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white cobs in yellow corn is a sure indication of a mixture of com. 

 From this it will be seen that all white varieties should have white cobs 

 and all yellow varieties should have red cobs. It is imperative that the 

 fanner remember this, for if a judge finds an exhibit of white corn with 

 red cobs, or worse still red and white cobs, he will throw that exhibit out 

 of the contest without further examination. Of course, if the farmer's 

 corn has been so bred for the past years that red cobs in a white variety 

 predominate, he will be justified in making his selection with all of the 

 ears with red colj^. 



Ph.)to by H. H Briniley. 



Fig. 3. Good and Poor Shape. One on the Left Too Tapering. 



I know that a great many farmers are growing corn in which the red 

 cob predominates and that they are getting corn of excellent quality ; but 

 if they ever expect to put their corn in the "show ring" or sell it as 

 pure seed they must get another variety or breed out the red cob. 

 They can do this by selecting for seed those ears which have white cobs ; 

 but a better plan would be to get a white cobbed variety that is known 

 to do well in their localities and to breed into it, by selection, those 

 qualities that they most admire. 



