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grown iu the bottom had not only produced a larger yield and greater 

 number of ears per stalk, but had also borne considerably larger ears, 

 and it would generally be easy for one who is at all familiar with 

 ear-types of different varieties to determine by general appearances 

 whether a given ear had been produced on rich land or not. 



It will be better to use seed of a variety having medium small ears 

 with poorly-shaped kernels in preference to one with large well- 

 shaped ears possessing well-formed kernels, if the former produces, 

 under the same conditions of season, soil, and cultivation, greatly 

 increased yields over the latter, notwithstanding the fact that it may 



Fig. 8— Poor and well-shaped kernels. 



be a little less expensive to house the latter; because the net profit 

 resulting from the former would be much g-reater. 



By using a variety with a strongly fixed prepotency to high yields 

 of shell corn per stalk, the great desideratum after all, the size and 

 shape of the ear and its kernels may be materially improved in a few 



