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given to the cultivation of the first four than to the last two. 

 The number of varieties of each is very great. 



Dent corn is the kind raised in all the principal corn- 

 growing states. It has a rather long kernel which has a dent 

 in the top. This dent is caused by the shrinking of the kernel 

 at the centre more than elsewhere when it begins to get ripe. 

 Dent corn produces the largest ears of any kind of corn. The 



13. PUTTING IN SHOCK IS A GOOD WAY TO SAVE THE CORN FODDER 

 UNTIL IT IS READY TO BE SHREDDED 



By courtesy of the Indiana Experiment Station 



varieties have variously colored kernels. Three hundred and 

 twenty-three varieties have been described. 



Flint corn has a short and rounded kernel which is quite 

 hard. It has no dent in the top. An ear of flint corn is quite 

 smooth and does not have so many rows of kernels as an ear 

 of dent corn. Flint corn does not take so long to mature and 

 so is raised in our most northern states and in Canada. The 

 stalks and ears do not get so large as those of dent corn. 



Sweet corn usually has a shrivelled kernel which is sweet to 

 the taste. Sweet corn is raised by farmers and truck garden- 

 ers largely for table use and for canning purposes. Farmers 



