HENDERSON'S AMERICAN FARMER'S MANUAL. 



15 



FIELD CORNS, Flint Varieties. 



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KING 

 PHILIP. 



Coppery red 

 Very early. 

 This is one of 

 the oldest and 

 best known of the 

 flint varieties. Usu 

 ally matures three 

 months after planting. 

 Ears large sized and 

 handsome, measuring 10 

 to 12 inches long. 15 cts. 

 per qt. ; 60 cts. per peck 

 $2.00 bushel. 



LONGFELLOW.-A large 8-rowed yellow 

 flint variety well adapted for the Northern States. 

 This fine field corn is the result of careful selec- 

 tion in a family of Massachusetts farmers for 

 45 years. The ears are remarkably long (see 

 cut), some of them measuring fifteen ins., 

 and oftentimes two or more good speci- 

 mens grow on one stalk. Grain large and 

 broad and yellow. The cob is quite 

 small. It is the largest variety of 

 yellow field corn safe to plant in the 

 latitude of Massachusetts, where 

 it is quite extensively grown. One 

 grower reports 115 bushels 

 shelled corn from an acre. 

 This is the variety that took 

 the first premium among 

 the flint corns at the great 

 exhibition at Chicago a 



GOLDEN DEW DROP. 



POP CORNS. 



"White Pearl. Smooth grained 

 ears, 4 to 5 ins. long, by % to 1}£ ins. di- 

 ameter, good for either family or market '^Sjjl! 

 use. Price, S8.00 for 100 lbs. ; 10 cts. per * 

 single lb., or by mail 20 cts. per lb. 



EARLY AMBKR KICK. A new 



and distinct shade of color, it matures very 

 early and is in every respect a first-class pop 

 corn. Price, S18.00perl00 lbs. ; single lb., 20 cts 

 or by mail, 30 cts. 



WHITE RICE. (Rat Tooth.) A very fine 

 white variety, ears 4 to 5 inches in length, and 1 to \% 

 in diameter. Kernel pointed. Especially salable among 

 the retail grocers. Price, per 100 lbs., $8.00 ; per lb.. 10c. ; 

 by mail, 20c. 



SWEET FODDER. CORN, For cutting green 

 for fodder and for soiling. This is better than any field 

 corn, from the fact that it is so very sweet and nutritious, that 

 cattle will eat every part of the stalk and leaves with relish 

 Drill thickly, in rows three feet apart, using 1}£ bushels of seed 

 per acre. If sown broadcast use 3 bushels per acre. £2.00 per bush 



"PLANT FODDER CORN." 



"It is probable that every August thousands of farmers resolve 

 that the next spring they -will put out a field of fodder corn, yet 

 break the resolution when spring conies. It is the rare exception that 

 July and August do not shorten the pastures. Some seasons the pastures 

 are almost burnt up ; if there has been no provision made for other feed at 

 this season the animals must lose flesh, and the cows must fall off in their 



milk product, or else 



couple of years ago. 



15 cents per quart; 



60 cts. per peck ; S2.0U per bushel. 



^ COMPTON'S EARLY.- The earliest known yellow flint 



variety, ripening in from 76 to 85 days. It is a handsome 10 and 



12 rowed sort, very productive, and will ripen in the Northern 



States. Ears 10 to 12 inches long. Stalks 8 to 10 feet in height. 



Ears well filled. 15 cts. per qt.f 60 cts. per pk. ; $2.00 bush. 



i% LARGE WHITE FLINT.— Handsome ears,. 



^^1^ large and well filled, kernels white and of fine quality. 



■^^ < '^^> -A- productive and first-class sort. 15 cts. per quart ; 



v^m- 60 cts- per peck ' S2 ' 00 busheL 



i^JHHl LARGE YELLOW FLINT.-(Early Can- 



ada Yellow.) Similar to the above excepting in 

 color ; largely grown in the extreme north ; ma- 

 tures in about 90 days. 15 cts. per quart; 

 60 cts. peck ; $2.00 bushel. 

 GOLDEN DEW-DROP.— It is a 

 most reliable flint variety for northern 

 planting, as it grows quickly and matures 



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FABALEB s favorite. 



grains and purchased 

 food must be fed liberally 

 Fodder corn is cheaper thai 

 loss of flesh or grain. Allow 

 ing the animals to lose flesh i 

 very wasteful. It will require 

 at least twice as much food tc 

 regain the flesh as to retain it 

 J Every year the testimony becomes' 

 stronger that fodder corn should not 

 be sown broadcast. It may be 

 planted in hills, but the largest crops, 

 except on very foul land, can be raised 

 by planting in drills. Fodder corn 

 should be planted in rows at least 

 three feet apart, and as well cultivated 

 as field corn." — American Agriculturist. 



The best varieties to plant for fodder 

 are Southern Horse Tooth and Sweet 

 Fodder, described above. 



early; is eight-rowed, looks a little 

 like the Canada Yellow, but the grain 

 is brighter in color. Cob white and 

 very small. (See cut.) As a rule, the 

 flint varieties are not as good 

 yielders as the dent sorts, but 

 the Golden Dew-drop pro- 

 duces two or three ears to 

 the stalk. The stalks will 

 average 6 feet in height. 

 15 cts. per qt. ; 60 cts. 

 fp, perpk. ; $2.00 bush. 

 ?k> SOUTHERN 

 ^~ HORSE 

 TOOTH. 

 *' JIP| (Dent).— 

 W% Valuable for 

 W\^k ^^' %<^%, fodder and 

 ensilage. 

 $1.25 

 m per 

 bus. 





Excepting Fodder and Pop Corns, all the above varieties in 10-bushel lots, $1.75 per bnshel. 



