280 



MAIZE 



507 



The leading agricultural breeds are described in the follow- 

 ing pages, but for a ready means of comparing their leading 

 characteristics the reader is referred to the Standards of Per- 

 fection in the preceding chapter (IT 223). 



235. Comparative Yield of Dent and Flint Breeds. — Dent 

 maize is, with few exceptions, a much better yielding variety 

 than flint maize. Each variety has its place, but where dents 

 can be grown they are, generally speaking, the most desirable. 

 On this account the American farmer grows only dents, except 

 in localities which do not suit them. The difference in market 

 value is so small that it does not pay to grow a poor-yielding 

 sort if another can be grown which yields a bag to the acre 

 more. Hunt (1) clearly shows the superiority of dents, even 

 in Pennsylvania where the climate is not so well suited to 

 them as in some other parts of the States. As a result of a 

 three years' test he obtained the following result : — 



The following yields were obtained at the Maine (U.S.A.) 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, as a result of a three-year 

 test :— 



