Show BEST CORN FOR DRY FARMING australian white flint Is hardy drought resistant Reita tant and earlier maturing than dents P 1 byrnes of pueblo colo farmer both dry lard and irrigated and editor la Is a great believer in flint corn lie writes about it as follows the australian white flint corn la Is A hardy early drought resistant variety ot of corn and for or dry farming it cannot be excelled besides having the qualities mentioned la in this paragraph it comes in from two to three weeks earlier than most mosi of the dent varieties of corn and as feed for the live stock runs low in the early fall it fulfills a very important mission in wet seasons it sends senda out long ear and two ears on a stalk are no excel tion lion besides it suckers to a large a extent and la Is a great fodder producer because of its nature to stool out it should be planted thin and it will then produce more corn especially it if the season to Is dry australian white flint corn Is in grown extensively throughout the west and it would be hard to carry on non irrl sated gated farming arming without it it la Is hard and very flinty but if 11 shelled belled and soaked for one hour before feeding it will be found to have softened considerably and horses eat it readily it contains a higher percentage of nutriment than the soft varieties of corn and hogs hoga fatten on it in a less time than when fed the softer dent corn as any observing farmei nan can verity by trial white flint corn usually yields from 16 15 to 26 25 bushels to the acre but on irrigated land it runs as alg high as be bushels to the acre but much care car should be used in irrigating iwas it as toe toc much water injures instead of heipt helpt it because from its nature it growt grow with a minimum ot of moisture |