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THE IMPROVED LEAMING CORN. 
The Leaming Corn was first brought to public notice at the Paris Exhibition, in 1878, 
where it received the highest award overall other varieties of yellow field Corn, since which 
time it has been thoroughly tested by many with the greatest satisfaction. The improved 
sirdin of this variety is the Ewliest Yellow Dent Corn in cultivation. ripening in less than 90 days 
from time of planting, quite surpassing the Yellow Canada and Flint varieties in earliness, 
productiveness and quality. 
Advantages of the Improved Leaming Corn over all other varieties. 
1. It is extra early, and not a hard, Finty corn, but sweet and nutritious, making excellent 
feed and the finest meal, its quality not being surpassed by any other known variety. These 
facts wlone will be highly appreciated in the extreme northern latitudes where other varielies will not ripen. 
2. The ears are large and handsome, with very deep, large grain, of deep orange color, and 
small red cob, the cob being the smallest, in comparison with the size of the ear, ofany variety 
in cultivation. 
3. The stalks grow to medium size (not large), with few suckers, tapering gradually from 
root to top, producing 2 good ears to each stalk, and husks and shells easily. 
4. Its great productiveness. By actual measurement, 136 bushels to the acre on good corn 
ground, with good, but not extra cultivation, was grown this season. 
0. It is adapted to a greater variety of soils than other varieties, producing uausually well 
on light or heavy land, where other varieties would not thrive. unk 
Prices of Improved Leaming Corn—per bushel, $3.00 ; per gallon, $0.50; per quart, $0.15. 
