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long rows, as this generally gave more uniform soil conditions 

 than shorter blocks. The intention has been to have these varie- 

 ties planted on soil of only medium fertility, in order that the 

 results would better represent a larger number of farms. As the 

 season advanced each co-operator made careful observations and 

 careful notes on the character of the stalk, leafiness, height, num- 

 ber of days to mature, etc., and when the corn was mature each 

 variety was husked separately and weighed carefully, in order 

 that we should have exact information as to the yielding power 

 of the different varieties. After each co-operator had done this, he 

 was asked to name, in order, which, in his judgment, were the 

 three best varieties. These answers are here tabulated, and you 

 will note the results. You will observe that the Boone County 

 White was preferred by at least twice as many men as was any 

 other one variety; and the Reid's Yellow Dent came second in 

 total preferred values ; though a comparison of this chart with the 

 yields secured by the co-operators shows that these two varieties 

 were by no means the highest yielding varieties for the entire 

 State. This, it seems to me, means that there must be considered, 

 beside the total yield of ear corn, the quality of the corn, the 

 size of the ears, and the hardness and roughness of the kernels. 

 All these must be given due consideration. 



TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CO-OPERATORS PREFERRING THE DIFFERENT 



VARIETIES. 



Variety. 



Total 

 preferred 



Boone County White . . 



Reid's Yellow Dent 



St. Charles Yellow . . . . 

 Commercial White . . . . 



Leaming 



St. Charles White 



Johnson County White. 

 Hildreth's Yellow Dent 

 Illinois Silver Mine . . . . 



Iowa Silver Mine 



Hogue's Yellow Dent. . 



Legal Tender 



Gartner 



His own variety 



1530* 

 980 

 610 

 610 

 490 

 410 

 320 

 300 

 280 

 250 

 250 

 150 

 120 

 20 



*In figuring this column the value 50 is given for first choice, 30 for second, and 20 for third. 



In comparing yields of various varieties for the whole State 

 we find a range of from 38 to 47 bushels. While one might expect 

 a greater difference than this, yet when he considers that these 



