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6 ft. 6 in. high. This gave me the impression of requiring a stronger 

 soiL It did not stool very well and cobbed verv thinly. No. 2 (Funk's 

 Yellow Dent) 7 ft. 6 in. high, stooled well, showed more vigorous growth 

 and cobbed well. No; 3 (Boone County Special) 8 feet high, stooled 

 well, came to maturity early with plenty of cobs, and abundance of 

 succulent fodder. 



No. 13 (4). — Hickory King, 8 ft. 4 in. high, was a vigorous grower, 

 came to maturity early with plenty of sappy sweet foliage, stooled freely,, 

 and was much the best varietv grown on this farm. 



18. CROP FLAT RED VARIETY SOWN BROADCAST; HEIGHT, 2 FEET. 



No. 14 (5). — Shows a plot of the commonly sown variety of Ninetv 

 Day maize, grown on the same farm under precisely the same conditions 

 as to climate, inter-culti\ation between the rows, and manure, and yet 

 it only grew 3 ft. 6 in. high and was stunted in grow'th, showing clearlv 

 that the time has arri\ed when more attention will have to be devoted' 

 by the farmer to the careful selection of a more suitable \ariety of seed 

 maize. 



No. 15. — Shows a plot of maize planted by Mr. Hillard, Belgrave- 

 road. East Malvern, and reflects great credit on the grower, when one 

 takes into consideration the bad season and the difficulty the owner ex- 

 perienced in ploughing his land at the time of sowing. The soil is a 

 light loam with a yellow clay subsoil ; was ploughed twice 6 inches deep, 

 cross harrowed and manured at the rate of eight loads of stable manure and 

 a mixture of i cwt. of superphosphate and \ cwt. sulphate of ammonia 

 to the acre. The seed was sown on 28th October, and germinated ten 

 days later. It was .sown in drills 3 feeti apart and planted 4 inches- 

 deep. Longfellow, White Hor.se Tooth. Earlv Learning and Eclipse were 

 sown. No. 4 shows plot of Eclipse which grew the highest in the plot 



