16 The Bulletin. 



THE BEST VARIETY TO USE. 



In case care has been taken in the selection and adaptation of the 

 seed, we unhesitatingly say the best variety for you to use is the one 

 you have developed on your own farm. By adaptation we mean the 

 growing of the same variety on the same kind of land for a sufficient 

 length of time to allow it to become adjusted to its soil and climatic 

 surroundings. 



The varieties of corn that have given good results in the piedmont ■ 

 section for the past several years are Weekley's Improved, Southern 

 Beauty, and Cocke's Prolific. 



Those that have done well in the coastal plains section are Cocke's 

 Prolific. Biggs' Seven-ear, Southern Beauty, and Hickory King. 



Most of the varieties tested are one and two-eared corns, the leading 

 prolifics being Biggs' Seven-Ear, Marlboro Prolific, Indian Twin, 

 Blount's Prolific, and Weekley's Improved. The prolificacy of any 

 com, however, depends on the conditions of fertility under which it is 

 grown, so that what may be a prolific variety one season or in one 

 locality, may be a two or even a one-cared variety another season or in 

 another locality. 



SOURCES OF SEED CORN TESTED IN 1912. 



1 Eureka T. W. Wood & Sons Richmond, Va. 



2 Boone County Special. . . .T. W. Wood & Sons Richmond, Va. 



3' Columbia Beauty T. W. Wood & Sons Richmond, Va. 



4 Goodman's Prolific J. K. Goodman Mt. Ulla, N. C. 



5 Southern Beauty L. A. Stroupe Tobaccoville, N. C. 



6 poole J- C. Poole Marion, N. C. 



7. E-l-Corn D. B. Coker Hartsville, N. C. 



8 Summerour D. A. Summerour Marietta, Ga. 



9* Parker's Prolific T. B. Parker Raleigh, N. C. 



10 Marlboro Prolific R. T. Malone Capleville, Tenn. 



11 Biggs' Seven-Ear Noah Biggs Scotland Neck, N. C. 



12. Hickory King A. C. Lee Hickory, N. C. 



13 1 Gen Cross No. 182 Bureau of Plant Industry Washington, D. C. 



14 Indian Twin H. T. Macon Warrenton, N. C. 



15". Batts' Four-Ear J. P. Batts. . . . : Garner, N. C. 



• 1(i Cogswell B. C. Hawkins Highlands, N. C. 



17. Marlboro Prolific Excelsior Seed Farm Cheraw, S. C. 



18 Sanders' Improved(?) . . .Experiment Farm West Raleigh, N. C. 



19! Cocke's Prolific Edgecombe Farm Rocky Mount, N. C. 



20 Weekley's Improved Iredell Farm Statesville, N. C. 



21. Brook's Pride Bureau of Plant Industry Washington, D. C. 



22 Selection No. 170 Bureau of Plant Industry Washington, D. C. 



23 Cross No. 176 Bureau of Plant Industry Washington, D. C. 



24 Selection No. 177 Bureau of Plant Industry Washington, D. C. 



25. Fraley's Yellow Dent Bureau of Plant Industry Washington, D. C. 



26 Gerrick Prolific Bureau of Plant Industry Washington, D. C. 



27 Selection No 164 Bureau of Plant Industry Washington, D. C. 



28* Snow Flake T. W. Wood & Sons Richmond, Va. 



29 White Majestic T. W. Wood & Sons Richmond, Va. 



30 Blount's Prolific T. W. Wood & Sons Richmond, Va. 



31. Shenandoah White Debt. .T. W. Wood & Sons Richmond, Va. 



32. Steven's Favorite F. M. Stevens Azalea, N. C. 



33. Iowa Silver Mine (native) Buncombe Test Farm Swannanoa, N. C. 



34. Weekley's Imp. (native) . .Buncombe Test Farm Swannanoa, N. C. 



35. Biggs' Seven-Ear (native) Buncombe Test Farm Swannanoa, N. C. 



