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No. 2 (9) Hickory King. This variety hias small white ears and 

 broad and shallow grains. This is a prolific variety and stands very 

 high as a fodder in my estimation, flowered the ist week in December, 

 and started to cob on 21st January. It has aoundance of luscious 

 leaves and is very sweet and sappy ; 9 feet high and weighed 30 tons 

 18 cwts. 



Xo. 3 (i and 2) White Horse Tooth. — -Flowered second week in 

 January, 1909, is very similar in growth and appearance to the Hickory 

 King but does not stool so freely. Height when cut, 9 ft. 3 in., and 

 it weighed 25 tons. 



No. 3 (3 and 4) Earh Learning. — This variety was the earlie.st to 

 germinate and for the first two months walked away from the other 

 varieties. It flowered the 2nd week in January and was cobbed and 

 fully matured on i6th January. Weight, when cut at 8 feet, was 20 

 tons 15 cwts. 



No. 4 (5 and 6) Funk's Yellow Dent. — A good, hardy maize with 

 plenty of succulent leaves, stooled well, flowered second week in January, 

 half cobbed when cut and weighed 18 tons 3 cwts. on 12th February. 



No. 4 (7 and 8) Hickory King. — One of the best srown, 9 ft. 6 in. 

 high. 



No. 5 (10) Eclipse and (11) Sibley. — These are good growers, with 

 plenty of foliage, stool and cob well, and come to maturity early. Flowered 

 second week in December, and on 12th February were ready for cutting. 

 Height, Eclipse, 8 feet; Sibley, 8 ft. 6 in. Weight, Eclipse, 22 tons; 

 Sibley, 23 tons i cwt. 



Contrast these results from up-to-date methods against the slovenly 

 out-of-date methods employed on the farm a few hundred yards along 

 the same road. This is clearly shown in photograph No. 16. The 

 crop (Ninety Day maize) was sown on the 4th of September, manured 

 at the rate of 20 loads of stable and cow manure to the acre and sown 

 at the rate of 2 bushels of seed to the acre. The crop was choked 

 with such bad weeds as fat hen, sorrell, and hogweed, was only li feet 

 high, flowering, with nn chance of ever cobbing. It would only return 

 about li tons of rubbish to the acre, and contained absolutely no 

 nutriment. 



No. 6 (12) Pride of the North. — A verv early variety. Flowered 

 2ist November, 1908 ; 4 ft. 6 in. high, very heavy cobber. Should be sown 

 six weeks earlier. Weight 8 tons 16 cwts. 



No. 6 (13) White Hor.se Tooth.— Stooled and cobbed well, flowered 

 ■early in December and was fully matured and ready to cut on 12th 

 February, plenty of green succulent sweet foliage. Height 8 feet. 

 Weight 24 tons i cwt. 



No. 7 (14) North-Western Dent. — Flowered third week in November. 

 A very early maturing varietv, well cobbed on 14th December. Height 

 4 feet. Weight n tons. This variety requires to be sown early. 



No. 7 (15 and 16) Boone Country Sjiecial.- — Is a splendid variety 

 of white maize, comes to maturity early and stools freelv with plentv of 

 succulent foliage. This and Hickory King are two of the most reliable 

 varieties to grow. Height q feet. Weight 24 tons 3 cwts, 



]Vo. 8. — General view of Mr. Wm. Young's plot of 3 acres. 



No. 9. — Shows how maize should; be sown so that it will come in for 

 'Cutting as earh plot matures. 



4 shows on" week's errowth after seedinsr. 



■\ shows two weeks' erowth a'ter scedMi'r. 



2 phow.s three weeks' growth aft t -Jccdiri};. 



I shows tour weeks' growth on i;nl .January, lyog. 



