42 [ ASSEMBLY 
Plat 5 A. The seed used, Waushakum. The fertilizer as 4 B. 
The upper portion planted single kernels one foot apart, the lower 
portion planted si& kernels, afterward thinned to four, two feet apart. 
The yield was : 
Good Poor. Total. 
Upper portion, 1-20 acre .. 23 1-4 lbs. 44 Ibs. 67 1-4 lbs. 
Lower portion, 1-20 acre .. 28 lbs. 46 1-2 lbs.’ 74 1-2 lbs. 
Plat 5 B, same as 5 A, but the upper half planted three feet 
apart, the lower four feet apart. Six kernels in a hill, afterward 
thinned to four. The yield was: 
Good. Poor. Total. 
Rppermortion 2. 2s... es 195 lbs. 21 1-4 lbs. 216 1-4 lbs. 
Lower portion........... 143 1-2 lbs, 10 lbs. 153 1-2 lbs. 
Plat 6 A. To test depth of planting. The seed, Waushakum. 
Nine rows planted, the seventy-six seed dibbled in, six kernels in a 
place, in the first row, one-quarter inch deep, the next row, one inch, 
next, 2 inches, etc., to eight inches deep. ‘The figures are as below: 
Raw. Depth of Hills Hills Kernels Yield of 
; planting. planted. vegetated. vegetated.* ear-corn. 
1 4 in. 19 19 23 I|bs. 
Q 1th, 19 19 16 Q0L « 
3 Q « 19 19 68 174 « 
4. 3 19 19 61 17h! « 
5 4 * 19 19 76 19% ** 
6 D dace 19 19 66 15 sata 
" 6 « 19 19 59 16} “ 
8 (ene 19 15 48 14} "** 
9 g 19 17 50 164 « 
No difference observed in the quality of the yield planted June 2, 
the first and second rows vegetated June 12, the third row on June 13, 
and the remaining rows vegetated all together on June 16. 
Series C was laid out in one-twentieth acre plats, and planted with 
corn under various circumstances of fertilizing and seed. 
C 1 received 150 cubic feet of yard dung and 50 pounds of fertilizer. 
Waushakum corn used for seed, six kernels dibbled in hills 42x44 
inches apart, and afterward thinned to four. The yield, 163 1-4 
pounds good ear-corn, 43 1-2 pounds of poor ear-corn ; ora total yield 
of 207 pounds. 
C 2 received manure and fertilizer and seeding same as O 1, but 
was severely root pruned. The yield, 170 1-4 pounds good ear-corn, 
and 38 3-4 pounds of poor corn ; or a total of 209 pounds. 
C 3 received 800 pounds per acre of fertilizer ; Waushakum seed ; 
hills 3x3 feet apart; six kernels in a hill, afterward thinned. to four. 
The yield was 156 1-2 pounds of good ear-corn, and 39 1-4 pounds 
poor corn; or a total of 195 3-4 pounds. | 
C 4. Same as C 3, except the hills, 3x2 feet apart, and excessively 
root pruned. The yield was 93 pounds good ear-corn, 80 pounds of 
poor; or a total of 173 pounds. 
* The thinnings escaped record, and the tables refer to plants left in the hill. 
