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TABLE NO. 3— 



VARIETY TE8T, EXPEKIMENT STATION 1919 



Variety Name. 



Bushels 



per acre in- 

 cluding 14% 

 moisture. 



Golden Glow (check) 



Duncan 



Early Silver King 



Golden Glow (check) 



Pickett 



White Cap Folks 



Golden Glow (check) 



Pride of North 



White Cap Ogemaw 



Golden Glow (check) 



Golden Glow B. Wise... 

 Golden Glow M. Wise. . . 

 Golden Glow (check) .... 



Shovar Y. Dent 



E. Silver King, Saginaw. , 

 Golden Glow (check) .... 



Golden Glow 



Golden Gilow, Cheboygan 

 Golden Glow (check) 



86 35 

 78.32 

 76 39 

 86.35 

 70.96 

 81.64 

 86.35 

 56.23 

 49.43 

 86 35 

 85 90 

 70.97 

 86.35 

 77.98 

 74.11 

 86.35 

 62.97 

 67 23 

 86.35 



THE LESSON OF 1917 AND 1918 



The costly and almost disastrous experience of 1917 and '18, demon- 

 strated beyond argument that the ordinary methods of selecting and 

 curing seed corn practiced up to that time, were not dependable. The 

 safety of the entire crop was endangered by the abnormal weather con- 

 ditions of the fall of 1917, and extremely severe winter weather of 1917 

 and '18, and the lack of widespread selection in the field and proper 

 curing of seed corn. Even in an average season there is a great loss in 

 yield through the failure on the part of a great number to follow proper 

 methods of seed selection. 



During the early spring of 1918, it was necessary for the Michigan War 

 Preparedness Board to secure from outside sources approximately 100,000 

 bushels of seed, or about two-fifths of the seed corn planted in Michigan, 

 in order to plant a nearly normal acreage. This corn was brought largely 

 from New York, New Jersey, Delaware and South Dakota. The eastern 

 corn was of high germination and proved to be excellent for ensilage pur- 

 poses. The western corn was not in such good condition, but proved 

 in many instances, to be well adapted for grain purposes and will un- 

 doubtedly prove to be of lasting influence, particularly the Wimples and 

 Silver King varieties distributed in southern Michigan. 



The dire conditions resulting from the adverse conditions of 1917 

 and '18, were met successfully, chiefly due to the fact that Michigan's 

 War Board realized the great importance of the corn crop, during war 



