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3. Seven out of the 21 Flints gave a yield of 120 pounds* 

 or over ; 13 of the 46 Dents gave a similar yield, but with 

 a larger proportion of imperfectly cured ears ; 33 per cent, 

 of the Flints and 2S per cent, of the Dents, therefore, come 

 into this class. 



4. The yield of stover varied : for the Flint corns, be- 

 tween 104 and 245 pounds ; for the Dent corns, between 94 

 and 451 pounds. Some of the Dents giving high yields of 

 stover were far from perfectly cured. 



5. The order of rank in yield of ears of the l)est 5 Flint 

 varieties was as follows : White Flint, Sanford, Compton's 

 Early, Giant Long White and Longfellow. 



6. The best 5 Dent varieties in order of ear production 

 are : Yellow Eose, Mastodon, Seed's Yellow Dent, New 

 Golden Triumph and Leaming. 



7. Sibley's Pride of the North, very thoroughly matured, 

 ranks ninth in production of ears, and is undoubtedly one 

 of the best Dent varieties for grain production. 



8. The following varieties appear to be unsuited to our 

 locality, on account of being too late : Brazilian, Farmer's 

 Favorite, Queen of the Prairie, Golden Beauty, Golden 

 Dent, Legal Tender, Mammoth White Surprise and Dr. 

 Woodhull. 



9 . Three other varieties are certainly too late for culture 

 as grain crops, but appear to promise well for the silo, viz.. 

 New Golden Triumph, Hickory King and Mastodon. 



3. Clovers. 



Four varieties of clover have been given a thorough com- 

 parative trial, viz., mammoth (^TrifoUum medium), common 

 red ( T. j9rff/e»<,se), alsike {T. ht/br'tduyn) and crimson (T. 

 incarnatum) . The soil of Field B is a medium heavy loam, 

 but thoroughly drained. For some twelve j^ears it has been 

 manured only with ground steamed bone and potash salts. 

 The plats are one-tenth of an acre each in size. Every plat 

 is manured yearly with ground bone, at the rate of 600 

 pounds to the acre ; one-half of these plats receive yearly an 



* A yield of 120 pounds corresponds to a product of 83| bushels shelled grain per 

 acre. 



