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different varieties of corn that have somewhat similar amounts of 
foliage; that it should vary as between small and large growing plants 
is self-evident. It seems quite probable that, in order to obtain 
maxima results, we must have abundant fertility and as close planting 
le water supply for the locality, during the season of growth, will 
allow. 
DEPTH OF PLANTING. 
What is the best depth to plant corn? As our facilities at the time 
of planting did not admit of a close investigation of this question, we 
made a simple trial in the field of various depths of planting in order 
to note results. The plants were in hills 42x44 inches apart, six 
kernels planted in a hill. We thus had nineteen hills planted, or one 
hundred and fourteen kernels at each depth. Thinned afterward to 
four stalks in a hill, but we omitted to note the amount of thinnings. 
The facts observed receive illustration in the following table: 
Row 1. Row 2 Row 3.- Row 4. Row 5. 
Depth planted 1-4 in. 1 in, 2 in. 3 in, 4 in, 
Date planted June 2 June 2 June 2 June 2 June 2 
Date vegetated June 12 June 12 June 13 June 16 June 16 
Number of hills grew 19 19 19 19 19 
Number of kernels 
grew after thinning 
to 4, z. e. furnished 
crop 76 76 68 61 76 
Ear-corn yielded 23° Ibs. 20 1-4 Ibs. 17 1-2 lbs. 17 1-4 lbs. 19 1-2 lbs. 
Ear-corn calculated 
to 100 stalks 30.6 lbs. 26.6 lbs. 25.7 lbs. 28.2 lbs. 25.4 Ibs. 
Row 6. Row 7. Row 8. Row 9. 
Depth planted 5 in. 6 in. Gilits 8 in. 
Date planted June 2 June 2 June 2 June 2 
Date vegetated June 16 June 16 June 16 June 16 
Number of hills grew 19 16 15 17 
Number of kernels 
grew after thinnin 
to 4, ¢. ¢. furnishe : 
crop 66 59 48 50 
Ear-corn yielded 18 Ibs. 16 1-4 lbs. 14 1.4 lbs. 16 1-4 lbs. 
Ear-corn calculated to 
100 stalks 27.2 lbs. 27.5 lbs. 82.5 lbs. 
29.7 lbs. 
If we call one-fourth, one and two inch ordinary planting, three, four 
and five inch deep planting, and six, seven and eight inch very deep 
planting, we can form a table as follows : 
Ordinary Deep Very deep 
. planting. planting. planting. 
i I ... 60 3-4 lbs. 54 3-4 lbs. 46 3-4 lbs. 
Actual yield ‘calculated to 
bush, of 70 lbs. ear-corn per 
Pts Wc kee < c.s, ths ss os . 52-0 bush. 46-9 bush. 40-0 bush. 
Calculated yield per 100 stalks 27-6 Ibs. 26-9 lbs. 29-1 lbs. 
Calculated yield per 100 stalks 
re-calculated to acre figures. 53-9 bush. 52-5 bush. 56-8 bush. 
The figures of this trial seem to indicate that deep planting caused 
loss of sced vegetating, but was followed by no evil effect upon the 
pr oductiveness of the stalks that grew. 
