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Elacli variety" will be described I)}" itself, and then the 
large and small varieties compared. 
Samples of each variety were taken at the time of iiavest- 
ing to determine the amount of W'ater and diw matter in the 
crop. The ears were sju’ead out to dry in the corn house for 
three months and then shelled and weighed. 
Both flint and dent varieties were raised, and both small 
and large kinds of each. The flint corn varied from the little 
Wills’ Gehu Seventy-Day Corn with some ripe ears at three 
feet high, to the Giant Long White Flint that at eight feet 
high had not even by harvest time grown an ear fit to roast. 
Equal differences existed in the dent corns, the earliest and 
smallest being represented by the Wisconsin Yellow Dent, 
while the Brazilian Flour Corn represents the other extreme 
of no ears at all when killed l)y frost. 
SMALL FLINT CORN. 
Golden Dezv Drop. This is one of the smaller flint 
corns, showing the first tassels August 1st, and the first roast¬ 
ing ear, August 25tti. 
On August 18th it was low and leafy, four to five feet 
high, small stalks, not well eared, ears just showing cob. 
September 25th it was scarcely ripe. Total crop, 8.4 
tons per acre, containing 31.57 per cent, of dry matter, or 
2 . 6 s iT^atter per acre. The green ears weighed 
4,820 pounds, dried down to 2,772 pounds of ear corn, and 
S 4.4 bushels of shelled corn per acre. 
Wills ^o-Day GeJm. This is smallest and earliest of 
all the varieties grown. First tassels appeared July 22d, and 
by August 14th, some of the ears were ready to roast. On 
August 18th, only five feet high, very many suckers, heavily 
eared, some ears being within six inches of the ground; extra 
good stand, no replanting, very irregular in ripening; most 
advanced ears already glazing; many ears only showing cob, 
most of the ears in full milk. Average per hill, thirteen 
stalks, six tassels and six ears. 
September IGth; ripe and diy. Total crop, 7.1 tons per 
acre, containing 82.76 per cent, dry matter, or tons of 
dry matter per acre. The ears at harvesting weighed 4,900 
pounds, dried down to 2,694 pounds of ear corn, and 
bushels of shelled corn per acre. 
Kiri^ Philip. A red flint corn very early for its size 
