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It does not follow, however, from this table 

 that all white varieties yield more than all yel- 

 low ones. Numerous yellow varieties are fully 

 as productive as many white ones. It is worthy 

 of note that this table shows a yield in favor of 

 w^hite varieties, especially in the South, where 

 yellow corn is grown much less than in the 

 North. If the best varieties of white and 

 yellow were compared the relative difference 

 would probably be slight. 



Corn palaces. — Much beautiful decorative 

 work of a temporary character has been done 

 with Indian corn. This work has been most 

 extensively done in Sioux City, la., where for 

 several years so-called corn palaces have been 

 erected. This was first attempted in 1887 at 

 Sioux City, where the idea originated. A corn 

 palace, says the Pacific Rural Press, is covered 

 and embellished, as with tapestry, outside and 

 inside, with products of the field, corn predom- 

 inating, ingeniously and fancifully arranged. 

 In building the palace a large sttucture is first 



