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- New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. Si 
In 1884 corn for forage was planted thick, and the varieties we 
are about to consider were planted in drills forty-four inches 
apart, and about twelve kernels to the foot except the pop variety, 
and this was planted in drills twenty-two inches apart. Below we 
give the yield of green forage, .the amount of water and of dry 
matter all expressed in tons, per acre : 



Forage Water Dry matter 

per acre. per acre. per acre. 
OL USEC TR he BSS 1d a Se ge i en or 10.57 8.69 1.88 
aT PINNING eg 8 Sec os y cee ob cae ce cee dmecce 7.95 6.40 1.55 
+ Waushnakum Flint. .....0...0..50. Pele ge toe At at ae 10.01 8.07 1.94 
PVT ATE POOR ODiroh occ c's cc's sails soos die vice ays bees 11.06 9.67 | 1.39 


The yield per acre for both green forage and dry matter was 
very low, but to what extent this is due to thick planting we can 
not fairly say. In 1885 several varieties of corn were planted in 
drill, about twelve kernels to the foot, and the distance between 
drills was varied, some plats being forty-four inches others twenty- 
two inches apart, and below we tabulate the results for the green 
forage, amount of water and dry matter expressed in tons per 
acre : 



VARIETY. Rech non Meet dpe al 
White Flint, drills 44 inches.................ceeee eee 23.26 20.20 3.06 
Orange County Flint, drills 22 inches.............. 27.387 19.36 8.01 
Queen of Prairie Dent, drills 44 inches ............ 18.13 15.25 2.88 
~Long Island White Dent, drills 22 inches.......... 17.00 14.34 2.66 
Sweet corn, mixed, drills 44 inches................ 20.33 17.46 2.87 
Pop corn mixed, drills 44 inches..............-..... 15.94 13.06 2.88 
~ Pop corn, White Pearl, drills 44 inches............. 15.30 12.69 2.61 
Pop corn, White Pearl, drills 22 inches............ 19.00 15.53 3.47 

In 1886 *four varieties of corn were tested in two series of 
plats, twenty kernels to the foot were planted in drills. In series. 
1, drills forty-four inches apart; series 2, drills thirty inches 
apart. + , ; 

* Fifth Annual Report New York Station, p. 46. 
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