8o MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Dr. Tucker. — If you grow it in a legume, so much the better. 



Mr. . — The tendency of the protein corn is to become starchy 



all the time. 



Dr. Tucker. — Yes, it has to be bred close to keep up the protein 

 content all the time. It has to be selected for that purpose or it will 

 run back again to the usual kind. 



Mr. . — Is it profitable to grind corn and cob together? 



Mr. Gabbert.— Yes. 



Mr. . — It is said both cattle and hogs feed better on yellow 



corn than white. 



Dr. Tucker. — You cannot pin any quality to color. The value of 

 the corn depends on where and how it is grown. 



Mr. . — Do you select a small or large cob? 



Dr. Tucker. — Very little depends upon the size of the cob. A great 

 many have complained about the Boone County White corn because of 

 the large cob, but a large cob has more grain. The larger the cob, 

 within certain limits, the larger the amount of grain. 



Mr. Boles. — The large cob matures slower. 



Dr. Tucker. — Yes, and takes a later growing season. 



Col. Waters. — It exhausts the land more. 



Dr. Tucker. — Only because it grows a bigger yield. 



Mr. Erwin. — Did you ever notice which will raise more bushels, on 

 poor land, the large or the small variety? 



Dr. Tucker. — A comparative!);, small-ear variety will do better on 

 thm land than the large ear. 



Mr. Erwin. — That is my experience. 



Dr. Tucker. — About the capping over: Whether the corn growing 

 over the tip of the cob has anything to do with the breeding quality or 

 not, is another question. I would just as soon plant an ear that is not 

 as one that is fully capped over. I would just as soon breed from it. 

 I do not think data enough has been taken to know which does the best. 

 Actual performance is better than such a minor point as that. 



Another point in the score card is the length of the ear. The 

 standards adopted by the Illinois association called for a definite length 

 of ear. The Boone County White ears that we planted ranged from 8 

 to 9^ inches, but in thd crop I gathered from that there were many 

 ears which were lo inches in length and over. I have some of them 

 here. 



Mr. . — Where did the score card fellows get their standard? 



Dr. Tucker. — From the standard in that cornmunity. When you 

 grow a corn on different soil, you must have a different standard. You 



