The Bulletin. 15 



It is likely true that most of the corn in this part of the moun- 

 tain section of the State is grown on bottomland soil, and for this 

 reason a test was planned on the representative bottomland soil of 

 this section. Table No. 8 shows the results of this test. Column 2 

 shows the percentage of germination of the different varieties, while 

 column 3 shows how much each variety had shrunk from September 

 30th to January 5th. This column is of special interest in that it 

 will be found that the shrinkage is very different for the different 

 varieties. It ranges from nothing in case of Boone County White, 

 Leaming Yellow, and Keid's Yellow Dent, to 36 per cent in case of 

 Pride of Ingold. 



It will be interesting to compare the yields on the bottomland 

 soil with those of the same variety on the upland soil. The two 

 tests were made within 300 yards of each other. It will be found 

 that Patton, which made the lowest yield on the upland soil, led all 

 others in yield on the bottomland soil. The four highest yielders 

 on the bottomland soil were : Patton, Selection 77, Bradburry's Im- 

 proved, and Boone County White, while the four highest yielders on 

 the upland soil were: Thompson's Prolific, Boone County White, 

 Cock's Prolific, and Hickory King. 



