422 CORN 



days. J. H. Coolidge, of Galesburg, although securing seed from Mr. 

 Chester, has developed even a deeper kernel. 



Leigh F. Maxcy, of Curran, Illinois, says that he purchased his 

 first bushel of Learning seed on March lo, 1897, of Mr. E. E. Chester, 

 Champaign, Illinois, who secured his seed direct from the originator, 

 Mr. J. S. Learning, of Wilmington, Ohio, in 1885, and from this stock 

 of seed perhaps all strains of Leaming corn now grown by diflferenl 

 breeders in Illinois have been originated. He has grown this variety 

 continually since his first purchase. 



In Iowa, the Leaming strain is shown in almost all the unimproved 

 corn throughout the state. The large shank and tapering ears are 

 commonly present. This corn, however, has been a fair yielder and 

 always hardy. Fred Woolley, of Garden Grove, Decatur County, is 

 the only breeder who has tried to improve the Leaming in Iowa. He 

 began 18 years ago with the common strain as a foundation. How- 

 ever, in 1904, he secured the improved type from E. E. Chester, oi 

 Champaign, Illinois, and has kept this pure by the "ear to the row" 

 method. The original type formerly grown he found earlier than 

 Reid's Yellow Dent, but this larger, deeper grained, more improved 

 kind is a little later. 



REID'S YELLOW DENT 



EARLY HISTORY. In 1846 Mr. Reid moved from Brown Coun- 

 ty, Ohio, to Tazewell County, Illinois, taking with him a reddish col- 

 ored variety of corn known as the "Gordon Hopkins" corn, which was 

 widely grown in the vicinity where Mr. Reid had lived. The corn 

 was planted late in the spring of that year and though yielding well 

 the corn was immature. The best of this was selected for seed the 

 next year, but because of the immaturity of the seed a poor stand was 

 obtained. The field was then replanted with seed of the Little Yellow 

 corn and thus a mixed red and yellow corn was obtained. Since that 

 time, or for nearly sixty years, this corn has been kept pure and care- 

 fully selected for a definite type, and because of this long and careful 

 selection its characteristics are unusually well fixed. 



BREED CHARACTERISTICS.— The Stalk. The Reid corn is a 

 gross feeder. Being rather highly bred under the best of conditions, 

 the stalk is rank with abundant foliage, although not so likely to 

 sucker badly as some other varieties. 



The Ear. The Reid's Yellow Dent is characterized by a slowly 

 tapering ear, with deeply rounded and compressed butt. When first 

 recognized and brought out for exhibition, the tip was very stubby and 



