434 CORN 



This white corn as it is bred today is of medium size, the length not 

 exceeding 9 and the circumference 7 inches. There are usually about 

 18 to 20 distinct rows of tapering, dented kernels, with slightly curved 

 edges. The shank is medium to large, with a medium white cob. 



SHENANDOAH YELLOW. 



*History. The Shenandoah Yellow has been a distinct variety 

 or rather type, in the vicinity of Shenandoah, Iowa, for twenty years. 

 It is the result of improving and selecting good strains of yellow corn 

 brought there from Illinois by the early settlers. It represents the 

 southwestern Iowa idea of a big, rough, yellow corn of good form, 

 high feeding quality, and extra heavy yielding ability. S. E. 

 Field and others of Page County, Iowa, were the early growers of this 

 corn. It was not offered for sale and distribution until 1901, when 

 it was entered in the seed catalog of Henry Field. It has proved a 

 great success in loose, warm, fertile soils ; but as it is a heavy feeder, 

 it has proved a failure on hard-pan land in light soils. It is especially 

 popular in northwestern Missouri. 



Breed Characteristics. The stalk is very coarse, with abundant 

 foliage. This corn is a very rank grower. The ear is a large 

 one, measuring about 10 inches. The kernel is very deep and 

 is broader than most of the high shelling varieties. It has a very 

 sharp, pinched dent. The type is not as yet very uniform, but the 

 predominating color is a dark orange yellow, and the shape of the ear 

 is almost cylindrical. 



FARMERS' RELIANCE. H. H. Connell, of Deep River, Iowa, 

 is the breeder of this corn, which is the result of a cross, his object 

 being an extra early corn, yet as large as it could be made. As Pride 

 of the North has been improved, he has allowed Farmers' Reliance 

 to become somewhat larger and also later. It is now medium early, 

 a strong, rapid grower, and a sure cropping variety. The ears are 

 medium in size, tapering, with firm, rather smooth grain. 



PRIDE OF THE NORTH.— History. Pride of the North was 

 originated and developed by H. J. Goddard of Fort Atkinson, Iowa. 

 Mr. Goddard began breeding this corn in 1870. Forty bushels of this 

 seed were sold to the Adams Seed Company, of Decorah, Iowa, in 

 1875. The next year Mr. Savage, special agent for the Hiram Sibley 

 Seed Company of Chicago, came out to Mr. Goddard's farm and con- 



*The real development of this variety has leen brought about by the efforts of Frank 

 Keenan of Shenandoah. 



