430 CORN 



CONTEMPORARY BREEDERS. In Illinois, O. C. Black, of 

 Champaign, has developed a rougher type with a deeper kernel. A 

 number of other breeders in the state have done the same thing. 



In Iowa, Lenus Hagglund, of Essex, on the rich soil of the Nish- 

 nabotna, has kept very pure and raised to high standard of product- 

 iveness and quality, a type of Boone County which, although of a 

 rough dent, shows the original form. Because of the quality of this 

 seed a considerable locality near Essex has taken up the variety. F. 

 S. Bone, of Grand River, breeds the Riley type strictly. 



LEGAL TENDER 



HISTORY. In 1876, Nims Brothers, of Emerson, Iowa, crossed 

 two distinct types of corn, one a short ear with deep grains and from 

 20 to 24 rows of kernels; the other a long ear with good shaped ker- 

 nels and from 12 to 16 rows. The resulting cross was developed into 

 a variety that has been carefully selected for 30 years. Their 

 first winnings were made at the corn exhibit held in connection with 

 the Chicago Fat Stock Show in 1886. The late D. B. Nims, deceased 

 November 1906, was an inveterate worker and did much to dissemi- 

 nate this breed of corn by exhibiting at the Iowa State Fair and at 

 the annual contests of the Iowa Corn Growers' Asociation. In all his 

 breeding he strove for yield, even sometimes losing sight of uniformi- 

 ty of kernels and shapeliness of the ear. J. W. and Henry L. Nims ara 

 continuing the work of the brother and father. 



BREED CHARACTERISTICS.— Stalk. A field of Legal Tender 

 can almost be distinguished from that of any other variety even under 

 similar conditions. From the time of germination to maturity the 

 plant is a very vigorous grower and shows an abundance of foliage 

 even on poor ground. In fact, it can be severely criticised for this 

 tendency. The nodes are thick and prominent and the internodes 

 stocky. Because it does draw heavily upon the soil and because this 

 character has not been discriminated against in its early development, 

 the Legal Tender throws out a large number of suckers. 



Ear. The ear of Legal Tender when judged by the standards of 

 other breeds seems to lack proportion. That is, its extreme length, 

 9^ to 11 incheS) is not proportioned by like circumference. The ear 

 is almost cylindrical and the tip rounds off abruptly. There is a ten- 

 dency about the butt to be poorly filled, but the shank is none too 

 large for the weight of the ear. The cob does not have quite the 

 cherry-red color found in the Reid corn. 



