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STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 14. — Germiiiator made of a soap box, ready to receive the kernels from ears. 



Fig. 15.— Germinator made of soap box with plants sufficiently developed to .indicate the quality of 

 the ears from which the kernels in tlie test were taken. 



Fig. IC— Twenty-five kernels of corn from each of five carefully saved ears of seed corn were planted in 

 these five pans respectively. A careful examination reveals the fact that there ;is a great^dif- 

 ference not only in the germinating qualities, but in the vigor of .the resulting plants. We 

 have, here, an excellent illustration of the importance of testing seed corn by individual ears. 



