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a late variety, adapted to rich land, and is especially valuable along 

 the Missouri and Mississippi river bottoms. It has yielded far 

 ahead of the other varieties both years of the test. A part of this 

 may doubtless be accounted for from the fact that the average man, 

 when sent corn for test, wants to make a good showing, and even 

 when requested to plant it on land that will represent the country in 

 which he lives, he will usually select the richest piece. Under such 

 conditions the Boone County White will naturally show great su- 

 periority over most of the other varieties. St. Charles Yellow is 

 another rather large corn somewhat inclined to roughness and 

 coarseness and seemingly best adapted to rich lands. It is also a 

 late corn, and therefore has practically the same adaptations as the 

 Boone County White, although it is somewhat inclined to a softer 

 cob and poorer germination, which interferes with its yield. For 

 a large yellow bottom land com, however, it stands well toward the 

 top. 



Farmers' Interest is a large white corn, resembling very closely 

 the Boone County White, but a little rougher and later in maturity. 

 It has practically the same adaptations as the Boone County White. 

 It is not so well adapted to Missouri conditions, however, the seed 

 for the test being secured from Indiana. 



Reid's Yellow Dent is a medium-sized yellow corn, very com- 

 pact, with well-filled butts and tips as a striking character. The 

 depth and size of kernel are only medium, and it inclines to a 

 smooth indentation. It has a special adaptation, according to indi- 

 cations thus far observed, to be particularly adapted to the prairies 

 of North Missouri. It is of medium early maturity, sound, has a 

 fine appearance, and shows careful selection. 



Johnson County White Dent is a large white corn, closely re- 

 sembling Farmers' Interest in general character, and with the same 

 adaptations. The seed for the test was secured from Indiana in 

 1906, which may partly account for its low average. 



St. Charles White is a native Missouri variety, familiar to most 

 farmers in the southern half of the State. It is a medium-sized 

 variety, with a rather rough indentation and a blood red cob. It 

 matures rather late. Experiments seem to indicate that it has a 

 special adaptation for those regions subject to an August drought, 

 such as the tier of counties along the Kansas line, south of Kansas 

 City. Experiments are not conclusive as to this point, however. 



Legal Tender is a rather large, coarse yellow com. It has 

 little type except to be rough, rather wide grained, and uniformly 

 yellow. Its peculiar adaptations are not clearly indicated, but 



