ORIGIN, CLASSIFICATION, VARIETIES OF CORN 183 



cotton-belt states, is very unsatisfactory. The indiffer- 

 ence of farmers toward the improvement of varieties to- 

 gether with the natural tendency of different varieties to 

 hybridize when grown in close proximity to each other, 

 the mixing of names by. seed dealers and the modification 

 of varieties by environment have somewhat minimized 

 the significance that can be attached to varietal names. 



Extensive variety tests conducted by the southern 

 experiment stations have shown conclusively that no one 

 variety is best suited to all sections of the cotton-belt. 

 In the following list are given the names of several leading 

 varieties of corn for each cotton-belt state, the names of 

 these varieties having been secured from the experiment 

 station director or agronomist in each case: 



1 Taken from Duggar's " Southern Field Crops," p. 120. 



