
No. 83.) ipeeed | 
We thus seem justified in our previous ‘conclusion that the tip 
kernels are in no wise inferior in yield to the central kernels so far 
as this variety of flint corn is concerned. ° 
The yield of the thirty plats, 1883 and 1884, from the three rows 
of each kind of planting, is given in the following tables in pounds. 
To reduce to twentieths of an acre it is necessary to multiply by 
three, as each kind of seed occupies one-third of the twentieth of an 
acre plats. 
Plat I. Plat Il. Plat Ill. Plat IV. Plat V. 
Be UR ie 8 ee ee ee ee 
=) 4 =) 4 ~ ar 4 2) 4 
1883. Bed: Ibs. lbs. lbs. Ibs. lbs. Ibs. lbs. Ibs. Ibs. Ibs. 
BOLE. ok one ces 85.4 70.6 92.0 76.1 79.8 80.2 938.5 79.2 88.0 94.6 
CONlers <.s cais's’s 86.0 73.7 88.6 71.7 822 77.5 95.5 85.3 86.0 86.4 
5aa4 abe berate situ wha 89.4 76.7 87.4 71.7 94.2 79.3 94.6 89.7 88.2 87.0 
BUGS uh eo Sces 72.4 69.9 78.7 64.0 66.1 67.6 76.4 77.6 71.6°73.1 
Centers. ¢..- 2 76.5 65.3. 68.1 67.3 66.8 72.3 80.6 83.0 66.7 80.1 
PRE ay Sh, win 8x i's a 74.9 71.1 78.2 70.9 68.8 78.0 67.6 86.4 80.0 85.3: 
1884. TRA . 
Batak Riiiaicr » 41.2 65.2 73.0 71.6 76.5 77.9  71.5.76.3 69.1 77.6 
Centers. 2.0... 68.0 64.5 72.0 78.5 79.6 78.7 ‘74.6 76.38 '74.1 81.7 
REDS ut ote cee ms bce 72.6 66.7 66.6 84.5 75.4 77.4 75.2 77.6 72.4 81.6 
Arranging these figures in order of size, we have: 
Buts. Centers. Tips. 
94.6 Yo<D 94.6 
93.5 88.6 94.2 
92.0 86.4 89.7 
88.0 86.0 89.4 
85.4 86.0 88.2 
§0.2 85.3 87.4 
79.8 83.0 87.0 
79.2 82.2 86.4 
13.2% el ES 85.3 
11,9 80.6 84.5 
77.6 -80.1 81.6 
Te. 6 79.6 80.0 
76.5 78.7 19.3 
76.4 : 78.5 78.2 
76.3 17.5 78.0 
ae 76.1 76.5 77.6 
waste, 76.3 cae 
730%" 74.6 76.7 
72.4 74.1 75.4 
71.6 foxes 75.2 
71.6 {a3 74.9 
13D 72.0 72.6 
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