Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888 [PAGE 256]

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FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH CORN—1887.

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TABLE NO. 3.—Average Length, Circumference and Weight Ears. Weight of Cobs. Percentage of Cob.

Average circumference • of 3 cobs, inches, 1886.. Average circumference of 3 cobs, inches, 1887.. Weight of 3 ears, oz., 1887 Average length of ears, inches, 1886 Weight of 3 ears, oz., 1886 Weight of 3 cobs, oz., 1886 Average length of ears, inches, 1887 Average circumference of 3 ears, inches, 1886.. Average circumference of 3 ears, inches, 1887.. Weight of 3 cobs, oz., 1887 Per cent, of cob to ear, 1887

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Per cent, of cob to ear, 1887.

Number.

3

3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

8 10.75 10.50 10.63 9.75 9.75 8.50 9.63 9.13

7 8.75 8.75 8 9.21 8.66 8.75 8.17 8.12 8.17 8.17 7.05 7.17 7.25 8.38 8.46 7.62 8.83 7.79 8.20 9.33 7.66 8 8.92

7 6.63 7.25 6.63 7.63 7.38 7.38 6.75 b.63

6.16 6.83 6.42 6.16 6.66 6.88 6.58 7 6.83 6.33 6.46 5.75 5.70 6.17 6.58 6.66 6.38 6.70 6.38 6.50 7.04 6.29 6.50 7.42

3.75 3.50 4.50 4 4.38 4.38 4 3.88 3.50

3.20 4.08 3.83 3.66 3.45 4.08 3.75 3.79 3.75 3.42 3.50 3.33 3.29 3.45 3.62 3.92 3.58 3.92 3.79 3.83 4.20 3.37 3.46 4.33

37 47 52 44.5 50 47.5 40.5 41.5 41

24 40.5 36.5 32 41 41 37.5 36 37.5 31 32 25.5 24 26.5 34.5 36 31 40 32 32.5 45.5 27.5 31 47

5 ? 9.5 6.5 6.5 | 6 251 5.5 6 6

3 7.5 7 6.5 7 8.5 6.5 6 7 4 4.5 4 3.5 4 5 6 5 5.8 6 6.5 10.5 3.5 5 11

13.51 12.50 14.89 18.52 18.27 19.18 20.31 14.61 17.07 20.73 13 13.18 17.60 13.58 16.66 14.46 18.66 14.63 12.94 14.06 15.68 14.58 15.09 14.49 16.66 16.13 21.25 18.75 20 15 23.08 16.67 12.72 16.13 14 16.67 23.40

10.33 8.75 10.38 10

7.88 6.25 7.38 7.75

4.50 3.50 4.13 4.38

60 30 50 51

9 5 ? 8.5