TESTS OP CORN VARIETIES OK THE GREAT PLAINS. 7 
FLINT VARIETIES. 
In most of this territory the flint corns are less popular and less 
extensively grown than the dent corns. Their objectionable features 
are the hardness of the grain when fully mature and the difficulty of 
husking. The flint corns are regarded as being very hardy and under 
adverse conditions frequently outyield dent corns. The flint corns 
sucker profusely and respond to favorable conditions by producing 
ears on suckers and by producing more than one ear to the stalk. 
If fed before becoming fuUy mature and under conditions where it 
is possible to harvest the crop with live stock, some of the flint corns 
may exceed dent varieties in profitable production. 
White Australian. — Kernel color dull white; very hard; ears smooth and with 10 to 14 
rows of kernels. Seed secured from eastern Colorado. Of the flint varieties this 
corn is that most generally grown in this territory. It will mature in nearly all 
localities. In all tests in which it has been included it has compared well in 
yield with the best flint and dent varieties. Typical ears are shown in figure 4. 
Cassia County Flint. — Similar to White Australian. The two varieties are probably 
of the same origin. Seed secured from southern Idaho. 
Gehu Flint. — Kernels light yellow, small, and very hard; cob white; ears small and 
smooth; stalks small and ears borne very close to ground. Seed secured from 
central North Dakota. This corn is one of the very earliest grown in the United 
States and will safely mature in any part of this territory. 
Amber Flint. — Kernel color amber; ears medium size. Seed secured from eastern 
South Dakota. Will mature in the southeastern part of this territory. 
SOFT OR FLOUR VARIETIES. 
The soft or so-called flour or squaw corns are grown to a somewhat 
less extent than the flints in this territory. In appearance, character 
of plants, and habits of gTowth they are very similar to the flint 
corns. As the name implies, they are soft in texture. The mature 
corn is more easily eaten by live stock than flint corn, but it is prob- 
ably somewhat inferior in feeding value. 
Between the true flint and flour types there are all gradations in 
texture. 
Mitchell Blue Flour. — Kernels blue, with some white mixture; has a slight fiintiness; 
cob white; small stalks with ears close to ground. Seed secured from extreme 
west-central Nebraska. Will mature in any part of this territory. 
Dakota Red Squaw. — Color dark red ; has a slight fiintiness; cobs white. Seed secured 
from eastern South Dakota. This corn matures in the southern half of this terri- 
tory and has given fair yields where tried . 
TIME REQUIRED FOR MATURITY. 
The time required for any variety of corn to reach maturity 
depends largely upon the conditions of temperature, sunshine, and 
moisture of the locality where grown. The performance of a variety 
in one locality can not, therefore, be taken as an indication, except in 
a general way, of the time required by that variety to mature in 
other localities where conditions of growth are different. Under like 
