
e New Yorn AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. DHA ae 
June 21, at which time the tips of the tallest leaves, raised 
upright, were about 22 inches from the ground. 
The crop was harvested October 22, with the following results : 
First series. No cultivation contrasted with “ordinary” cultivation: 
Yield of Yield of 
corn, lbs. stalks, lbs. 
UG tA OU CELI ULV HOG af. ee /s)le'o +) s/o ol's'y bo archaea sea 166 188} 
Rows receiving “ordinary ” cultivation............. 170% 2104 
Second series. No cultivation contrasted with “ideal” cultivation: 
ane su timated ne Cimiioys lea alek vach wales 1654 2232 
Rows receiving “ideal” cultivation................ 193 2743 


Third series. “Ordinary” cultivation contrasted with “ideal” 
cultivation: — | 
Rows receiving “ordinary” cultivation............. 182 214 
Rows receiving “ideal” cultivation................ 1794) ) 1993 
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As the figures have little interest the yields of the different 
rows in each series are given collectively. 
As appears, in the first series, the rows receiving no cultivation 
yielded almost as well as those receiving “ordinary” cultivation ; in 
the second, those receiving “ideal” cultivation yielded decidedly 
better than those not cultivated, and in the third those receiy- 
ing “ordinary” and “ideal” cultivation yielded about the same. 
. As a whole, therefore, the results are quite inconclusive. 
Toe Amount ofr Root Insgurny ACCOMPLISHED BY ORDINARY 
CULTIVATION. 
In order to ascertain how much the corn roots were really 
injured by the “ordinary” cultivation in the experiment just 
described, a special examination was made on July 3. The culti- 
vator used was one having an iron frame, with 5 reversible teeth 
which were much worn. “Ihe rows in which the test was made 
were 34 feet apart, and the cultivator teeth were so set that the 
width cultivated was 25 inches. The cultivator had been passed 
but once in a place, which left a space of about 17 inches between 
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