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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



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



YEAR OF 1909. 



Varieties. 



No. of days 

 to mature. 



Quality of corn 

 in per cent. 



Yield of ear 



corn per acre, 



bushel. 



Commercial White. . . . 

 Boone County White. . 

 Ilildreth's Yellow Dent 



St. Charles White 



Johnson County White 

 St. Charles Yellow. . . . 



Learning 



Reid's Yellow Dent. . . 



Farmer's Variety 



Cartner 



Silver Mine (Iowa) .... 



Legal Tender 



Hogue's Yellow Dent.. 

 Illinois Silver Mine 



1.32 

 121 

 132 

 126 

 126 

 125 

 120 

 118 

 135 

 123 

 118 

 123 

 121 

 116 



77.5 

 82.3 

 71.2 

 75.8 

 75.2 

 81.6 

 75.9 

 71.1 

 88.5 

 69.4 

 71.7 

 69.2 

 67.5 

 68.3 



48.6 



44.2 



42.5 



42.1 



41.5 



41.4 



40.5 



38.8 



38. 



38. 



37. 



36. 



36.2 



34.7 



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



riitely answer the question as to w^hich is the best variety for the 

 man in South Missouri and the one in North Missouri, each of 

 whom encounters different soil and climatic conditions. 



In order to come a little nearer to solving the problem we have 

 divided the State into 2 sections which, for convenience, we shall 

 call North Missouri and South Missouri; the dividing line lying 

 south of Bates, Henry, Pettis and Cooper counties to the river, 

 then following it to the eastern boundary of the State. The con- 

 ditions in North Missouri will be very much more similar and uni- 

 form than for the whole State, and the same, of course, is equally 

 true for South Missouri. 



A comparison of yields of the various varieties in South Mis- 

 souri with those in North Missouri discloses some very striking- 

 differences, and also, some striking similarities. First, it will be 

 seen that Commercial White stands at the head of the list, both 

 in North and South Missouri ; the yield in North Missouri 

 being 47.03 bushels and in South Missouri 48.06. This again 

 indicates that this variety has a very wide range of adapta- 

 bility, and is a very useful and valuable one for the State. But 

 now, to note the second highest yielding variety in North Missouri, 

 we find it to be Reid's Yellow Dent, with a yield of 46.8 bushels ; 

 though in South Missouri we find Reid's Yellow Dent eighth in 

 order of yield, with only 38.8 bushels. We, therefore, conclude 

 that Reid's Yellow Dent is particularly well adapted to the rolling 

 prairies of North Missouri, while in South Missouri, averaging all 



