


92 ies [AsseMBLy a 
Buts. Centers. ‘Tips. : 
{i239 ed teil 72.4 
70.6 68.1 tiLeh 
69.9 68 .0 {heb 
69.1 67.3 70.9 
67.6 66.8 68.8 
66.1 66.7 67.6 
65.2 65.3 66.7 
64.0 64.5 66.6 
9286.7 lbs. 9307.6 lbs. 2369.4 Ibs. 
Buts 28.5 bushels or 57.1 bushels per acre. 
Centers 28.8 6 DICT a es 
Tips 29.6 <« BY Ge itm 
In the three years trials the tips were superior in yield to a slight 
degree in twenty-eight times out of the thirty ; the same superiority 
is noted in each trial of the three years, and hence we may consider 
it as proven that the tip kernels of corn are by no means inferior 
for use as seed to the central kernels. | 
It may be suggested that the differences in yield are but accidental 
and came into their present form through coincidences, the one 
series vegetating more seed than the other. In 1884 we hada 
count of the number of plants which grew to crop upon the full 
plats, and hence we can correct our plats to a full seeding in each 
case : 
Corrected yield to uniform 




» 
178.8 
No. of plants. number of plants, lbs. 
1884. Buts. Centers. Tips. Buts. Centers. Tips. 
Boos Sree erie ete tai k3 416 415 155.3 155.5% 160.5 
| INES ee oe em 409 403 406 158.9 158.36 s10F.6 
Bs hc > 5", Gwen OOo 388 404 156.9. 163. 6.2465.% 
1b ot et: SORE Sa ean 393 395 395 178.8. 188. 9221738 
‘TaN SE a a 371 374 385 177.9 - 194. 42519579 
Begin ei os kane 405 388 413 153.9 155.8) si3a76 
tae a Ly el VOLS 393 371 176.6 174.6 171.8 
AAS AGB OE Bet a 393 388 3885 179.0. 186.5 Ashe 
PA A nee sees 402 401 404 167.8 “17d 8) Se 
‘BERS: ts eae panera a oes 390- 403 3938 171.3" <4 ies 
PPARs So eh eae 3948 38949 3971 1576.4 1620.1 1629.0 
Dividing the total weight of the ears by the average number of ears 
and the number of ears by the number of plants, in 1848, we have: 

No. of No.ears § Average 
sound to a weight 
Plants. ears. plant. per ear. 
But seed furnished....... 3943 4249 1.075 5.465 ozs. 
Central seed furnished.... 3949 4317 1.093 5.46 078. 8 
Tip seed furnished....... 3971 4463 1.123 5.41 078. 
