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The surprising as unexpected outcome of this experiment, hence 
can be formulated as follows: . 
1. The tip kernels were the most prolific of good corn. 
2. The butt kernels were more prolific of good corn than the cen- 
tral kernels. 
3. The tip kernels bore longer ears than the other kernels, the butt 
kernels the next, and the central kernels the shortest. ‘his fact was 
apparent to the sight as the corn lay upon the ground after husking. 
4, The merchantable ears from the butt were distinctly heavier than 
those from the tip, and those from the tip distinctly heavier than those 
from the central kernels. 
5. The butt kernels furnished more unmerchantable corn than did 
the central kernels, and the central kernels more than did the tip 
kernels. 
In order to give more prominence to the, meaning of these figures, 
we calculate the yield per acre, allowing 75 pounds of ear-corn to the 
bushel of shelled corn; a method of presenting results which is falla- 
cious if assumed to mean real yield per acre, but convenient and allow- 
able if understood to represent calculated results only. 
The figures upon which the results are calculated are as follows: 
Each plant occupies 504 square inches of space} an acre contains 
6,272,640 square inches, therefore an acre would contain 12,445 plants. 
Shelled corn 
per acre. 
The 80 butt kernels yielded merchantable corn at rate of.. 83 bush. 
The 611 central BS x ‘s re . 2 08) CRlbusht 
The 80 tip a sf a . 2 OSes be 
Re-calculating for the manured and unmanured plats, we have : 
Unmanured Manured 
per acre. per acre, 
The butt kernels yielded merchantable corn | 
AL TALG- Ol. Sa asguiagies es big ie Wak aR elie 79 bush. 85 bush. 
The central kernels yielded merchantable corn 
THUG LOL. «A ops ak bas ee chee Oleg eam 46 bush. 78 bush. 
The tip kernels yielded merchantable corn at 
NPs} Rapa NTR Via agdogp erie y “PUNO OAT Aa 77 bush. 88 bush. 
The total 426 kernels yielded merchantable ‘ 
CON GAt TACO) Ol eaten ieee em gts eal ee 68 bush.) 7: Cae 
The total 345 kernels yielded merchantable 
Gornpal DabooOl sdk oc .cik aud wn Giese a vin sen pee 83 bush. 
We may be pardoned if we call attention to the conditions which 
serve to add trustworthiness to the conclusions which these figures 
suggest, always desiring it to be noted, however, that the experimental 
researches of one season must be followed by the test or verification in 
the succeeding season before they should be accepted as finalities. 
1. The seed used was of the Waushakum variety, a kind of corn 
which has now been bred for a number of years with the utmost care, 
until at present there is a good uniformity of quality in the product 
of its seed under given conditions, and a strong race character which 
gives it considerable power to resist individual variation. } 
2. The seed used was all from one ear, thus in connection with the 
