196 



Journal of Agricidture. 



[10 April, 1909. 



Varieties Crossed. 

 Varieties were, not cross-fertilized upon any liaphazard plan. The 

 \ery early varieties were crossed with later ones to influence the period 

 of maturity. Those varieties having a short cob were crossed with others 

 having a longer cob, thereby carrving a greater amount of grain. Some 

 varieties l)ear cobs high up on the stalk, others low down; cros.ses were 

 made between the.se to facilitate picking. Some varieties bear a long wedge- 

 shaped grain, others a shorter and thicker grain, the core of some varie- 

 ties is thicker and coarser than others, thus minimizing the weight of 

 grain that a cob can bear. All these characteristics as well as many 

 others have to be taken into consideration when producing hybrid varie- 

 ties. All crosses are not equallv successful, some of the hybrids being 

 inferior to their parents. In these cases, when a final examination of the 

 matured cobs comes to be made, onlv those which pass a rigid standard will 

 be retained. 



Characteristics of Varieties for Fodder Purposes. 

 In order to ascertain some guiding information in relation to the value 

 of all varieties under review for both grain and forage purp>oses, a com- 

 prehensive set of measurements of average stalks of all varieties was 

 carried out. It must be remembered ihat these measurements represent 

 average plants, grown under identical conditions of soil and climate, all 

 sown on the same dav and all measurements taken within a couple of 

 days. 



Varieties of Maize at Bbuthen. 



Height in Inches to — 



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"5 'O P, a 



Eclipse 



Boone County Special 



White Horse Tooth 



Learning 



Solomon's Pride 



Sibley 



Funk's Yellow Dent 



Hildreth's Yellow Dent 



Hickory King 



Learning Twin Cobs 



Sydney Flat Red 



Early Yellow Dent 



Spanish 



Longfellow 



Blood Red 



Pride of the Xorth 



Sweet Corn . . 



3 I 6i 9i 

 7 '13 I8J 



3 



8 12 |I7 



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14 

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12 



1 flcob 1 

 6 ill !l6 i22 28i 36i l44i 52 \ 59J 167^ 

 I I 'Cob \ 



12 15 ,18 25 32 \ 39i J 49 



1 I J Icob \ 

 23i29 35 J4U 48 \m\ j 

 ! (cob cob \ I 

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 I cob cob 1 ' 

 29 35 142 49 (56 



(cob icob \ 



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 (cob cob \ 



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 / cob \ 

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 I j cob 



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I cob cob \ 

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 J cob cob \ 



24 30i I 36 J 43 / 50i 

 j cob cob I 



6 |10 114 19 25 1 31 38 / 45 52 

 ( cob I 

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( col) cob I ! 

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\ cob cob ) 

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1 / cob cob ") 

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1 I cob cob \ 

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