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WEEDS IN CORN. 
In F. 11 we had a plat in which the weeds were allowed 
to grow undisturbed; in F. 12, a plat in which the weeds 
were pulled by hand, and upon which neither hoe nor cul- 
tivator was used. Each of these plats was fertilized at the 
rate of 400 lbs. of acid phosphate per acre, and planted with 
corn on May 19. The yields were: 
Merchantable. Unmerchantable. 
No. of plants. Ears. Weight. Ears. Weight. 
ott 626 244 69-13 136 12-1 
F. 12 609 690 265-6 208 19-2 
We note that the neglected plat gave but few ears, which 
averaged 4.57 ozs. apiece, while the weeded plat gave ears 
that averaged 6.15 ozs. weight. E. 6 and 17, which may be 
considered comparison plats, and cultivated and hoed gave 
ears which averaged 6 ozs. weight. 
Calculating these plats to the acre, and upon the basis of 
a full stand, we have: 
Yield per acre. 
Brat... Weeds allowed. 19) STOW ou waht ees eiaectne Meal . J. 48. ug 
P12, )" Weeds hand pulled” 2) oe oe cae oe aa OD ees 
E. 6 and 17. Hoed and cultivated ........ FOE ss ee eae 00,8. 
If this experiment has a meaning, it is that cultivation is 
not beneficial to the corn plant, except so far as removing 
the weeds are concerned. Strangely enough, we have, 
during the existence of the station, been unable to obtain 
decisive evidence in favor of cultivation. Are then the 
opinions of all farmers as to the favorable effect of stirring 
the soil about the growing corn to be contradictéd, or are 
we to conclude that plat experimentation is unreliable in its 
methods? I myself believe the latter. Here then is the 
dilemma, and has it more than these two horns ? 
FODDER CORN AS A FORAGE CROP. 
In the D series of plats we have a number of trials for de- 
termining whether one race of maize furnishes a better 
forage plant than another. For this purpose the same 
quantity of seed and similar conditions of plantings were 
used. 
In the first series about 20 kernels of corn per foot in the 
drill, and 44 inches between drills. The fertilization at the 
rate of 400 lbs. acid phosphate per acre, the planting May 
12; size of plat 1-20 acre. The yield of green forage as cut: 
Plat number. Yield per plat. Yield per acre 
Flint . (D. 1) 11194 Ibs. 11.195 tons 
Dent (D. 2) 12883 ‘‘ 12.885 ‘‘ 
Sweet (D. 3) 9994 ‘* 9.9957" 
Pop (D. 4) Bee tee 11074048 
Mixture of above (D. 5) tO08 i 4 15.080 ‘¢ 
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