Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . Itsstrongest points are early maturity andstrength of breeding. SILVER KING.—History. SilverKing Early Dent corn was originatedand developed by H. J. Goddard, ofFort Atkinson, Iowa. Of the truly originally , . , , came from •-reat breeders of corn which have car- mdianaried on their work in Iowa, Mr. God-dard is the foremost. In 1869 he pur-chased half a bushel of seed corn froma man living in Eldorado, Fayettecounty, Iowa. The seed originall
Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . Itsstrongest points are early maturity andstrength of breeding. SILVER KING.—History. SilverKing Early Dent corn was originatedand developed by H. J. Goddard, ofFort Atkinson, Iowa. Of the truly originally , . , , came from •-reat breeders of corn which have car- mdianaried on their work in Iowa, Mr. God-dard is the foremost. In 1869 he pur-chased half a bushel of seed corn froma man living in Eldorado, Fayettecounty, Iowa. The seed originallycame from Indiana. Mr. Goddard haspersistently kept the large yet earlymaturing type in mind. Selection inthe field each year has tended to pro-duce uniformity and fixity oT Dreedcharacteristics. Silver King dent cornwas successfully shown at the WorldsFair in New Orleans in 1884 and againin Chicago in 1886. Its value as aheavy yielder for the northern locali-ties has led Professor R. A. Moore, ofthe Wisconsin Agricultural College, toResults show its adaptability. Breed Characteristics. It is a pure white corn, very large ears for 440 Fig. 156(b).SILVKR KING. northern sections. The butts andtips have been bred to completerilling. The grain is very deep forsuch an early corn. Its maturityis assured every year. EARLY MASTODON. The Early Mastodon corn originatedwith C. S. Clark, of Huron Count}^ Ohio, to meet the demand for alarge eared yet early maturing variety. It is reckoned as a loo-daycorn and has a very wide field of tested adaptability. CHASES WHITE DENT. History. *The original stock of Chases White Dent cornhas been grown in southeastern Nebraska for 30 years or more,and was known as the Tucker corn. This old strain of cornis quite popular today in some localities. It has a long slenderear. a universally white cob, and is an easy picking, hardy corn,weu Jn 1804. the drvest season probably ever seen in this section, adapted to ^^ f j iiycr sections this Tucker
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