. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . m, red. BOONE COUNTY WHITE History—The Boone County White corn was orig-inated by Mr James Riley of Boone county, In& Riley began selection from a large, coarse variety ofcorn grown in Boone county, commonly known as theWhite Mastodon, in 1876. This White Mastodon seedsecured by Mr Riley was planted in a separate fieldfrom other varie
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . m, red. BOONE COUNTY WHITE History—The Boone County White corn was orig-inated by Mr James Riley of Boone county, In& Riley began selection from a large, coarse variety ofcorn grown in Boone county, commonly known as theWhite Mastodon, in 1876. This White Mastodon seedsecured by Mr Riley was planted in a separate fieldfrom other varieties, and has never been crossed,being changed in type by selection. Air Riley at-tempted to remove the barren stalks by cutting outsuch stalks before they produced pollen. After several BOTANY AND VARIETIES 25 years of selection he gave his new type of corn a newname, Boone County White. Seed of the Boone County White was early se-cured by Mr O. C. Block of Champaign county, Illi-nois, and by careful selection for about ten years thecharacteristics of shape of ear, kernel and cob, and theindentation of the kernel have been changed. The pro-portion of circumference to length has been increasedby Mr Block. The indentation of kernel in the Block. Fig 8—Boone County White Butts, tips, size of cob, depth of kernel and shape of ears type is deeper than the Riley type, but the shape ofkernel has not been greatly changed. No doubt that bycontinued selection along the lines already laid downby Mr Block and other growers of the Boone CountyWhite, a distinct type can be produced. The Boone County White is of medium to latematurity, ripening in one hundred and ten to one hun- 26 THE BOOK OF CORN dred and twenty days, adapted to central and southernsections of Illinois. It has been bred for large ears,and consequently matures slowly. There is a tendencyto the production of a poorly filled tip on account ofthe length of ear, which must be overcome by carefulselection. Characteristics—
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