244 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



REPORT ON CORN PROJECTS. 



BY J. R. DUNCAN^ CORN SPECIALIST. 



Ear-row plat M. A. C, Duncan, 51 ears. 

 Ear-row plat M. A. C. Yellow Dent, 51 ears. 

 EJar-row plat, ear character study, 63 ears. 

 Variety plat, 24 varieties. 

 Rate of planting plat, 12 spaciugs. 

 Merger plat (O ears), M. A, C. Duncan 

 Merger plat (0 ears) M. A. C. Yellow Dent. 

 Merger plat (8 ears) Selfed strains Duncan. 

 Merger plat (7 ears) Hulless Popcorn. 

 Increase plat (one acre) Frost Resistant Duncan. 

 Increase tield (ten acres) M. A. C. Duncan. 

 Increase field (ten acres) M. A. C. Yellow Dent. 



Continuing the co-operative work with the W. R. Roach Canning Com- 

 pany on the improvement of sweet corn varieties, the seed from the 

 merger plats of 1922 was carefully inspected for planting an eight to 

 ten-acre increase field this year of each of the following five varieties : 



Early Bantam. 



Crosby. 



Hickox. 



Shaker. 



Evergreen. 



REPORT OF CROP EXPERIMENTS. 



D. F. RAINEY^ ASSISTANT IN EXPERIMENTAL WORK. 



In conducting co-operative varietal demonstrations, we are follow- 

 ing Experiment Station practices right on the farm, thus giving the 

 farmers of a community accurate comparative data secured locally, on 

 the basis of which they can make their choice of the variety to raise. 



Because we usually plant but one demonstration of a kind in any one 

 county, and an attempt is made to distribute the work widely over the 

 state, there are necessarily few demonstrations of each kind planted ; 

 and further, but one man is doing this work. 



In furtherance of our plans to show by varietal demonstration plots 

 the superior yielding ability of the pedigreed grains over most local 

 strains, the following have been planted during the past year: 



