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ing of the kernel and a lessening of the size of ear. In northern Mis- 

 souri and eastern Kansas it has proved to be a very heavy yielder. 

 When pushed farther westward into Kansas, however, it did not se- 

 cure sufficient rainfall. 



CONTEMPORARY BREEDERS. The immediate locality of 

 Emerson has developed a number of Legal Tender enthusiasts. Mont- 

 gomery and Page Counties have several men who produce a winning 

 type. As yet all are amateurs and could not be spoken of as breeders 



JOHNSON COUNTY WHITE 



*The Johnson County White variety was originated in Johnson 

 County, Indiana about twenty-two years ago. It is a cross between 

 Boone County White and Forsythe's Favorite. 



The first work done in producing this variety was in 1890, when 

 Mr. J. D. Whitesides crossed a white variety which he had been calling 

 Dungan's White Prolific (afterwards found to be Boone County 

 White) with Forsythe's Favorite. Somewhat later Mr. L. B. Clore, 

 who was also living in Johnson County, made the cross between 

 Boone County White and Forsythe's Favorite, independently of Mr. 

 Whitesides. At about this same time Mr. J. R. Overstreet began 

 breeding this corn from seed received from Mr. Whitesides. Each 

 man gave a diiiferent name to the corn, Whitesides calling it White- 

 side's Imperial White Dent, Clore calling it Farmer's Interest, and 

 Overstreet naming it Overstreet's Peerless. In 1899 the three men 

 decided to combine and to call the corn the Johnson County White 

 Dent by which name it is now generally known. 



Excellent work has been done in breeding up this variety and it 

 won the grand sweepstakes prize for three years at the National Corn 

 Show. 



The corn does not differ materially from Boone County White in 

 size, but it is rougher and the tips have a sharper taper. In Missouri 

 the length is ten and one-half inches to eleven inches, and the circum- 

 ference seven and one-half to seven and three-quarters inches. The 

 kernels are somewhat narrower and are nearly square at the summit, 

 having straight instead of curved sides. They also average deeper 

 than do those of Boone County White and are more starchy in com- 

 position, which gives them a rather starchy white color. The rows 

 are straight and kernels uniform. The indentation is properly a deep 

 crinkled crease to a short pinch. 



*Missouri Experiment Station. 



