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Champaign County Prolific. Ripening about the same 
time as the Red Cob and showing no tassel till August 5th. 
On August 18th, a good stand after much replanting, stalks 
about medium, seven to ten feet high, no ears. 
September 25th. A few ears, and those, in the roasting 
stage or earlier, about one tenth beginning to glaze. Total 
crop, 11.5 tons per acre, containing 24.95 per cent, of dry 
matter or 2 .Sj tons of dry matter per acre. 
Learning. One of the best of the medium late fodder 
corns showing the first tassel August 9th. On August 18th, 
tasseling at eight to nine feet, leafy, vigorous, not large 
stalks, showing a few ears and some silk, no boiling ears. 
The average hill contained four stalks, three tassels, and one 
ear. There were no suckers; the extra stalks seemed to be 
from replanting. 
September 25th. Well eared, part of the field almost 
ripe, but the ears not well filled out, the end third almost 
bare of corn, badly eaten by worms. Total crop, 15.4 tons 
per acre; containing 29.81 ’per cent, dry matter or 431 tons 
of dry matter per acre. 
Giant Fodder. One of the latest corns grown. On 
August 18th, the tassels were just showing on the most ad¬ 
vanced; no ears or silk; quite leafy with long, broad leaves; 
medium stalks for so large a corn, seven to eight feet high, 
an extra good stand. 
September 25th. Ears large, a few just showing kernels. 
Total crop, 17.5 tons per acre; containing 23.06 per cent, 
dry matter, or 4.04 tons dry matter per acre. 
Virginia Mammoth. A large, late white corn, rather 
late for Colorado. On August 18th, no ears, scarcely tasseled, 
and seven to eight feet high; at this date a pretty fair corn. 
September 25. No ears but an occasional nubbin. Total 
crop, 10.4 tons per acre, containing 22.16 per cent, of dry 
m itter, or 2.30 tons of dry matter per acre 
Brasilian Flour Corn. The latest variety of all, and 
also the variety that produced the largest growth of stalk 
and the most dry matter. On August 18th, seven to eight 
feet high, all leaves, many suckers, no tassels, will make an 
extra heavy yield. The first tassel did not appear until 
August 24th. 
September 25th. No ears and scarcely any tassels. 
Total crop, 18.6 tons per acre, containing 24.87 per cent, of 
dry matter, or 4.63 tons of dry matter per acre. 
In order to give a better idea of the comparative yield of 
the different varieties, there are given in the tables below, 
the total yield of the crop for each variety, the amount of dry 
matter contained, and the yield of shelled corn: 
