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spectively. This is a yellow corn with tolerably small iiiid narrow 

 grains. It has a somewhat larger ear than Cocke's Prolific. This is 

 an early-maturing variety. 



Boone County White, from Indiana-grown seed, stood in 1903 and 

 1904 eleventh and twenty-third at Edgecombe, and fifteenth in 

 1903, eighth in 1904 and fourteenth in 1905 at Iredell; while 

 from Tennessee-grown seed it ranked thirteenth, seventeenth and 

 ninth at Edgecombe in 1903, 1904 and 1905, and seventh in 1904 ancj 

 thirtieth in 1905 at Iredell. This is a large white-eared variety. 



Eeid's Yellow Dent, from Illinois-grown seed, ranked twelfth at 

 both the Edgecombe and Iredell farms in 1903, eighteenth and 

 nineteenth in 1904 and twenty-third and twentieth in 1905, respect- 

 ively. This is a yellow variety of corn that has done well in the 

 Northwestern States, but has a strong tendency, when grown under 

 southern conditions, as indicated by our variety tests, to produce only 

 one large ear per stalk and smaller yields per acre than the two-eared 

 varieties. It is medium early in maturity. 



Marlboro Prolific, in 1903 at the Edgecombe and Iredell farms, 

 ranked thirteenth and third, respectively, in 1904 second at Edge- 

 combe, and in 1905 eleventh at Edgecombe and twelfth at Iredell. 

 This variety has an ear a little larger in size than Cocke's Prolific 

 and has a decided strong tendency to bear more than one ear to each 

 stalk. 



Iowa Silver Mine, from Illinois seed, ranked fourteenth at both 

 Edgecombe and Iredell farms in both 1903 and 1904, and twenty- 

 fourth at both in 1905. This is a white large-eared corn that has a 

 smaller percentage of cob to grain than Cocke's Prolific. Its grains 

 are w^ell shaped, showing the effect of prolonged and intelligent breed- 

 ing and selection. This is one of the earliest variety which the De- 

 partment has tested. 



Moshy's Prolific, from Mississippi-grown seed, ranked fifth in 

 1900, twelfth in 1903, eighteenth in 1904 and twenty-second in 1905 

 at Edgecombe, third in 1900 at Red Springs, and seventh in 1903, 

 eighteenth in 1904 and thirty-first in 1905 at Iredell. It has a 

 large proportion of stalk to ear, as it has a la;rge stalk. 



Willia7ns' ranked in 1904 fourth and fifteenth and in 1905 twenty- 

 first and fifth at Edgecombe and IredeL, respectively. This va- 

 riety has a large, tall stalk and large ears that contain a medium 

 high percentage of cob, especially when grown at Iredell. It seems 

 better suited to bottom than upland. 



Square Deal, in 1904 and 1905, ranked sixth and seventeenth at 

 Edgecombe, and twenty-first and twenty-third at Iredell in yield 

 of shelled corn per acre. It has a large stalk and a medium to large 

 ear. The shelling capacity of its ears is below the average. 



Boone County Special stood ninth and sixteenth in 1904 and six- 

 teenth and fifteenth in 1905, respectively, at the Edgecombe and 



