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Two plantings of this corn were made on the college farm, 

 one on January 30 and the other on February 27. The be- 

 havior in both cases was the same. When the corn was about 

 one to two feet tall the leaves became distorted in shape with 

 light green stripes and the flowering tassel was put forth. Only 

 a very few stalks attained a height of four feet and none pro- 

 duced mature ears. Many plants started ears, however, and 

 these were about half developed when the plant died. Leaf hop- 

 pers were very abundant. 



GERRICK PROLIFIC CORN. 



The seed of this variety was obtained through the courtesy 

 of Mr. C. P. Hartley of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. It is described as being a 

 long season prolific type of corn grown largely in the South- 

 eastern and Gulf States. 



We planted the seed on February 1, and it grew fairly well 

 for seven weeks, when the plants began to develop the typical 

 characteristics described above. Tassels were produced even 

 though the tallest stalks were only 3 feet in height. Leaf hop- 

 pers were very abundant. No ears were produced b}^ this 

 variety. 



LACUNA CORN. 



This seed was obtained from the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture and planted March 24. Leaf hoppers were very abun- 

 dant from the beginning and by June 8, I'^yc of the plants were 

 dead. However, the balance of the ])lants struggled along, and 

 by July 9 had matured a few ears — 105 days after planting. 

 The yield on an acre basis was practically nothing — 3j/ bushels, 

 but even this low yield makes this variety rank next to the June 

 corn. 



BRAZOS WHITE CORN. 



This variety, which is a cross between Boone County White 

 and a Laguna variety, was also obtained from the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. It was planted on May 4 and though 

 leaf hoppers were present from the start it made a normal 

 growth till the plants were about three feet tall. Then the char- 

 acteristic diseased condition came on very rapidly, the plants 

 began to die, and no ears were produced. 



UPLAND MEXICAN CORN. 



This corn was obtained through Prof. D. L. Crawford from 

 the Department of Agriculture of Mexico. It is a white variety 

 with a deep shoepeg type of kernel. It was planted on April 25 

 and grew nicely till about fifteen inches tall — rather slender 

 plants with a decidedly bluish tinge to the color of the leaves, 



