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poorwill. Other varieties are planted, such as Clay, Iron, Blackeye. 

 Crowder, and Unknown, but none of these produce seed well in 

 Kansas. 



For Missouri, Prof. A. E. Grantham writes that Whippoorwill 

 is most generally used, followed by Clay, New Era, and Black. The 

 New Era is increasing in popularity, especially to sow after wheat, 

 but he thinks that Groit is superior to New "Era, and perhaps the 

 best of all varieties with which he is familiar under Missouri con- 

 ditions. 



For the State of Illinois, Mr. O. D. Center writes : 



The varieties that are most commonly grown and give the best satisfaction 

 in the southern section of the State, in the order of their importance, are 

 Whippoorwill and New Era. 1 For the central part of the State the varieties 

 in the order of their importance are Michigan Favorite, Blackeye, New Era, 

 Black, and Whippoorwill. For the northern part of the State only Michigan 

 Favorite and Blackeye are of any value. 



For the State of Kentucky, Prof. H. Garman says : 



The Whippoorwill has been longest and most generally sown, although it is not 

 as highly valued as the New Era. We think very favorably of the Iron and 

 the Taylor. 



For Indiana, Prof. A. T. Wiancko would place the varieties for 

 forage production in the order of their merit as follows : Iron, Clay, 

 Red Ripper, New Era, and Michigan Favorite. For grain pro- 

 duction, in like order, he names Early Blackeye, Whippoorwill, 

 New Era, Michigan Favorite, and Warren's. Whippoorwill, Early 

 Blackeye, and New Era are most commonly grown, while Michigan 

 Favorite and Warren's in northern Indiana and Iron, Clay, and 

 Red Ripper in southern Indiana are more or less used. 



For Maryland, Mr. Nickolas Schmitz says the varieties most com- 

 monly grown are Whippoorwill, New Era, Black, and Unknown. In 

 the order of their value he regards the following as best for eastern 

 and southern Maryland: Whippoorwill, New Era, Groit, Brabham, 

 and Unknown. The last named he regards as the best for planting 

 in corn for ensilage. For northern and western Maryland he 

 would put them as follows: New Era, Groit, Whippoorwill, and 

 Unknown. Only the New Era and Groit can be depended on for 

 seed production. 



For Delaware, Prof. A. E. Grantham thinks Whippoorwill, New 

 Era, and Blackeye are most commonly grown. He considers the 

 best varieties to be Whippoorwill, Groit, and possibly Clay. 



The foregoing data are summarized in Table I. 



iMost of the so-called New Era grown in southern Illinois is Groit. — C. V. P. 

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