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No. of 
Average No. of 
Weight of 
* Weight 
stalks in 
stalks in the 4 
the fcgll 
per acre 
a hill. 
hills about it. 
lbs. 
tons. 
1 
1 
3.5 
8.7 
3 
2.6 
6.2 
0 
mJ 
o 
4.6 
11.5 
3 
4.5 
11.2 
O 
3 
5.4 
13.5 
4 
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10.5- 
1 
3 
6.8 
17.0 
4 
6.2 
15.5 
5 
5.9 
14.7 
5 
3 
8.0 
20.0 
4 
8.0 
20.0 
5 
7.6 
19.0 
6 
5 
7 . 3 
18.2 
6 
7.0 
17.5 
From the last table we can estimate the yield per acre- 
from the different number of stalks in a hill: 
6 stalks per hill give a crop of 17.5 tons per acre 
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Half 4 stalks and half 5 stalks 17.0 
If the hills are equally divided among the different: 
numbers from one to six, the resulting crop would be about 
14.0 tons per acre. 
These figures show that in this field the largest crop 
, would be obtained from five stalks in each hill. If a hill 
contained six stalks, with five stalks in each hill surrounding 
it, the extra stalk caused a net loss of about a third of a 
pound per hill, showing but slight loss, while if it contained 
four stalks, or one less than the best number, the net loss 
was 1.7 pounds per hill. 
The next year shows some unexpected figures. It had 
been supposed that with a lighter crop of smaller stalks, the 
field would support a greater number of stalks, but the 
figures do not seem to warrant this conclusion. 
No. of 
Average No. of 
Weight of 
Weight 
stalks in 
stalks in the 4 
the hill 
per acre 
a hill. 
hills around it. 
1 bs. 
tons. 
1 
1 
2.12 
5.3- 
3 
1.57 
3.9 
o 
2 
3.31 
8.3 
3 
2.80 
7.0- 
3 
3 
3.94 
9.a 
4 
3.45 
8.6 
4 
3 
4.66 
11.6 
4 
4.57 
11.4 
5 
4.21 
10.5 
5 
3 
5.01 
12.5 
4 
4.52 
11.3. 
5 
3.87 
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