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EXPERIMENTS IX CORN PLANTING, Made by E.L. Lawrence, Head Farmer, Stock Farm.

T h e g r o u n d , w h i c h h a d b e e n in corn i n 1870 w a s p l o w e d to t h e d e p t h of a b o u t 5 i n c h e s a n d p l a n t e d M a y 29th, 1871. E a c h p l a t c o n t a i n e d 4 r o w s , 50 r o d s long, p l a n t e d 3 feet 10 i n c h e s b y 3 feet 10 i n c h e s , w i t h t h e c h e c k r o w corn p l a n t e r . I t w a s c u l t i v a t e d four t i m e s w i t h a c u l t i v a t o r a n d t h e l a s t p l a t , i n a d d i t i o n to t h i s , w a s hilled u p w i t h t h e p l o w . P l a t 1, left as p l a n t e d , w i t h 4 t o 6 s t a l k s , p r o d u c e d ' ' 2, t h i n n e d to 2 s t a l k s i n a hill "3 " 3 " "4 " 4 " ' ' 5, left as p l a n t e d , w i t h 4 t o 6 s t a l k s , a n d hilled u p w i t h plow, p r o d u c e d 840 l b s . 660 " 850 " 830" 850 ' '

T h e g r o u n d in t h e s o u t h p l a t s w a s n o t u s e d for e x p e r i m e n t a l p u r p o s e s , a n d specially r e q u i r e s draina g e before b e i n g m u c h u s e d for e x p e r i m e n t s r e q u i r i n g a n y e x a c t n e s s a n d u n i f o r m i t y of c o n d i t i o n s . I t w a s c u l t i v a t e d b y M r . L a w r e n c e , as a p a r t of h i s d e p a r t m e n t , in corn. A r r a n g e m e n t s for e x p e r i m e n t s i n feeding t h i s w i n t e r w e r e m a d e w i t h M r . L a w r e n c e b u t o w i n g t o t h e d e l a y i n r e c e i v i n g t h e e n g i n e and boiler from t h e m a c h i n e s h o p s only a p a r t of w h a t w a s a g r e e d u p o n h a s b e e n done, a n d t h e r e p o r t t h e r e o n m u s t b e m a d e l a t e r . EXPERIMENTS FOR 1872. I w o u l d r e c o m m e n d a r e p e t i t i o n of t h e e x p e r i m e n t s i n t e s t i n g t h e f u t i l i t y of a d j a c e n t p l a t s , w i t h , if possible, a n a l y s e s of t h e i r s o i l s ; of t h e e x p e r i m e n t s w i t h v a r i e t i e s of broom c o r n ; of t h e v a r i e t i e s of t h e p o t a t o e s ; of root crops; of p l a n t i n g corn in hills a n d drills, a n d of m a n u r e d a n d u n m o n u r e d p l a t s . A l s o of t h e 21 v a r i e t i e s of g r a s s seed a n d 6 v a r i e t i e s of clover seed p r o c u r e d l a s t fall, b u t n o t s o w n o n a c c o u n t of t h e d r o u g h t . T h e g r o u n d p r e p a r e d in p a r t for t h e s e h a s b e e n a s s i g n e d t o t h e h o r t i c u l t u r a l d e p a r t m e n t , b u t o t h e r g r o u n d can no d o u b t b e got r e a d y i n t i m e . T h e s e e x p e r i m e n t s i n c l u d e t h r e e or four t h a t w e a r e e n d e a v o r i n g to h a v e t r i e d s i m u l t a n e o u s l y a t all t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l colleges so t h a t o u r e x p e r i m e n t a l w o r k m a y r e q u i r e less r e p e t i t i o n a n d p r o c e e e d m o r e r a p i d l y b y b e i n g in m a n y h a n d s a t once. B e s i d e s t h i s , I h a v e r e c e i v e d from s e v e r a l p o i n t s s i t u a t e d i n t h e different soils a n d i n t h e different clim a t e s of t h e s t a t e s , a s s u r a n c e s t h a t w i t h a l i t t l e e x p e n s e on t h e p a r t of t h e u n i v e r s i t y t h e s e common exp e r i m e n t s m a y b e c a r r i e d on s i m u l t a n e o u s l y a t s e v e n different p o i n t s i n o u r o w n s ate, s u ch as B e l v i dere, LaMoille, M a c o m b , C h a m p a i g n , Moro, M o u n t V e r n o n a n d Villa R i d g e , w h e r e , p e r h a p s , b y p a y i n g t h e additional cost a b o v e g r o w i n g 3 or 4 a c r e s of corn i n t h e o r d i n a r y w a y , w e m a y h a v e e x p e r i m e n t s c o n d u c t e d u n d e r t h e g e n e r a l s u p e r v i s i o n of t h e t r u s t e e s r e s p e c t i v e l y r e s i d i n g n e a r t h o s e p o i n t s . I h a v e r e c e i v e d from Prof. T n r n e r , D r . E . S. H a l l , D r . M a n l y Miles, B . F . J o h n s o n , E s q . , a n d s e v e r a l o t h e r s , v a l u a b l e s u g g e s t i o n s as t o o t h e r e x p e r i m e n t s i n t h e field, a n d e l s e w h e r e , t h a t i t is d e s i r a b l e should be reached and at least b e g u n upon at a n y e a r l y day.