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The following table shows the degree of maturity August 2d, and the yield of corn weighed, as gathered November 9th, and following days: Bushels per acre 70 lbs. to b u s h .

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Flint Varieties: 1. Sanford White Varieties: 2. A r e o l a 3. B u t l e r C o u n t y 4. Cooley'a E a r l y 5. D a v i d s o n ' s Ohio 6. E a r l y Small W h i t e 7. E a r l y W h i t e 8. M a m m o t h W h i t e 9. W a r d e r 10. W h i t e , L a r g e s t 11. W h i t e R i v e r Yellow Varieties: 12. B a n k e r s N o . 1 13. B a n k e r s N o . 2 14. C h e s t e r C o u n t y 15. E a r l y P r e m i u m 16. M i x e d 10 17. P r e m i u m Ohio 18. P i c k l e 19. M c E l v e r y 20. M a m m o t h Y e l l o w 21. L a n c a s t e r 22. H C. B a u f m a n 23. G-oltra 24. F a y e t t e C o u n t y 25. P o w e l l ' s E a r l y 26. R e e v e s 27. R o d e r i c k 28. T h o m a s 29. U n k n o w n JBroivn and Calico 30. M a s t e r 31. L a r g e S t r a u d e r 32. L i t t l e S t r a u d e r 33. R o a n 34. S t r a w b e r r y Red Varieties: 35. B l a c k P u r p l e Varieties:

Out. Out. Late. Out. Late. Out. Out. Late. Out. Late. Late. Medium. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Late. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Late. Out. Out. Out. Medium.

Out. Late. Late. Medium. Late. Out. Medium. None. Out. None. None. None. Late. Medium. Out. Out. Out. Late. Medium. Medium. Medium. Out. None. Out. Out. Out. Medium. Out. Late. Medium. Medium. Out. Late. .. i Medium.

S h o r t suckered. Tall. Medium. Low. Medium. Low. Low. Medium. Medium. Medium. Medium. Medium. Medium. Medium. Medium. Tall. Medium. Tall. Tall. Low. Low. Medium. Medium. Low. Medium. Medium. Tall. Medium. Medium. Medium. Medium. Low. Tall.

44. 79.4 74.2 70.3 69.1 42 2 61.7 44 4 45 5 68.2 66.2 62.8 65.1 53.7 52.8 56. 68.4 69.1 76. 53.5 48.8 53.1 61.7 40. 61.7 61.7 65.1 65.1 53.3 51.4 60.8 48.5 50.8 53.7 80.

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The heaviest yield, it will be observed, is from the Red Purple, which gave 80 bushels to the acre. Next comes the Areola,] a white variety, with 79.4 bushels, and next to this the McElvery, a yellow sort, which yielded 76 bushels. The averages of the different classes is as follows : Elint, 1 variety White, 10 varieties Yellow, 18 varieties Brown, etc., 5 varieties Red, 1 variety Total for 35 varieties The land is said to have been in cultivation twenty years without manure. • 44 bushels to the acre. 62.1 59.3 53

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