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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
brought to this Territory from Salt Lake about two years 
since. We are told it came originally from Australia, 
and is s5id to be peculiarly adapted to high, dry climates.” 
Seed was obtained of the secretary of the Colorado Agri¬ 
cultural Society and taken to northern Illinois in 1870, where 
it ripened in 96 days. It yields abundantly, as will be seen 
by the above experiments. It has the appearance of being a 
new variety, as its characteristics seem to be hardly fixed, a 
part of it being 8-rowed and a part 12-rowed. It is a very 
soft corn, the kernels crushing more easily than the common 
yellow dent. My impressions of it after a single year’s trial 
are very favorable. 
The Cherokee corn also promises well, although the past 
year’s experience proves much less for it than was claimed by 
its more ardent admirers. But I believe it to be a valuable 
addition to the list of varieties that are worthy of cultivation. 
The following varieties were planted May 16, three grains 
to the hill; distance apart four feet by four feet: 
Variety. 
First ripe 
ears. 
Time of har¬ 
vesting. 
Cherokee. 
Aug. 28 
Auer. 14 
Aug. 81 
Aug. 26 
Sept. 27 
Aug. 27 
Sept. 15 
July 15 
Sept. 15 
Dutton . 
Sanford . 
Sept. 7 
Aug. 22 
Blue Australian. 
Pearl Pop Corn. 
Early Yellow Pop Corn. 
Joint Pop Corn. 
Days from 
planti’g to 
ripening. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
107 
bush. 
44 
102 
31.53 
134 
32.23 
103 
36.43 
122 
37.32 
60 
9.24 
122 
14.62 
The smaller yield of Cherokee, Dutton and Sanford varie¬ 
ties, in this than the preceding experiment, is owing partly 
to the greater distance apart, and partly to the situation, which, 
in this, was a steep northern exposure, and in the preceding 
was southern. 
“Blue” Australian is the product of bluish kernels that 
were selected from White Australian. 
In all these experiments, a bushel is taken as 75 pounds at 
the time of drawing from the field. The moisture and weight 
of cobs being estimated at 15 pounds. The amount of shrink- 
