Table 15. — Comparison of first generation hybrids of Hogue's Yellow Dent corn pure lines with 
the original variety. 1913 , 1915 , 1916 , and 19171 
Corn Investigations 
Bushels per acre of shelled corn 
4-year 
average 
^ OOCOT*Tl<03Tj<C3i-j 
fK S dcDcddcdcdrdiH 
w 'lw Tf rf Tji V5 U5 ^ V5 
48.3 
41.2 
2-year 
average 
1915-’16 
• p COOOt>OCt>HOO 
d d d oo d ^ d cd 
k *H'— ' 10101DC0C0V51QC0 
59.3 
53.8 
1917 
• g" (OCDIOC5^«DON 
rS S diHoo'iHoicoiHio 
CO lOlfl lO lO 
51.5 
46.0 
1 
1916 
• OONtiNOiOMN 
rSS odcd-^cdodi-Hcdod 
CO UO CO U0 lO >0 
51.7 
34.5 
1915 
• C5 oo io co co 05 © 
d tj< oj 1-3 cd d d d 
“Sw cococot— t— uscot— 
66.9 
73.1 
1913 
• ©OOOOi-JC5[>03CO 
rS” d cd d © d d d d 
03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 
23.3 
11.4 
t 
£ 
'a 
S. 
v. 
per 
cent 
e 
VgJ ’-J 03 lO 03 03 CO 05 iH 
, cdddddcdcdd 
00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 
Oh 
86.3 
83.1 
Shrink- 
age 
of ear 
corn 
s 
CO 10 00 03 03 05 C5 03 
dddddcddcd 
£ 
3.9 
7.3 
Leaf 
area 
per 
plant 
g_ oeoojooouoTtco 
•<^0 OOHCOt'NOffl 
.,-i OOHOOOiHCl 
cxw _? _r _r - 
GQ i-li-H r-l r-t 
1,010 
1,236 
T. 
c. 
ing 
1 
CO © 05 00 05 05 CO 00 
03 i— I CO 03U3 tH 
C5 
Oh 
24 
29 
2-eared 
stalks 
per 
100 
plants 
o COWXHOt-HH 
O 03 CO 03 rj< CO CO ^ 
34 
25 
Barren 
plants 
per 
100 
d' 1-1 03 r-l 03 03 O UO O 
1 
03 t}< 
Suckers 
per 
100 
plants 
o 1— l 00 O 03 t- 03 03 
S T}<CO t— 03 t- 
36 
60 
Stalk 
height 
"wj 2> U5 CO Vi iH CO CO iH UO 
w dcddddddd 
7.1 
7.5 
Ear 
height 
Ip 00 t> 03 © CO rH 03 03 
Ec,w ddcdcdcdcdcdcd 
3.1 
3.3 
Date 
ripe 
_ 05 05 CO 03 CO 1-1 03 CO 
Jo p* »H N03 03 eg 03 03 
C5 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 
9/21 
9/23 
Date 
tassel- 
ing 
CO CO CO CO t- ID t- CD 
eg NNNNNNNN 
t— t— t— C— t— t— t— t— 
00 
03 
• t- 
Pure lines 
crossed 
/■n M • N • O 
rH HHU5NNHICH 
xxxxxxxx 
rt< ^ 03 00 03 O O 03 
Average 
Original 
1 
915 and 1916 only. Most of the records were not kept in 1913 and 1917. 
