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(h) Proportions in Dry Mailer (100 Pounds) ■ — •Coucludod. 



Condition of Crop tvhen cut and Character of Season. 



1901. Poor Corn Year. — Varieties groAVU : Pride of the North and 

 Eureka. In spite of the unfavorable season, Pride of the 

 North was fairly ripe when cut and contained a fair joropor- 

 tion of ear. The Eureka was quite immature, with eai's just 

 forming. 



190S. An E.Tceplionallij Favorable Corn Year. — Varieties grown: 

 Pride of the North and Learning. Both matured, gave a 

 large totcl yield and showed a noticeably large i^roportion 

 of ears. 



1907. Poor Corn Year. — Varieties grown: Pride of the North and 



Leaming. Neither variety did as well as in 1906 and the 

 proportion of ear was much less. 



1908. Satisfactory Corn Year. — Varieties grown : Sanford White, 



Longfellow, Eustler, Early Mastodon, Klondike, Red Cob 

 Silage and White Cap Yellow. Of these the first three were 

 fully developed when cut, and showed a larger development 

 of ear than did the last four, which wei'e in the milk-to- 

 denting stage. V\"liite Cap Yellow was the best developed 

 of the last-named varieties, and showed a fair proportion 

 of ear. 



1909. Poor Corn Year. — Varieties grown: Twitchell's, Rustler, 



Brewer's, Early Mastodon, White Cap Yellow, Wing's Im- 

 proved White Cap. The first two varieties matured. The 

 Twitchell. a very small vai'iety, has a short stalk with a long 

 ear setting Ifw on the stalk. It showed th.e lai-gest propor- 

 tion of ear of any variety raised. The last three varieties 

 were in milk when cut. 



