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TABLE IV— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN- 

 IREDELL BRANCH STATION. 





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1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 



Yield Per Acre 



1914 



1915 



Varieties 



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1916 



Average 



for Three 



Years 





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Southern Beauty 



Jarvis' Golden Prolific 



Biggs' Seven-Ear_.. 



Latham's Double 



Parker's Prolific. _ 



First Generation Cross No .182 



Weekley's Improved 



Batts' Four-Ear 



Goodman's Prolific 



Coker's Williamson 



Cocke's Prolific 



Marlboro Prolific -.. 



Deaton's Two-Ear ..- 



Southern Snowflake 



Wannamaker-_. 



1890 

 1905 

 2160 

 3450 

 2085 

 1G50 

 2130 

 2370 

 2700 

 2550 

 1860 

 2355 

 2160 

 1980 

 2880 



34.9 

 36.1 

 40.2 

 32.6 

 34.3 

 33.6 

 33.7 

 30.2 

 36.1 

 27.6 

 34.0 

 31.4 

 22.5 

 21.7 

 22.0 



4980 

 4740 

 3780 

 7360 

 4660 

 3880 

 4940 

 5580 

 5800 

 5060 

 4360 

 6060 

 5120 

 4940 

 6700 



59.6 

 60.8 

 50.0 

 55.4 

 54.4 

 57.8 

 53.2 

 56.0 

 51.2 

 58.2 

 52.4 

 52.4 

 54.2 

 56.8 

 55.2 



2000 

 1775 

 1925 

 2400 

 1950 

 1700 

 1875 

 2600 

 2100 

 2500 

 2150 

 2250 

 2500 

 1900 

 2850 



48.75 

 41.75 

 47.50 

 46.25 

 45.25 

 41.50 

 46.00 

 46.00 

 42.50 

 42.50 

 41.50 

 43.00 

 47.50 

 45.00 

 43.25 



2956.7 

 2806.7 

 2621.7 

 4403 .3 

 2898.3 

 2410.0 

 2981 .7 

 3516.7 

 3533 .3 

 3370.0 

 2790 .0 

 3555 .0 

 3260.0 

 2940.0 

 4143.3 



47.75 

 46.21 

 45.90 

 44.75 

 44.65 

 44.30 

 44.30 

 44.07 

 43.30 

 42.77 

 42.60 

 42.30 

 41.40 

 41.17 

 40.15 



The plat used for the variety test is uniform throughout, but in a 

 very low state of fertility — hence the low yields. However, this does 

 not materially lessen the accurateness of a comparison of varieties. 



Twenty-five varieties were planted, four of which are local. Table V 

 gives the names of the varieties and results obtained from their com- 

 parison. There is here a wide range in yields, the highest variety yield- 

 ing over three times as many bushels as the lowest. The four local 

 varieties ranked ninth, twenty-first, twenty-third, and twenty-fifth. 



The averages of thirteen varieties for three years are given in Table 

 VI. Biggs' Seven-Ear leads with an average of 22.9 bushels per acre, 

 which is almost twice as much as the lowest. 



THE GRANVILLE BRANCH STATION 



The Granville Branch Station is located in the northeastern portion 

 of the Piedmont section, 1 mile southwest of Oxford. The total rain- 

 fall at Henderson, 14 miles east of Oxford, was 39.20 inches, this 

 amount being 9.90 inches below normal. The soil on the Granville 

 Farm is of the Durham Sandy Loam type. 



Nineteen varieties were used in this test, none of which are local 

 varieties. The yields were very good and were obtained upon a uni- 



