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tributed to inequalities of the soil. In this test Square Deal, a yellow 

 dent, was used instead of Golden Dent. This variety has been recently 

 originated in North Dakota and is claimed to be the earliest dent corn 

 known. The ears are medium size, mostly two to each stalk and ripened 

 fairly well, but the claim was not substantiated. The ears of these 

 and all other varieties tested during- the season were kept in open crates 

 on a well-ventilated barn floor until the last week in Kovember, when 

 they were weighed and 70 pounds Avere taken to represent a bushel of 



shelled corn. The yields are shown 



in the following table: 



Varieties. 



Gehu 



Will's Dakota. 

 Square Deal... 

 Sunshine 



Plot 1. 



Clover. 



(90 hills.) 



Yield 

 of plot. 



Lbs. of 

 ears. 



30 

 32 

 26 

 27 



Yield 

 per acre . 

 bushels 



of 



shelled 



corn. 



48.C1 

 51.85 

 42.13 

 43.75 



Plot 2. 



Clover and manure. 



(100 hills.) 



Yield 

 ol plot. 



Lbs. of 

 ears. 



Yield 



per acre. 



bushels 



of 



shelled 



corn. 



30 

 33J 



26J 

 28} 



46.67 

 52.11 

 41.22 

 44.33 



Plot 3. 

 Manure. 

 (64 hills.) 



Yield 

 of plot. 



Lbs. of 

 ears. 



19 



20 

 16 

 17 



Yield 



per acre. 



bushels 



of 



shelled 



corn. 



46.18 

 48.61 

 38.89 

 41.32 



Plot 4. 

 Nothing. 

 (64 hills.) 



Yield 

 of plot. 



Lbs. of 

 ears. 



18 

 ISi 

 16 

 16 



Yield 



per acre . 



bushels 



of 



shelled 



corn. 



43.75 

 44.96 

 38.89 

 38.89 



The varieties tested for the U. S. Department of Agriculture were the 

 same as those which were tested during the past season and the results 



are given in the following table: 



Varieties. 



Ochu 



Early Tuscarora 



Rhode Island 



No. Dakota OolHen Dent 

 No. Dakota White Flint.. 



Color. 



Date of 

 tasscling. 



Yellow Flint.. 



White Flint... 

 AVliitc Flint... 

 Yellow Dent. ■ 

 White Flint... 



Northwestern Red Dent 



Triumph. 

 Minnesota 13. 

 Ninety Day.. 



Moore's Premium. 



Rustler 



Sunshine 



Golden Ideal 



July 24. . Aug. 1 



Date of 

 silking. 



Yellow Flint.. 

 Yellow Dent. . 

 Yellow Flint. . 



YeUow Flint..! 

 White Dent... 

 Yellow Dent. . 

 Yellow Dent. . 



26. 

 " 31.. 

 " 27.. 

 " 26.. 



" 31.. I 

 " 31.. j 



Aug. 2.. 

 8.. I 



- 1..; 



" «■■ 



1 



" 11 



5. 

 9. 



4. 

 4. 



6. 



9. 



9. 



17. 



10. 



14. 



8. 



16. 



Height 

 of stalks. 



Inches. 



Length 

 of ears. 



Number 

 of row s 



of 

 kerneb 

 Inches. Per ear. 



CO 

 72 

 84 

 78 

 66 



78 



96 



96 



102 



96 



102 



90 



108 



7 



7i 



8 



7 



7 



7i 

 7* 

 7 

 8} 



8 



7 



7i 



7 



8-12 

 8 

 8 



12-16 

 8 



10-14 

 10-12 

 12-16 

 8 



8 



12-16 

 12-16 

 14-20 



Market 

 condition. 



Per cent. 

 to 100. 



95 

 92 

 88 

 92 

 96 



92 



88 

 85 



70 

 85 



72 



Yield 

 of plot. 



Lbs. 



12 



20 



18 



18f 



12} 



21 

 14 

 14} 

 14} 



16 

 9} 

 13 

 10} 



Yield 



per acre 



bushels 



of 



shelled 



corn. 



38.89 

 64.82 

 58.33 

 f)0.77 

 40.51 



68.06 

 45.37 

 46.99 

 46.99 



51 .ai 

 30.79 

 42.13 

 34.03 



On the same day, or INfay 20, there was al 

 D, Golden Dent and of Sunshine an equal 

 which rij)ened here in 1005. The noteworlh 

 seling and silking by from one to four days, 

 the stalks of Golden Dent were six inches 

 shine 12 inches shorter. On the other ha 



so planted alongside the N. 

 number of hills from seed 



y features were earlier tas- 

 From the home-grow^n seed 

 shorter and those of Sun- 



nd both were ripe several 



days earlier and the yield of Golden Dent was 21% pounds or 69.68 

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