 

 fully watched to keep off the rooks, but on one holiday, when 

 all the watchers were absent, they were entirely ruined by these 

 birds. Only one variety, the Horse-tooth, either resisted or 

 escaped, and of this 37! cwt. were obtained on g acre. 



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