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stalks. It is less reliable than the calculation methods. Like the latter, 

 it only aids one to get an idea of the real differences in yields of the 

 varieties when the stand is abnormal. 



In Table I are recorded the results at the Buncombe Test Farm. 

 The weights of the shelled bushels of corn are very low, far below the 

 standard. The growing season in the mountains this year was unusually 

 short. The frost struck the corn before it fully matured. Hence it is 

 light and chaffy. Boone County, Whitson, Brooks' Pride, Golden Pro- 

 lific, and White Majestic are the five highest yielders. Boone County 

 and Whitson have the same rank. Whitson has fewer barren stalks and 

 therefore really ranks first. It is a native corn and thoroughly accli- 

 matized. 



The results at the Iredell Farm are recorded in Table II. Only 26 

 varieties were tested and upon the whole it was the most satisfactory 

 test of the whole year. Weekly's Improved, with 36 barren stalks out 

 of a total of 281, ranked first in yield. It had been improved for two 

 years in the grain-breeding work of the Division of Agronomy, and 

 came from Selection No. 35, made in 1910. Being acclimatized and 

 improved by seed selection explains in large part its high yield. Golden 

 Prolific, Southern Beauty, Weekly's Improved (South Carolina grown) 

 and Sanders' Improved make up the five highest yielders in this test. 



The results at the Central Station at Raleigh are recorded in Table 

 III. A larger number of varieties than at any of the other stations 

 were tested here. First rank was taken by First Generation of Cross 

 No. 182. This variety, along with several others, was furnished by the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry at Washington. These varieties are desig- 

 nated by number and may be so recognized. This is the second year 

 these varieties have been tested in the State, and the first time any one 

 of them has taken the lead. Biggs' Seven Ear, one of the best prolific 

 corns for Eastern Carolina, takes second place. Cocke's Prolific, an- 

 other most excellent variety for Eastern Carolina, comes third. Golden 

 Prolific and Marlboro's Prolific (Tennessee grown) make up the five 

 highest yielders. 



Table IV contains the results of the test at the Edgecombe Farm. 

 Here the per cent of ears to stover is unusually high. The corn was 

 blown down by the September storm and was not harvested till late in 

 the season. Consequently all the stover was practically destroyed except 

 the bare stalks. This is especially true of the early maturing varieties. 

 Batts' Four Ear (Georgia grown). Weekly's Improved (JSTorth Caro- 

 lina grown), Latham's Double, Weekly's Improved (South Carolina 

 grown), and Parker's Prolific, all prolific varieties, are the five leading- 

 varieties in this test. 



In Table V are found the results of the test on the farm of the Oxford 

 Tobacco Station. Here Parker's Prolific, Cocke's Prolific, and Biggs' 

 Seven Ear, the three leading prolific varieties of Eastern Carolina, and 

 Hickory King and First Generation of Cross No. 182, two single-eared 

 varieties, make the five highest yielders. But on account of a different 

 and less accurate method of computation as noted above, this table is 

 less reliable than any of the others. 



