. Bulletin - Amherst Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts. Agriculture. The above sUitcd coin was luised, according to reports received, on excellent soil in " Sunderland Meadows"; four cords of barnyard manure and 150 lbs. of a Phosphatic fertilizer per acre had been ap- plied. 6 stalks well air-dried weighed 2 lbs. 0 oz. 6 ears '^ '' " 2 '^ 8 " The average length of ear was seven and oue-half inches. It con- tained twelve rows of kernels, and its average weight amounted to six and oue-half ounces ; per cent, kernels and per cent, cob. The
. Bulletin - Amherst Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts. Agriculture. The above sUitcd coin was luised, according to reports received, on excellent soil in " Sunderland Meadows"; four cords of barnyard manure and 150 lbs. of a Phosphatic fertilizer per acre had been ap- plied. 6 stalks well air-dried weighed 2 lbs. 0 oz. 6 ears '^ '' " 2 '^ 8 " The average length of ear was seven and oue-half inches. It con- tained twelve rows of kernels, and its average weight amounted to six and oue-half ounces ; per cent, kernels and per cent, cob. The variety of Western Corn—Pride of the North—described in a previous Bulletin was of a better composition than the above-named one. Whether this difference is due to an inherent quality or to a superior condition of the soil which served for the production cannot well be decided without an actual test under corresponding condi- tions. The dift'erence in quality is large enough to deserve the seri- ous attention of those who desire to raise the best in the market. 462. CORN MEAL. Amherst Used in third, fourth and fifth Bulletin 25. experiments in feeding pigs —see. 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 Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, Mass. , Amherst Agricultural Experiment Station
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