. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. CORN OB MAIZE 73 the grower in determining the proper rate of planting. Corn may be planted in hills, that is, several kernels in a group, or drilled, in which case kernels are placed along in a row, one kernel at a place. At the Nebraska Station, with hills 44 inches each way, the yield of grain was about the same for 3, 4, or 5 grains per hill. When the corn was planted thinly, large numbers of suckers or tillers were produced, many of which produced ears. When planted thickly,
. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. CORN OB MAIZE 73 the grower in determining the proper rate of planting. Corn may be planted in hills, that is, several kernels in a group, or drilled, in which case kernels are placed along in a row, one kernel at a place. At the Nebraska Station, with hills 44 inches each way, the yield of grain was about the same for 3, 4, or 5 grains per hill. When the corn was planted thinly, large numbers of suckers or tillers were produced, many of which produced ears. When planted thickly, the percent- age of barren stalks was greater. In Il- linois, tests were made at the main station and also on various soil types in different parts of the state. The results indicate that in the fertile soils of Northern Illinois, higher yields are ob- tained with hills 36 inches each way and 3 stalks per hill, while in some of the less fertile soils, the best yield was obtained with 2 stalks per hill. At the Ohio Station, with the rate of planting vary- ing from 1 to 5 grains per hill, and hills 42 inches each way, there was a variation of only a few bushels in the yield of 3, 4, and 5 stalks per hill. Four stalks per hill produced the largest yield. Two stalks per hill produced about 81 per cent and 3 stalks about 95 per cent as much as 4 Fig. 21. - Planting corn with a check Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Livingston, George. New York, The Macmillan company
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