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Show CUFF DWELLERS RAISED CORN. Said to be Superior to That Now Grown. (Aspen Democrat.) , Tonv Iverson of Minneapolis says he has proof that the corn found in the mounds of the ancient cliff dwellers in south western Colorado is far superior to the quality now generally raised in the west. He was, two vears ago, given two kernels, found in one of the mounds by a Chicago man. They were discolored with age. but otherwise other-wise in apparently perfect shape. Thej Chicago man found several jars of them and planted several hundred. That fall he gathered a crop of :he finest corn in the community. The stalk towered twelve feet, and the ears were plump and as long as a man's forearm. He had distributed some of the original kernels to friends, and Iverson was given two. "I gave them careful attention," said he at the Windsor last night, "and they grew rapidly. One of the stalks measured meas-ured eleven feet, three inches. The ears were enormous, and the kernels almost the size of buttons. John S. Dodge of the Washburn-Crosby company of Chicago Chi-cago had almost as good luck. E. J. I Forrester, who has a garden at Orono, ! Lake" Minnetonka, likewise raised giant stalks. A test of the merits of this Indian corn is being made in Minneap-j olis, and it may prove profitable to raise it. At any rate, the Indians had a wrinkle about developing corn of which we know little." |