ys, SS 
New York AGricuLruraL ExpERIMENT STATION. 85 
from formation of kernel up to full maturity. Such a table is 
presented below: < 




Nitrogen- 

eran ie eek Kaho ep buat Srude freeex- | Fat. 
Grams. Grams. Grams. Grams. Grams. |Grams 
August Medes sks s->5 126.9 7.04 13.07 34.82 70.08 2.88 
iS et) - 161.3 6.74 17.12 41,25 83.18 2.98 
September 1............. 181.7 7.88 19.09 44.62 106.44 3.59 
September 8............. 243.8 9.45 23.67 48 .32 156.37 5.97 
September 15........... 2 235.9 8.44 22.41 45 41 153.54 6.13 
September 23............. 326.7 9.73 29 28 65.89 212.22 9.60 



The above table is interesting in showing the gradual increase, 
with the exception of the five stalks cut September fifteenth which 
did not prove to be an average lot, and illustrates the great 
difficulty of selecting or in sampling corn so as to fairly represent 
the entire crop. 
It was intended in this sGRHeGhiOn to have considered the work 
already done at other stations, but the great mass of accumulated 
data renders it impossible to do anything like justice_and keep 
within the limits of the present article. The whole should be 
thoroughly digested and published as a monograph. 
EXPERIMENTAL Work oF 1888. 
Briefly reviewing the work of 1888,* we have the following 
summary : 

Pounds. (aoe 
September 11...... Corn per acre.ci. ced o/s’ 25 , 326 12.66 
September 29...... OPN Per aera). Toe ato 25,011 12.50 

The total bla per acre of the chemical components was as 
follows : 






PER ACRE. Sept. 11. | Sept. 29. | Increase. 
. Pounds. | Pounds. Pounds. 
ME a ee. Peas eso Paa ig whe Sia Sees sap hee 90,322 >| 19,851 
STE RE eS vip Palla sid Ba ple a ce eR ea ) 5,004 5,660 
I ee oa oso vias Liev ang wis mn asenea svg iaee an ees axe 215 237 
PRPADURMIENOING 2.52. vices cascen cere set NL ap Ere Pee 525 512 
Crude fiber.. ie ere me ge 1,650 
* Bulletin ne 16, New Yorks herieal sutal Experiment Station. 
