42 The Bulletin. 



American Queen occupied third place in 1905, and second in 1906 

 at Iredell; tenth in 1906 at Edgecombe; and twelfth in 1906 at 

 Transylvania. 



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

 Edgecombe, and twenty-first and twenty-third at Iredell; and nine- 

 teenth in 1904 at Experiment Station. 



Hastings Prolific ranked in this year's tests fifteenth at Edge- 

 combe, twenty-first at Iredell and twenty-second at Transylvania. 



Southern Beauty, in this year's tests, stood sixteenth at Edgecombe, 

 thirteenth at Iredell, seventh at Experiment Station, and sixth at 

 Transylvania. 



Farmers' Favorite ranked in this year's tests twenty-second at 

 Edgecombe, third at Iredell, seventeenth at Experiment Station and 

 sixteenth at Transylvania. 



Wilson s Success stood this year twenty-third at Edgecombe. 



Biggs' Seven Ear ranked third in 1903, first in 1904 and third 

 in 1906 at Edgecombe; first in 1903, second in 1904, and ninth in 

 1906 at Iredell ; first in 1904 and 1906 at Experiment Station, and 

 tenth in 1906 at Transylvania. This is one of the best varieties that 

 has been tested. It is decidedly the most prolific variety thus far 

 grown on the test farms. 



Battle's Prolific stood in this year's test twenty-fifth at Edgecombe, 

 tenth at Iredell, nineteenth at Experiment Station and eleventh at 

 Transylvania. 



Hamilton (native) ranked twenty-sixth this year at Transylvania. 



Merrill (native) ranked nineteenth this year at Transylvania. 



STUDY OF COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORlSr. 



During the past seven years on the Test Farms of the Department 

 something over fifty varieties of corn have been studied in compara- 

 tive field tests. The number of varieties in the different tests have 

 ranged all the way from eight in 1900 to thirty-two in 1906. The 

 different tests of varieties at the several farms were grown as nearly 

 under the same condition of soil, fertilization and cultivation as it 

 was possible to provide. To eliminate all inequalities in the character 

 of the land, if any, the varieties at the different farms were planted 

 each in separate rows, arranged consecutively, and this plan was re- 

 peated from three to four times, varying with the length of the rows, 

 in order to give the desired acreage to each variety. By taking these 

 precautions the results obtained should be reliable and highly valu- 

 able. 



WHAT IS A VARIETY ? 



A variety is supposed to represent in a general way a class of 

 plants with one or more distinguishing characteristics, but with a 



