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The results are not at all uniform, but it seems possible 
to draw the conclusions' that the seed grown in Colorado 
produces just about the average of that grown in all the 
other states for Pride of the North, and less than the aver¬ 
age for the Learning. The northern grown seed shows 
poorly for Pride of the North and among the best for the 
Learning. The eastern grown seed Massachusetts, Pennsyl¬ 
vania and New York on the whole gives better returns than 
that grown west of the Mississippi river. 
C —VARIETY TESTS OF CORN. 
For the past six years there have a large number of the 
principal varieties of corn been grown on the college farm. 
It is believed that the results of so long a test will prove 
valuable as giving a clear indication of the general kind and 
size of corn that will do the best under the given conditions 
of altitude and latitude. All grades were tested, from the 
Will’s Gehu that ripens long before frost and bears its ears 
less than a foot from the ground, to the Giant Mexican 
June that sends out its silk as high as a man can reach and 
is barely tasseling at the usual harvest time. 
In all cases the corn was planted in hills three feet apart 
each way. In 1895 it was not irrigated and the crop was 
small. The other years the corn was irrigated twice. The 
land on which this corn was grown was a different held each 
year and was for the most part on ground that had been 
heavily manured. In all cases it was land so rich and in 
such condition that it would have raised a large crop of 
grain. In other words the small crops are due to the climate 
rather than the soil, and show that Fort Collins is outside of 
the corn belt. Still, corn will grow here so well that if it was 
not for the ease and cheapness with which alfalfa can be 
grown, corn would be the cheapest fodder for dairy stock. 
VARIETY TESTS OF CORN 1894. 
Variety. 
Tolal Crop 
Green Ears 
Green Stover 
Shelled Com 
per acre. 
per acre. 
per acre. 
per acre. 
Flint Corn— 
Golden Dew Drop 
.. 16,800 
4,820 
11.980 
1,926 
Will’s Gehu. 
. . 14.200 
4,900 
9.300 
2,117 
King Philip. 
.. 19,200 
3,600 
15,200 
1,028 
Sanford. 
.. 23.400 
5,300 
18,100 
1.809 
Longfellow. 
.. 19,600 
3,850 
15,750 
1,327 
Minn. King. 
.. 14,200 
2,900 
11,300 
1,176 
Dent Corn— 
Queen of the Field 
.. 22,800 
6,300 
16,500 
1,686 
Huron. 
.. 18,400 
5,423 
12,977 
2,408 
White Pearl. 
.. 21,400 
6,869 
14,531 
2,408- 
