Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888 [PAGE 254]

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FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH CORN—1887.

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TABLE

NO.

1.—Number of Variety, Name, Baiser of Seed. Maturity of Leaves and Ears,

Maturity, September 19-21. Persons who raised seed. Leaves. Ears.

:NO.

Name of variety.

Yellow Dent

Varieties. Ripe Few green . Half ripe .. Few green. Half ripe . Ripe, dry Moist Moist Ripe Green, some kernels in milk Very few green Ripe Half ripe .. Few Ripe Ripe Few Ripe Ripe Ripe Few Few green. green. Ripe, moist Ripe, Ripe, Ripe, Ripe, Ripe, Ripe, Ripe, Ripe, Ripe little moist.. little moist.. dry little moist.. dry dry dry moist

H. B. Edmonds, Taylor, 111.... Edmonds 1 corn Legal tender Nims Bros., Emerson, la Howard's improved yellow. H. Howard, Marshall, Mo Learning University farm W. J. Cochrane, Winfield,Kas. R. Hogue, Crete, Neb Hogue's yellow dent McConnell's improved orange pride J. H. McConnell, Rigdon, Ind. Steward's improved yellow dent L. W. Steward, Amanda, O Golden rod iE. Morris, Decatur, Mich Boone county white J. Riley, Thorntown, Ind. Riley's favorite J. Riley, Thorntown, Ind Two-eared Murdock University farm Murdock University farm Murdock W. T. Lamb, Ridott, 111 Champaign University farm Learning University farm Mixed Dent Varieties. H. T. Lape, Roseville, 111 University farm University farm University farm University farm Lape'e mixed dent Smith's mixed dent White Dent Varieties. Burr's white Momicello Champion white pearl... Piasa king Champion of the north .. Ohio white dent

green. green.

Very few green Ripe, little moist.. Very few green Ripe Ripe, moist Ripe, moist Green, some kernels in milk Green, most kernels in milk Ripe, dry Ripe, moist Green, some kernels in milk

Few green Few green Half ripe .

F. C. Pickard, Godfrey, 111.... All green. A. L. Goddard, Waucoma, l a . . Ripe M. H. Smith, DeSoto, Neb .... Half ripe. W. J . Cochrane,Winfield,Kas. All green.