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yields represent all these varieties on all the different soil types of 

 the State he must readily see that even this difference is quite re- 

 markable. For while one variety will give the best results under 

 one condition, under other conditions another may stand at the 

 head of the list. In view of this the chart shows very clearly that 

 there are a few varieties which, considering all conditions, give 

 the largest yields of ear corn. Such varieties have a wider range 

 of adaptability than others, also in the list, which give particularly 

 good yields under certain conditions, but under another set of 

 conditions produce a very unsatisfactory yield. Noting the aver- 

 age yield of the entire State, we find that Commercial White heads 

 the list with 47.4 bushels per acre, this being 2 bushels more than 

 any other variety and 9 bushels more than some of those tested. 

 The Boone County White gives the second largest yield with 45.4 

 bushels per acre, while Reid's Yellow Dent, St. Charles White, 

 St. Charles Yellow and Johnson County White come next in order, 

 very close together. While this data is valuable, it does not defi- 



♦AVERAGE YIELD OF ALL VARIETIES FOR THE STATE. YEAR 1908. 



Commercial White 47.4 



Boone County White 45.4 



Reid's Yellow Dent 44 . 6 



St. Charles Wliite 44.6 



St. Charles Yellow 44 . 4 



Johnson County White 43 . 5 



Hildreth's Yellow Dent 4.3 . 2 



Learning 42.9 



Legal Tender 42.9 



Farmer's Own Variety 41.7 



Hogue's Yellow Dent 40. 5 



Gartner 39.1 



Iowa Silver Mine 38. t 



Illinois Silver Mine 38 



*This table includes more reports than those given in the table as presented Farmers' Week. 



♦VARIETIES ARRANGED IN ORDER OF YIELD FOR NORTH MISSOURI FOR THE 



YEAR OF 1909. 



Variety. 



Commercial White 



Reid's Yellow Dent. . . . 

 Boone County White. . . 



St. Charles White 



St. Charles Yellow 



Legal Tender 



Johnson County White. 



Leaming 



Hildreth's Yellow Dent 



Farmer's Variety 



Hogue's Yellow Dent.. 



Iowa Silver Mine 



Gartner 



Illinois Silver Mine ... 



No. of days 

 to mature. 



136| 



120| 



127f 



128 



128 



122 



128 



122 



136 



133 



121 



120 



129 



121 



Quality of corn 

 in per cent. 



74 

 81 



78 

 72 

 73 

 75 

 77 

 82 

 64 

 78 

 74 

 75 

 71 

 75 



Yield of ear 



corn per acre, 



bushel. 



47.03 



46.0 



45.86 



45.72 



45.5 



44 . 98 



44.37 



43.83 



43.58 



42.31 



42. 2e 



39.56 



39.42 



39.26 



*This table includes more reports than those given in table as presented Farmers' Week. 



