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conditions, it is not so well suited, and its range of usefulness 

 throughout the State is, no doubt, more or less limited. However, 

 we have in South Missouri a yellow variety which, perhaps, may 

 supplant Reid's Yellow Dent for those who want a yellow corn. 

 I refer to Hildreth's Yellow Dent, which gave the third largest 

 yield in South Missouri, while in North Missouri it ranks ninth 

 in order of yield. Probably that variety of corn most widely known 

 in the State and of all improved varieties most widely grown is 

 the Boone County White. In South Missouri it stands second in 

 order of yield, coming next to Commercial White, and in North 

 Missouri it is third, the Reid's Yellow Dent outyielding it a little 

 for this year. For the past season the St. Charles White seems 

 about equally well adapted to both North and South Missouri, which 

 is also true of Johnson County White and Leaming. 



Now, while these results are well worth the careful considera- 

 tion of. every man producing corn, yet we should not give too much 

 emphasis to this one year's results. This data clearly shows that 

 the different varieties are best adapted to certain well defined con- 

 ditions, and that with the conditions met with the past season cer- 

 tain varieties very much outyielded certain other varieties. 

 Though it is entirely possible that if these same varieties were 

 tested next year (as we expect they will be) the order 

 ot yield for some of the varieties may be very materially 

 changed. In fact, former experience has shown us that under 

 different seasonal conditions we may expect considerable varia- 

 tion. And most of the men who are carrying on this co-operative 

 work no doubt recognize this fact, for some of them have made this 

 co-operative test for three or four years, and consequently know 

 pretty thoroughly which variety in a series of years will give them 

 the highest yield, and will, therefore, be the most profitable for 

 them to grow. 



We must no longer be satisfied with just growing corn — white 

 corn or yellow corn. We can not afford it. It has been demon- 

 strated that some varieties very much outyield others, and that 

 the cost of producing these high yielding varieties is no greater 

 than that of less desirable ones. 



We can safely conclude from this work that Boone County 

 White, Commercial White and St. Charles White, for seasons like 

 the last one, are of the highest yielding sorts. That Reid's Yellow 

 Dent is a yellow variety particularly adapted to North Missouri, 

 v/hile St. Charles Yellow and Hildreth's Yellow Dent are better for 

 South Missouri conditions. 



