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this kind would have commercial value. I have 

 personally produced and introduced four distinct 

 new varieties of corn, including the two unique 

 ornamental varieties, and two improved extra 

 early sweet corns, besides several strains that 

 have been greatly improved by selection and then 

 turned over to various seedsmen. 



Reference has been made also to the experi- 

 ments through which the kernels of corn were 

 made to produce more protein or more starch, 

 as the case might be. These experiments have 

 practical importance because a corn to be used 

 as fodder should have a high protein content, 

 whereas grain to be used for making starch or for 

 purposes of distillation should have a high starch 

 content. The oil content can also be similarly 

 increased or diminished at will. 



By selection alone it is possible to modify 



these qualities, and they can be accentuated, 



modified, combined, or separated through the 



crossing and subsequent selection of different 



varieties. 



A New Creation in Corn 



"Sorghum Pop" 



Our common corn Zea Mays has shown won- 

 derful adaptability to various soils and climates 

 and also to the various uses for which it is grown, 

 much more so than any other grass or grain. 



