. American farmers' manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. "7 ordered some Ea- reka Field Corn from you last jearana was surprised bowityieid- ?ed. It is tbe best Corn I ever planted, and I am farming now about 25 ;— John C. Olnev, Ka- lonah, N. Y. HENDERSON'S EureKa Yellow Dent Corn. The finest Field Com Grown. Large, Handsome Ears, 12 to 15 inches long, weighing I to 2 lbs. each. Heavy Yielder, ISO bushels Shelled Corn per acre not unusual. The photograph gives a very inadequate idea of the magnificent appearance of this Corn. It is the res
. American farmers' manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. "7 ordered some Ea- reka Field Corn from you last jearana was surprised bowityieid- ?ed. It is tbe best Corn I ever planted, and I am farming now about 25 ;— John C. Olnev, Ka- lonah, N. Y. HENDERSON'S EureKa Yellow Dent Corn. The finest Field Com Grown. Large, Handsome Ears, 12 to 15 inches long, weighing I to 2 lbs. each. Heavy Yielder, ISO bushels Shelled Corn per acre not unusual. The photograph gives a very inadequate idea of the magnificent appearance of this Corn. It is the result of the most careful and persistent selection by a v^ealthy Pennsylva- nia farmer who makesCorn his hobby and his pride. For sixteen years he has, from a planting of 80 to 100 acres, selected onlj' the best ears at husking time, planting these by themselves and continuing this selection. He began by offering his buskers five cents for every ear vs^eighing two pounds and over, but that soon be- came ruinous, and in later years a man was appointed at husking to do nothing but look out for ideal ears. The ear sets fairly low on the stalk, is immense, with small red cob, the grain a clear bright reddish yellow, large and of great depth, filled out full over both ends. It runs 18 to 22 rows, and an important feature of the selection clearly shown in the photograph is that the rows run even, the same number at tip and butt, thereby materiall^v increasing the amount of shelled Corn per acre. May be planted with safety in latitudes as far north as New York City, and even further north in favorable locations. As an indication of its pro- ductiveness, a nine-acre field yielded at the rate of 144 bushels per acre. (See cut.) C. S. Claek, the well-known Seed and Corn grower of Huron County, Ohio, writes : "In your new Eureka Corn you bare tbe largest-eared Corn in cultivation; it's a ; "I bave sncb a tremendous crop of your Yellow Dent Field Corn that it attracts
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