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Show ' IrWnbHIANTINQ C dJBAGE PLANT ' Uliat 1'rofffwr lull-y, ft (he C irurll Inhtrdty rlMtl ti, Ufimrli. j For thrt o comoonliVo r-eawna w o hiTo endravorotl to d'tcrmlno what founda ' tlin thero iflayl-afor the common no. IUhi tint deep M.t rnbbago plaiita givn brltr head ami lsrgcr propnrtloti of lieiidi tlian lhiM Mt at thenorinnl or lmtuml dpth. H l n ery (-Mioral prn ' Umj ainons; tfarduners to art tho r UtiU to tlodeiitlmr tho flnt leaf when trann llantlti(r to thn field. Tho remit a or three )iira' tenia allow tlut nondvan-tajfo nondvan-tajfo la to bo gained by audi n j rax tlce. In IHmq thn rsporlmrnt wni trlod upt n tu(lroarIetloc. about twytity flntita if i eurh Ih Ini Mt tip to tho tlrst leaf, and m many tnnro act to tho miuo depth at 1 which they Ptoo-l In tho need bed. iStrnngfly onotuih, it nppmrs that one-Jialf one-Jialf tho varieties ftnvu Wttcr rcunlta from shallow setttmt nnl tho othor half better from dep Kttlng, Ttteta wero, . bowi vc-r, nthcr inoro heavy hads from the deep aetthijt. Comhlnliig atl the ro hiilts, thoKnin In weight fron doep aet tlmr waa us 1 ) C) is to 13 4(1, a riiffWimctf s ) smnll na t lead to the cmittuslou tlut tho particular methoil of plantlus; prnb ably liml nothing to do w Ith tlie j It Ids. In 1MW thdtetl wuanpoatei1,thfeaily akeheld cabbaffo lielug mod for tho purpu- Tho plants wire grown upon n heavy and rutin i-itr cliy loauu Hero tho shallow phut ting gno dceld idly the letter l aaiitti. both In tho U r- tentflRO of plant pnxltirintfgwd head and In tho arerago .tlght of Iioada. In IMll tho teat w niln repeatoil, this time with Italy WaMlol-1 and lYe- , lulitiu Drumhead Thu ptflt.m were ' trown on n rich and well pirpurnd Ioomi I ihiy loiui, nud nil Iho uomlillom thmugliont the seaaoti wcra aochni to luanrv a fair and uniform t(t. Tho nragoreauit wna In favor of tlieahnl lowaotllutf no far ai tho weight of hea Is Uronccmed, but In fat or of deep rot tins; In the pirmmtagn ff J 'hints prodtio lug ("out f itiAturo l.fals, but tho dl ?t r-tncea r-tncea wero slight nud no greater tlinu might lo expoctod from two or nwro lots of plants trentM in thoanino man ner. Tho two varUtlve, however, gavu dilTerrnt result. Tho Vm) Wukilleld gao better remits fron deep Htlng nud the Drmnhrad from Mhallowarttlug. Uittiuthowhololhurormlt of thorntlru Investigation leads to tho cuuclmlctt that tho depth at which slmmr and rtocky ttihlMig j hint nro sot does not Infiuufioo tho extint or weight of tiw crop. |