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Campbell, representative of the Amencan Agri- 

 culturist, G. B. W. Dunn, J. W. Reynolds and 

 John J. Tart were the witnesses to the harvest- 

 ing. 



Besides winning the $500 in gold offered by 

 the American Agriculturist Mr. Drake also won 

 an additional prize of |500 offered by the South 

 Carolina Board of Agriculture to the person 

 who would bring the first prize to that State. 



In competition for the same prize, Mr. Alfred 

 Rose, of Penn Yan, N. Y., won the second 

 prize, growing 191 bushels of shelled crib-cured 

 corn on one acre of ground. The total cost of 

 producing Mr. Rose's crop was $55. 



The third prize went to George Gartner of 

 Pawnee Co., Neb., who grew 151 bushels of 

 shelled crib-cured corn on one acre. The total 

 cost of producing his crop was $49.70. 



Cross fertilization.— The subject of crossing 

 varieties of Indian corn has been studied at a 

 number of the experiment stations, especially 

 Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, New York and 

 Ohio. Of these Illinois has published the larg- 

 est amount of information concerning this 

 work.* 



It is commonly known that if two "different 

 varieties of corn. are grown near each other 

 they will " mix " or cross fertilize. In this way, 



* See bulletins Illinois experiment station, especially 21 

 and 25, 



