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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. to * 
Onto. Corn from the department has proved desirable and prolific. One report, 
earlier than common corn, yielding 100 fold; another, very luxuriant growth, and 
many ears to the stalk. One report, 60 to 75 bushels per acre, good corn; another, 
grows well and yields very satisfactory. 
Missouri.—One report, Kendrick’s white corn, the best here. Both yellow and 
white corns are valuable and have done“well; another, Pennsylvania yellow very 
highly prized. Baden and ‘‘ Long John” are best in Boone County. 
ARKANSAS.—Reports say, the Maryland yellow and Chester yellow have done well ; 
another, the Pennsylvania yellow, from the department, has proved to be the most 
profitable; another, these early, heavy, yellow corns would be liked better if white. 
One report says, ‘‘the Prolific White is very prolific indeed, averaging 3 ears to the 
stalk; shall plant it next season.” 
KANSAS.—Compton grew well, yield large; White Prolific grew finely, giving aver- 
age of 3 ears to the stalk, and 90 bushels the acre. Good grain. Another, Compton, 
yields 320 fold. Hominy corn, planted April 18, yields 45 bushels per acre, and superior 
to any other white corn grown here. 
NEBRASKA.—One report, Brown corn is the best grown here; another, the Pennsyl- 
vania yellow a failure; the Compton, planted April 18, gathered. September 10, yield 
25 bushels per acre. Grain rather poor and small. 
ILLINOIS.—One report says, the Compton corn yields with good treatment on rich 
soil 1,000 fold for the seed planted, and 100 bushels the acre in some instances; an- 
other, the Pennsylvania yellow, yields 860 fold. 
InpDIANA.—Reports prove that department corn has succeeded admirably in this 
State. One report, earlier than our standard varieties, and yields well of good grain. 
Another, planted 29th May 8 pints, gathered September 30, 4,160 pints (65 bushels), 
being 520 fold for one planted—extraordinary yield. 
MicHican.—One report, Compton corn, from the department, planted May 25, gath- 
ered August 25, early ; yield 80 bushels per acre, good ears, am delighted with it, and 
can recommend for general cultivation; another, 60 bushels per acre, shelled; one 
report says only 30 bushels of ears per acre, and liable to smut, not desirable here. 
Another says, Cooley yields 68 bushels, per acre; another, the Pennsylvania yellow 
gave 100 bushels per acre, but requires a longer season than generally occurs here. 
WISCONSIN.—Failures generally reported. The Prolific White and the Compton grew 
well, the latter 14 feet high, but both sorts too late ; fail to mature before frost. 
MrynisotTa.—Compton and Early White only reported on; both failures with one 
exception, from requiring too long seasons; one report fro:n Todd County, Compton 
ew 14 feet high, 3 ears to a stalk, but frost prevented its ripening, but in. Dakota 
ounty Compton grew 14 feet high with 3 to 6 ears—planted May 10, gathered Octo- 
ber 15;-thus it succeeded in this part of the State. 
Jowa.—LHarly yellow reported no earlier or better than Cherokee. Compton, early, 
large ears and long, grain perfect; another, planted May 10, gathered November 10, 
yield large and grain good—100 fold for seed planted ; shouldhave been planted some- 
what earlier for this climate to secure even better results. 
InDIAN TeRRITORY.—Report from Chickasaw Nation says, White Prolitic, planted 
too late, 1,550 pounds from 8 pounds planted, 4 to 6 ears on a stalk; this is about 180 
fold for one planting. 
UtTan.—One report, yield about 20 to 25 bushels per acre, one says, planted May 3, 
frost killed it September 10; another, eaten by grasshoppers. 
Nrvapa.—One report, the Hominy corn, from the department, planted July 12, 
gathered October 16, yield 55 fold for one planted. 
CALIFORNIA.—One report, Pennsylvania yellow, planted April 25, 54 pounds seed 
per acre—harvested September 1, early, yield 59 bushels per acre. Another, Egyptian 
corn, grows well, yields 100 bushels per acre—good grain. One says, Compton entirely 
destroyed by a worm, that destroys all but the “‘ White Spanish” corn. 
OREGON,—Only one report received—that on Pennsylvania yellow, killed by frost. 
GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS. 
Reports received of experiments with garden and flower seeds distributed by the 
department show that large benefits have very generally been realized from the former, 
and particularly so in the extreme Southern States, where the cultivation of vegeta- 
bles has become more general than was formerly the case, especially for home use. 
ALABAMA.—The reports very generally state that successes have resulted with 
nearly or quite all of the many varieties of seeds received from the department—aspar- 
agus, beets, beans, cabbage, corn, melons, onions, peppers, pease, parsnips, potatoes, 
ruta-bagas, turnips, &c. Particularly noticeable is the increasing attention given to 
the growth of beets, sugar-corn, and turnips, confessedly with profitable results, every- 
where responded to with thanks from the recipients of the seed. One report says the 
new varieties of potatoes are of great advantage. Another, that the sugar-corn is 4 
