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September 5th, to prevent its being killed by frost, although not 
sufficiently ripe for seed, saved with the same care as that of the 
other varieties, to germinate. 
The White Australian yields considerably more than the other 
varieties, as it did in 1871, and is earlier than Cherokee or Dutton. 
In the experiment on improv ement of soils by mechanical means, 
the Cherokee and Early Yellow Dent varieties are again compared. 
In that experiment two acres of each variety were grown under 
similar conditions, yielding per acre as follows: 
Early Yellow Dent, 49.1 bushels of ears of 75 lbs. each. 
Cherokee, 51.4 bushels of corn, ot 75 lbs. each. 
Cooley's Early White Field Corn .—A new variety of corn, “ orig¬ 
inated, and introduced by Mr. C. C. Cooley, of Manchester, 
Adams county, Ohio, to the public in 1870.” The seed was dis¬ 
tributed by the Commissioner of Agriculture in 1872. The Com¬ 
missioner’s circular says, “ It is believed that this corn will supply 
a great want, both in the northern and southern states, by furnish¬ 
ing a variety which will ripen in the former, before the season for 
early frosts, and in the latter, before the summer drought sets in.” 
One quart of seed was planted May 16th, upon a plat contain¬ 
ing 23 square rods. Soil, light clay loam, in good condition. 
Bows, 4 feet apart, hills 3 feet in row, 4 kernels to the hill. Au¬ 
gust 30th, fifteen weeks after planting, a few of the earliest ears 
were sufficiently ripe for picking. Bipened September 5th, one 
week later than “Blue Australian,”cultivated adjacent. Weight 
of ears, 172 pounds. Yield per acre, 16 bushels ears of 75 pounds 
each. The ears of this corn are short, and not well filled out at 
the tips. Kernels short, with slight indentation. An average 
sized ear had in the middle, a diameter of 1.7 inches. The diam¬ 
eter of the cob at the same place, was 1.2 B inches. This com 
might yield better when the drought was less severe, but it had 
with us this year none of the characteristics of an early variety. 
Blue Australian Corn .—(Blue kernels selected from White Aus¬ 
tralian). Planted May 16th, upon a plat of the same size, and ad¬ 
jacent to “ Cooley Corn.” Bipe Aug. 31st. Weight of ears, 356 
lbs. Yield per acre, 33 1-5 bushels of 75 lbs. each. The ears 
upon this plat contained a large proportion of blue kernels, show- 
