SILVER KING. 
A New White Dent Field Corn. 
UR attention was first called to this remarkable corn by 
Mr. A. A. Waller, of Daviess Co., Ind. , who is an ex- 
tensive grower of field corn, and who has been raising it to the 
exclusion of all other varieties for the past three years, with the 
exception of a small amount of some of the leading new varieties 
he has planted in order to test their respective merits in com- 
parison with the SILVER KINO. The glowing account which 
he gave of the yield, and the large, handsome ears he sent us, 
convinced us that it was a decided improvement upon any other 
variety of white field corn in existence. Mr. Waller says : “ The 
first year I raised the SILVER KINO I averaged over 80 bushels 
of shelled corn per acre, and some of it has done this during 
the two dry years since. 
Outyielded the Common Varieties 2 to 1. 
I AST year I planted some of two other leading varieties by the 
side of it, and the SILVER KINO made about double as 
much to the acre as either one of the others, and the others had 
much the best chance. They averaged about 40 bushels to the 
acre, and the SILVER KING was easily double that. As to 
stalks, they grow small, which is a strong point in its favor with 
us here, on account of its standing the drouth so much better 
than larger stalked kinds. It grows to about seven feet in height 
on an average, and makes splendid fodder ; many of the stalks 
have two ears each. 
Farmers who have heard of this Corn have driven 
is a large-eared Dent White corn, and is not adapted for grow- 
ing in northern climates, but is especially recommended for 
Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Southern Ohio, and all 
points in that latitude, or which have a similar climate. This 
is its third year of introduction. 
If you wish to obtain a variety that is almost drouth proof, 
and will give you an enormous yield of splendid corn, and the 
very best fodder, do not fail to try some of the SILVER KING. 
$150 WORTH ON ONE ACRE. 
Morgan Co., O., March 1st, 1898. 
I bought one peck of SILVER KING corn of your agent 
last spring, which planted just one acre, from which I harvested 
seventy-five bushels of shelled corn. I have sold all I have to 
spare at $ 2.00 per bushel for seed. It is the grandest corn ever 
brought into this state. .. rn „ n 
Averaged over 80 Bushels per Acre. 
15 miles to get their seed from me.” 
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