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JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A photograph on p. 13 compares an average sample of station-grown 

 ears of corn with a. sample grown by various farmers. The superiority 

 of the station-grown corn is immense. 



The diagrams and tables are very instructive, and Table II. is worth 

 copying. 



Table II. — Farmees' Corn Contest. 



OSHKOSH. 

















Vai'iety. 



storage. 



Germi- 

 iiation. 



Stand. 



Yield per acre. 













Five best samples. 



31 



' Silver King ' 



Fire-dried 



% 

 95-0 



% 



90-0 



85-7 bushels. 



29 



' King of Earliest ' 



Fire-dried 



93'0 



89-0 



78-8 bushels. 



24 



' Silver King ' 



Garret 



99-0 



95-0 



77-5 bushels. 



18 



' Golden Glow ' 



Old Factory 



97-0 



91-0 



77-1 bushels. 



13 





Garret 



99-0 



93-0 



72-8 bushels. 





Average 





96-6 



91-0 



78-3 bushels. 



Value $ 39-15 per acre. 







Five poorest samples 







26 



' Flint ' 



House 





87-0 



27-6 bushels. 



5 



' Yellow Dent ' 



House 



42-0 



32-0 



33-3 bushels. 



27 



' Silver King ' 



On outside of 

 pumphouse 



40-0 



60-0 



41-7 bushels. 



3 



' Mixed Dent ' 



Garret 



78-0 



58-0 



45-7 bushels. 



12 



'Flint' 



Porch 



77-0 



77-0 



50-6 bushels. 





Average 





59-3 



62-8 



39-7 bushels. 

 Value $ 19-85 per acre. 





Loss due to 









38-6 bushels. 











Value $ 19-30 per acre. 



' Silver King.' 

 Fire- dried v. dried on outside of pumphouse. 



31 



27 



Silver King 



' Silver King ' 



Loss due to im 



Fire -dried 



Dried on outside 

 of pumphouse 

 proper storage 



95-0 



90-0 



40-0 



60-0 



85-7 bushels. 

 Value ^ 42-85. 



41-7 bushels. 

 Value # 20-85. 



44-0 bushels. 

 Value $ 22-00. 



The sample number refers to the number given to the com submitted 

 by the farmer. The germination is obtained by counting the number 

 of seeds, which, after six days' sprouting, at a temperature between 

 50° F. and 70" F., show " healthy roots and stems." The stand " 

 is the number of stalks appearing from 150 kernels planted. The table 

 shows the relation between germination and stand. The yield and 

 stand correspond, and, as the stand depends on the germination, which 

 in turn depends on the vitality of the seeds, the value of careful selection 

 and curing is completely demonstrated. 



Many other points of interest are raised and fully illustrated by 

 diagrams, plates, and tables. — W. W. 



Demonstration Work on Southern Farms. S. A. Knapp 

 (U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Farmers' Bull. 422, p. 19; Nov. 1910; 4 plates, 

 1 tab.). — This bulletin deals chiefly with methods for the eradication, 

 or, at any rate, the keeping under control the evil effects of the cotton- 



