Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . for score cards of the Corn Growers Association of eachstate. CHAPTER XIX THE VARIETIES OF DENT CORNNOW PRINCIPALLY GROWN IN THE CORN BELT LEAMING. HISTORY. This is the oldest known variety of corn, having been Originated Originated by Mr. J. S. Learning, near Wihiiington, Ohio, in 1826. At s. Learning, this time he began selecting seed from the ordinary yellow corn grown °° owo in Hamilton County on the Little ]\Iiami bottoms. As soon as the
Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . for score cards of the Corn Growers Association of eachstate. CHAPTER XIX THE VARIETIES OF DENT CORNNOW PRINCIPALLY GROWN IN THE CORN BELT LEAMING. HISTORY. This is the oldest known variety of corn, having been Originated Originated by Mr. J. S. Learning, near Wihiiington, Ohio, in 1826. At s. Learning, this time he began selecting seed from the ordinary yellow corn grown °° owo in Hamilton County on the Little ]\Iiami bottoms. As soon as the ripening of the husks indicated that the corn was beginning to mature, he would go through the field, selecting an ear slightly tapering from butt to tip, well filled at butt and tip, with straight rows, and ripening in from 90 to no days. For 56 years he followed this careful system of selection. His son and other breeders have continued his work. BREED CHARACTERISTICS.—Stalk. The Learning is not arank growing variety, being more of a producer of grain than has very little tendency to sucker and does not remain green latein the Fig. Ear. The tapering ear of the Leaming is a most marked character-istic. When allowed to do so without care in selection, the ears willso become short with a flaring butt and a rapid, pointed taper fromshank to tip. Often a row or several rows will be lost near the best breeders today are trying to hold the type full in the middlewith a gentle taper at the tip. Being a heavy ear, the shank will LEAMING. 425 always be large and when removed leave a somewhat open butt. Thelength of ear varies from 9 to iqi^ inches, even the northern-grownLearning keeping its length. The cob is red, although a pale colorsometimes appears. Breeders today are trying to eliminate this. t 9 I ^iiVti V^^OVi T)<LiA. L(iu,\\\vv\a GttViaa Lov^U. Fi?. OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES. Kernel. A Leaming kernel is of medium depth, quit
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