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DISTANCE OF PLANTING. 
We made a few trials upon distance of planting, or hills 
vs. drills. The results are given below: 
Yield per acre. 
16. 4 plants per foot, drills 44.in. apart../..... ....... 47.2 bushels, 
«GPs otild + ie a I: EMA ae meets elk tae MY rh 
P20.) 2 A PVM Ortigesn ce aparty ! oko 8 Pier g oes 25.1 4 
TEE Bee G0 QUI RnU ler PGR So ED a Pen 47.9 ‘- 
¥. 19. a TOR Dy CG eciee asena's sdeen <ele Lie ek 26.8 % 
F. 21. eM PMN "Gs UY aie. oll ae be aul ts siatl stars . 38.1 4 
These are the actual yields, and are not corrected to allow 
for the vacant spaces through imperfect seeding. The 
actual number of plants per twentieth acre plats, and num- 
ber of ears, etc., was as below : 
Merch. corn. Unmerch. corn. 
No. of No. of Weight No. of Weight 
plants. ears. of ears. ears. of ears. 
Oe eRe ae a 2441 908 188-12 466 " 13- 2 
VS ie ee . 4976 ATOt 70-14 1326 76-10 
OES ee arr 2812 569 100- 5 781 55-14 
a CG See iho iM he 574 191-11 127 11-15 
Prete e t. cly . Y k 559 404. 107- 7 160 13- 5 
TO ee ee 594 495 152- 4 174 14- 7 
We cannot escape the conclusion that too thick planting 
is injurious to crop. Although F. 16 and F. 17 furnish 
crop of nearly equivalent yield, yet the ear averages 3.3 
ounces in F. 16 and 5.3 ounces in F. 17. | 
The 12744 merchantable ears grown on 21 plats (1.05 
acres) given in our 1885 report, p. 43, averaged 5.69 ozs. As 
the division into merchantable and unmerchantable ears 
were made up by those who were unacquainted with the 
- object of the separation, these weights may be taken as 
representing the average weight per ear of Waushakum 
corn ready for market. 
The plats planted with corn, and under different treat- 
ments as regards fertilizer applied were nearly duplicates, 
as regards previous treatment during the years 1883, 1884 
and 1585. Thus the plats E. 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 
18, 19 and 20 had received 400 lbs. per acre of the same 
phosphate each of the three years; KE. 8, 9 and 10 had re- 
ceived 400 Ibs. phosphate during two years, and none in 
1884. The F. series. however, had been fertilized as below: 
1883. 1884. 1885. 
16 eae No fert. 1000 Ibs. phos. per a. No fert. 
a No fert. 960 Ibs. mur. pot. per a. No fert. 
Peis... . No fert. 1120 lbs. sulph. pot. per a. No fert. 
a No fert No fert. 400 Ibs. phos. pera 
i See No fert. No fert. No fert. 
Bement SS. No fert. 400 lbs. phos. per a. No fert. 
