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Figure 1. Good ears of Reid's Yellow Dent, a particularly good variety of yellow corn for 

 North Missouri. 



Figure 2. Ears of Boone County White, the variety of white corn preferred by over twice as 

 many co-operators as any other variety. 



variety named and recommended by more than nine, and most of 

 them by a far less number. The Leaming corn, which is proba- 

 bly our oldest variety, was named by 9 different states; Boone 

 County White by 4; Champion White Pearl by 4, and Reid's 

 Yellow Dent by 3, No other of the 200 different varieties 

 was recommended by more than 2, and most of them by 

 only one. Thus, it would seem, this example shows more 

 or less specifically that the adaptability of each variety of corn 

 is quite limited. One variety develops best and produces the 

 largest yield of marketable corn under one condition, while an- 

 other variety will be found best under another. 



There are many ways in which yields can be decidedly in- 

 creased ; one of these, of course, would be by the use of commer- 

 cial fertilizers; another by a more thorough preparation of the 

 seed bed, or by more attention to the conservation of moisture 



