Experiments in Corn Growing.
■-'■''"; Some interesting experiments in regard ls ' {V ;)'te' v t_.e : germination of corn have been i; made and reported on by Dr Sturlevant, " ' : ' oiF -U-e; New dJ-Tork ; Agricultural Experiment St»tio_. Dr Sturtevant has proved '%'". .'the power in the corn kernel to regermi- - 1"" nal» after a drought, and with a return o^eonditioat favorable tc growth, thereby enabling the sower' to plants e.ra more • shallow tiki* '; is sometimes required for ■ ! "'"> . the seeuriag of permanent moisture to ; the seeii im ■pring'. Some corn seed/has 'the power to push up through Bin.'of heavy day soil. -The results gained at the station last season showed a quicker ; ; . .. Tegetatioa, and, as Dr Sturtevant xmagned, a better stand from seed -planted one-foorth inch than deeper. The experimeßter, judging froni actual .results, './ thinks it rea_pnable to believe that the V ; compacting of fine soil about the seed is . rpf,apred;liinportanee; than* the depth of 'plaiting merely.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 16, 17 July 1883, Page 3
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152Experiments in Corn Growing. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 16, 17 July 1883, Page 3
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