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Show BEST CORN FOR DRY FAR', ': Australian White Flint Is hi : ". Drought Resistant and Ear ;r fm2 Maturing Than Dents. ac tie y P. Byrnes of Pueblo, Colo., ii:zr J,?2 both dry-land and irrigated, and Is a great believer in flint corn. writes about it as follows: The Australian white flint ccm i a hardy, early, drought-resistar.! t;- ety of corn and for dry fare :: Ke(j cannot be excelled. Besides h; :i the qualities mentioned in this gT graph it comes in from two to werj weeks earlier than most of the c varieties of corn and as feed for ::; j- live stock runs low in the earlj :':- It fulfills a very important mis;:.n. I In wet seasons it sends out long tarn and two ears on a stalk are no fs ;; help tion. Besides, it suckers to a lar;; :i tent and is a great fodder pro:: 7 Because of its nature to stool t:: should be planted thin and it w:!l ::." won produce more corn, especially if Pink season is dry. two It is hard and very flinty, t:t S sy shelled and soaked for one hour t-: feeding it will be found to have ; '" T ened considerably and horses er. J readily. It contains a higher pe:;;-;' age of nutriment than the sort J ties of corn and hogs fatten c: in aless time than when fed these:'.: dent corn, as any observing jj can verify by trial. inr White flint corn usually yields (::: 15 to 25 bushels to the acre, 1st :- Irrigated land it runs as high si '' do j bushels to the acre, but much q should be used in irrigating it, aJ ;L''; jn much water injures instead of it because from its nature it :l"! with a minimum of moisture. |