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Excerpt from Experiment Station Work, LVII; Compiled From the Publications of the Agricultural Experiment Stations: A Perfect Stand of Corn; Fleshing Horses for Market; Protection of Seed Corn; Fertility and Hatching of Eggs; Clover-Seed Production; Marketing of Eggs; Home-Grown Feeds for Hogs; Cement Silos At the Kansas Station corn was grown in rows, 2, 253 3, and 4 feet apart, and from 4 to 20 inches apart in the row; both listed and surface-planted corn were tested in rows 3-5 and 4 feet apart, but all narrower rows were surface planted. In 1893 both listed and surface planted corn gave the best results when the rows were 4 feet apart and the stalks 16 inches apart, while in 1891 the best results were obtained when rows were 3-3; feet apart, stalks 16 inches apart. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.