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and in 1905 second at 'Iredell. It has a little smaller ear and cob 

 than Cocke s Prolific. 



Craig's Prolific-White ranked seventh in 1902, eighteenth in 1903, 

 tenth in 1904 and twenty-first in 1905 at the Edgecombe farm, while 

 at the Iredell farm in 1903, 1901 and 1905 it occupied fourth, 

 third and eighteenth places respectively. This and Craig's Prolific- 

 Strawberry have the smallest proportion of cobs to grain of any varie- 

 ties thus far tested. The serious drawbacks to this variety are the 

 chaify appearance of the gTains and the ease with which they are shat- 

 tered off the cob. Craig's Prolific-White generally has deep, well- 

 shaped grains and fills the area on the cob very compactly. It gen- 

 erally yields only about 60 to 70 per cent as much shelled corn as 

 Cocke's Prolific, especially in the eastern part of the State. 



Sanders' Improved, from Georgia-grown seed, ranked fourth in 

 1900, third in 1901, fourth in 1902, seventeenth in 1903, third in 



1904 and fourth in 1905 at the Edgecombe farm, sixth in 1901 at 

 Red Springs and tenth in 1903, ninth in 1904, and thirteenth in 



1905 at Iredell. This variety produces an ear about the size of 

 Cocke's Prolific, but contains a smaller cob by about three to six per 

 cent, and consequently requires about three to five pounds less of corn- 

 on-the-ear, as shown by an average of the result of the past five years, 

 to shell a bushel of corn. 



Holt's Straiuherry occupied first place in 1900, sixth in 1901, sixth 

 in 1902, fifteenth in 1903, twenty-fifth in 1904, and seventh in 1905 

 at the Edgecombe farm, ninth in 1900 and second in 1901 at Eed 

 Springs, eighth in 1903, sixteenth in 1904 and nineteenth in 1905 at 

 Iredell. It has a mucli larger ear than Cocke's Prolific and pro- 

 duces a larger percentage of stover than most other varieties tested. 



Brake's, as a result of four years' tests in Edgecombe, the home of 

 the variety, ranked eleventh in 1902, nineteenth in 1903, seventh in 

 1904 and thirteenth in 1905. At Iredell it occupied first place in 

 the tests of 1904 and seventh in 1905. It has a large ear. 



Learning Yellow ranked twelfth in 1902, fourth in 1903, fifteenth 

 in 1904 and twenty-first in 1905 at the Edgecombe farm, and twelfth 

 in 1903, fourteenth in 1904 and twenty-first in 1905 at Iredell. 

 This is a yellow corn that has a strong tendency to produce only one 

 large ear per stalk. It has yielded excellent results in Indiana, Iowa 

 and Illinois in comparison with other varieties. 



Selection 11 , from Ohio-grown seed, ranged fifth, sixteenth and 

 eighth at Edgecombe, and eleventh, twelfth and twenty-fifth at Ire- 

 dell in 1903, 1904 and 1905, respectively. This corn has a larger 

 ear and a little gTeater percentage shelling capacity than Cocke's Pro- 

 lific. 



Riley's Favorite, from Indiana-gTown seed, ranked ninth, eigh- 

 teenth and eighteenth at the Edgecombe farm, and eighth, twenty- 

 second and twentv-seventh at Iredell in 1903, 1904 and 1905, re- 



