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Background and Importance of Troyer Reid Corn

^a Dep. of Crop Sci., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
^b Gardenville, Nevada

View larger version (186K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Chester E. Troyer homestead with the seed house in the foreground, ca. 1940. Chester is standing in the center.

View larger version (180K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Troyer Bridge across the Mississinnewa River built during the Spanish American War and removed for the Mississinnewa Reservoir.

View larger version (178K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. David Troyer detasseling an inferior corn plant, ca. 1905.

View larger version (155K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Chester Troyer, "Corn King of the World" 1920.

View larger version (121K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Grand Champion 10-ear sample of Troyer Reid at the International Grain and Livestock Show in Chicago 1932. "One of the very best."

View larger version (95K): [in a new window]   Fig. 6. Troyer Memorial Library at La Fontaine, Indiana.

View larger version (34K): [in a new window]   Fig. 7. Pie graph showing the background of documented U.S. hybrid corn (Smith et al., 1990). Troyer Reid totals about 15%.