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44 of this corn are large, the cob small, and the ears usually from ten to thirteen inches in length, with only eight rows. It ripens a little later than the golden Sioux, and is very prolific, the greatest crop, per acre, that has yet been raised, being 136 bushels, weighing, in the ear, 9,520 lbs., or 70 lbs. to the bushel, and 58 lbs., when shelled.

3. Canada Corn or Eight-rowed Yellow.—This corn, which is smaller, earlier, and more solid than any of the preceding, contains more oil than any other variety, except the rice corn, and the pop corn, properly so called. It is highly valued for fattening poultry, swine, &c., and is grown by many, in gardens, for early boiling or roasting, when green. Notwithstanding it is very prolific in ears, it is seldom planted in fields, except in regions where the larger kinds will not thrive.

4. Dutton Corn, a variety first brought into notice, in 1818, by Mr. Salmon Dutton, of Cavendish, Vermont. The ears of corn from which it was originally selected, on an average, were from eight to twelve inches long, and contained from twelve to eighteen rows. The cob is larger, and sometimes grows to the length of fourteen or fifteen inches, but the grain is so compact upon it, that two bushels of sound ears have yielded five pecks of shelled corn, weighing 62 lbs. to the bushel. With proper management, an acre of ground will produce from 100 to 120 bushels. As it abounds in oil, gives a good yield, and ripens at least two weeks earlier than the Canada corn, it has long been a favourite for culture at the North.

5. Southern Big Yellow Corn.—The cob of this variety is thick and long, the grains much wider than deep, and where the rows unite with each other, their sides fall off almost to a point. This gives the ousideoutside [sic] ends of the grain a circular form, which imparts to the ear an appearance somewhat resembling a fluted column. The grain contains less oil and more starch than the northern flinty kinds, yet its outward texture is somewhat solid, flinty, and firm. It comes rather late into maturity, affords an abundant yield, and is much used