. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. LEGAL TENDER 431. SECTIONAL VIEW OP AN EAR OF LEGAL TENDER. Note the deep kernels with large germs. Kernel. The original type of Legal Tender was a kernel of me- dium depth. But a few breeders have developed a very deep grain which soon became shoe-pegged and lacking in fullness at the tip. This type was also very chaffy and became late in maturing and rather starchy. However, the kernel is the deepest of the varieties of Iowa
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. LEGAL TENDER 431. SECTIONAL VIEW OP AN EAR OF LEGAL TENDER. Note the deep kernels with large germs. Kernel. The original type of Legal Tender was a kernel of me- dium depth. But a few breeders have developed a very deep grain which soon became shoe-pegged and lacking in fullness at the tip. This type was also very chaffy and became late in maturing and rather starchy. However, the kernel is the deepest of the varieties of Iowa and is rather narrow with straight sides, and quite prominent shoul- ders at the tip. The germ, which extends in depth almost to the back of the thin grain, is very broad and covers the entire face of the kernel, reaching near the crown as well. Although very deep and shelling 90 per cent of corn, the kernels are firm on the cob. Adaptability. Having originated on the rich, warm soils of southwestern Iowa, the Legal Tender is really a special purpose va- riety. When tried farther north the only outcome has been a shorten-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881-. Waterloo, Ia. , Sold by Waterloo publishing co.
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