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PRIDE OF THE NORTH. 



distribute it over that state. 



iracted his entire crop. The publicity 

 given the new variety by this large 

 company, together with its record in 

 the corn show soon made the Pride of 

 the North the most widely grown corn 

 in the northern part of Iowa and Illi- 

 nois. In 1886 a sample of Mr. God- 

 dard's own breeding was awarded first 

 premium at the Chicago Exposition. 

 Breed Characteristics. Pride of the 

 North is a yellow corn with rather 

 shallow kernel, slightly tapering ear, 

 and having 12 to 16 rows of kernels, is 

 therefore small in circumference. Its 

 strongest points are early maturity and 

 strength of breeding. 



SILVER KING.— History. Silver 

 King Early Dent corn was originated 

 and developed by H. J. Goddard, of 

 Fort Atkinson, Iowa. Of the truly 

 great breeders of corn which have car- 

 ried on their work in Iowa, Mr. God- 

 dard is the foremost. In 1869 he pur- 

 chased half a bushel of seed corn from 

 a man living in Eldorado, Fayette 

 county, Iowa. The seed originally 

 came from Indiana. Mr. Goddard has 

 persistently kept the large yet early 

 maturing type in mind. Selection in 

 the field each year has tended to pro- 

 duce uniformity and fixity of breed 

 characteristics. Silver King dent corn 

 was successfully shown at the World's 

 Fair in New Orleans in 1884 and again 

 in Chicago in 1886. Its value as a 

 heavy yielder for the northern locali- 

 ties has led Professor R. A. Moore, of 

 the Wisconsin Agricultural College, to 

 Results show its adaptability. 



Breed Characteristics. It is a pure white corn, very large ears for 



