26 The Bulletin. 



Wilson s Success ranked twenty-third in 1906 and sixteenth in 

 1907 at Edgecombe, and tenth in 1907 at Iredell. 



Battle's Prolific stood twenty-fifth in 1906 at Edgecombe, and 

 tenth in 1906 at Iredell, and eleventh in 1906 at Transylvania. 



Hamilton (native) ranked twenty-sixth in 1906 at Transylvania. 



Merrill (native) ranked nineteenth in 1906 at Transylvania. 



Jarvis' Improved ranked this year fifth at Edgecombe and tenth 

 at Iredell. 



Wyatt's Improved ranked first at Edgecombe this year, and twen- 

 tieth at Iredell. 



Pool's, from Georgia-grown seed, ranked eighth this year at Edge- 

 combe, and fourth at Iredell. 



Six-Ear Corn ranked ninth this year at Edgecombe, and thirty- 

 first at Iredell. 



Parkers Cocke's Prolific ranked seventeenth this year at Edge- 

 combe, and twelfth at Iredell. 



Sharber's ranked eighteenth this year at Edgecombe, and twenty- 

 second at Iredell. 



Fry's Improved ranked twentieth this year at Edgecombe, and 

 seventeenth at Iredell. 



Bradbury's Improved ranked twenty-seventh this year at Edge- 

 combe, and twenty-eighth at Iredell. 



Henry Grady ranked twenty-eighth this year at Edgecombe, and 

 eleventh at Iredell. 



Goodman's Prolific ranked ninth this year at Iredell. 



STUDY OF COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN. 



During the past eight 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 has 

 ranged all the way from eight in 1900 to thirty-seven in 1907. The 

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

 under the same conditions 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 

 cereal like corn, which crosses so readily, variety does not signify 

 much unless proper precautions have been exercised in its growth. 



