Elements of agriculture; a text Elements of agriculture; a text book for public schools elementsofagricu00shep Year: 1905 14 OF AGRICULTURE. Varieties of Dent Corn. There are a great many varieties of dent corn, but few of them do well where the summers are short. If one were to name our leading northern varieties of dent corn in the order of their maturity, placing the earliest first, it would perhaps be correct to say: North Dakota No. 100, Golden Dent, Minnesota King, Northwestern Dent, and Pride of the North. (1) North Dakota No. 100. North Dakota No. 100 is probably the earlies
Elements of agriculture; a text Elements of agriculture; a text book for public schools elementsofagricu00shep Year: 1905 14 OF AGRICULTURE. Varieties of Dent Corn. There are a great many varieties of dent corn, but few of them do well where the summers are short. If one were to name our leading northern varieties of dent corn in the order of their maturity, placing the earliest first, it would perhaps be correct to say: North Dakota No. 100, Golden Dent, Minnesota King, Northwestern Dent, and Pride of the North. (1) North Dakota No. 100. North Dakota No. 100 is probably the earliest variety of dent corn. It is the result of a selection and breeding up from Min- nesota King, and the description which follows for Minnesota King will apply very well to this variety. Fig. 3. Dent Corn—North Dakota No. 100. North Dakota No. 100 is earlier than Minnesota King, and leans a little more toward its flint ances- try. The ears of North Dakota No. 100 are a little smaller and of a slightly deeper yellow color than those of Minnesota King. (2) Golden Dent. This is one of the earliest va-
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