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ILLINOIS. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Illinois. 



Department of the University] of lUinois. 

 Location, Chanipaigu. Director, Selini H. Peabody, Ph. D., LL. D. 



BULLETIN NO. 4, FEBRUARY, 1889. 



Field experiments with corn,* George E. Morrow, A. M., 

 AND T. F. Hunt, S. B. (pp. 37-127). — This article contains a detailed 

 record of twelve field experiments with common dent corn. 



Experiment No. 1. — Corn, testing of varieties (pp. 38-87). — One hundred 

 and sixty varieties were included in these tests, for which about 8 acres 

 of land were used. The results are given in detail in tables, together 

 with summaries, general notes, and a record of the meteorological con- 

 ditions for the season of 1887 and 1888. Classified descriptious of a 

 large number of the varieties fill nineteen closely printed pages of the 

 bulletin. In many instances these descriptions conclude with brief 

 comments on the probable value of the different varieties to the farm- 

 ers of Illinois, as far as any conclusion is warranted b}' tbe experi- 

 ments. 



The varieties are divided into early, medium, late, and non-maturing, 

 with reference to the latitude of the Station. Those varieties maturing 

 this season in one hundred and twenty-five or less days from date of 

 plantiug are considered early; those maturing in from one hundred and 

 twenty-five to one hundred and thirty-five days, medium ; those matur- 

 ing in from one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and forty-five 

 days, late When corn became sufficiently hard not to be sensibly in- 

 jured by frost it was considered mature. 



The following varieties are recommended for cultivation in Illinois: 



EARLY MATURING VARIETIES, FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 



Miirdock (Synonyms, Prairie Queen, Will's Niuety-day, Goddard's Favorite, Dam- 

 rnell's, Bonus Prairie, Queeu of the Prairie, Yellow Clauge (also iu central Illinois 

 as an early variety); Sibley'sPrideof the North (North Star) ; Golden Rod; Edmoud's 

 Corn (also iu central Illinois as an early variety) ; Kane Conuty Pride (Synonym, 

 Zeigler's Niuety-day); Kiug of the Earliest (Synonym, Dakota Ninety-day); Hill's 

 Improved Ninety-day ; Champion of the North (Synonym, Ninety-day White); Smith's 

 Mixed Deut, Smith's Improved White, Smith's Improved Striped (also iu central Illi- 

 nois as an early variety). 



MEDIUM MATURING VARIETIES, FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 



Legal Tender; Riley's Favorite; Leaming (Synonym, Iowa King); Clark's One 

 Hundred-day; Seek-uo-further ; Champaign; Log Cabin; Burr's White (Synonyms, 

 Giaut Normandy, Dresback, Champion White Pearl, Zeigler's Ninety-day, White 

 Queen, Smith's Favorite, Hugh's Choice); Gourd Seed. 



* The character of these experiments, the accounts of which fill ninety closely 

 printed pages, makes it impracticable to bring a satisfactory synopsis of them withiu 

 the limits of the present publication. A more complete summary is therefore re- 

 served for the Annual Digest of the work of the Stations. 



